Oiseau, etc.

Anyone know what kind of bird this is? Joe and I saw it when we were walking back into town from a nearby lake called Lac Kir (sadly, it is not full of cassis liqueur). The bird was just hanging out, fishing, didn’t really seem to notice or care that we were exclaiming […]

More on food

NPR “Hungry Planet: What the World Eats”

On meat

I am so glad to see my views on meat stated intelligently in the New York Times, backed up by so much research.
Living in a country where “salade” is often best translated “pile of lardons on a bed of lettuce,” I feel challenged as a vegetarian. A lot of French people are bewildered by […]

Locavores

Entertaining post about the locavore debate at Manolo’s Food Blog.

Loomstate

Green jeans! Metaphorically, that is.

Petition

MoveOn has a petition going to encourage members of Congress to support clean energy. I signed it. You can sign it, too.