After an email from a loyal customer of ours, caring enough to write, the following correspondence took place. It might answer questions for more, so we’re publishing it here (anonymously, except for the glorious Kiya and her injera, who everyone should know about!) I’m a regular to Wandering Cooks. Like many, I have deep concern over our food system and … Read More >>
What else is there to talk about when the country is on fire? We knew the country was on fire, before it literally burst into flames. Back then, we couldn’t always see it, but we could hope it wasn’t. Now, we see nothing else, and the hope shifts to stalemate, frigid fear, internal screams, despair. So I turn away, and … Read More >>
Dear whoever you are, I’ve never done this before, that is, tried to evoke you. But this opportunity matters to me more than all the others. The Ingredient Challenge. I’m petrified that we’ll put it out there and…. nothing. Nothing will happen. No one will sign up. There’s no doubt it’s a valuable opportunity. We’ve got the most wonderful list … Read More >>
The below statements are all based on actual conversations. Some (not all), are definitely about us. Everything’s possible pre-launch, that is, before an idea goes live. We’ll get hundreds of people to this! When we get our own place, we’ll be busy every night! We’ve factored in all the costs – there’s no way we can’t make money! There’s so … Read More >>
I ordered a whole heap of turmeric, ginger and galangal tubers for our garden. Looking at them now, I’m dubious they’ll ever shoot green and grow. They’re so damn dormant. So unviable-looking. Turmeric and ginger is meant to show life before its planted: small green mounds pressing out through the skin. But the galangal needs planting straight away. I must … Read More >>
And on reflection, perhaps someone else’s worries, too… What have I just done? have I fucked it all up? I’ve fucked it all up. the downward spiral… this is it. I’ve committed to too much… how will I find the energy? and will my team? fuck it’s all going to die. I’ve bet everything and it’s a bum steer. I’ll … Read More >>
These days, more often than not, I’m missing thoughts to write in this blog. Sure, week by week I’ve scrape together sentences… and there’s usually something glinting in them, something sharp, familiar. That’s what I’m searching for when I’m writing: the thing that cuts through into other realities, making what I write meaningful beyond, well, me. But it’s not like … Read More >>
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