Food for the Hungry

To everyone who made a contribution to the Community FoodBank of NJ and/or helped to raise awareness of hunger here at home in New Jersey, thank you so much for participating. According to our fearless leader, Deb of JerseyBites , yesterday’s event was a great success. We got some nice online coverage… the FoodChannel has us on their home page, which was a nice surprise, and we also got coverage on NJ.com . The Ocean Star (down by our beach house in Bay Head, NJ ) is running an article this Friday. I really enjoyed reading the thoughtful posts by so many talented New ... Read Full Story

Latin name: Castanea Also known as: various depending on species I learned how to make chestnut flour from a Scottish hippy named Huskie in Avebury stone circle many years ago. It takes quite a bit of time and effort, both in gathering sufficient chestnuts and in grinding them, but is well worth the time since it's naturally very sweet and as such is very suited to cakes. It is, however, quite a heavy flour which means your cakes will be better if you mix it half and half with normal flour; though it's ideal for denser sweet doughs such as drop scones. There are ... Read Full Story

My friend Deb over on Jersey Bites invited me to join an upcoming blogging campaign she is coordinating on behalf of the Community FoodBank of New Jersey — the largest food bank in the state. As you are probably well aware, the Food Bank is in desperate need of donations this holiday season. With bare shelves and demand for food among state residents far outpacing supply, the FoodBank is in danger of being unable to meet the needs of New Jersey’s hungry. Members of our community of New Jersey bloggers united to fight hunger are scheduled to launch the “This Bank Can’t Fail” blogging ... Read Full Story

No matter how you feel about the government bailout of the nation’s largest banks, I think you’ll agree that there’s one bank that we can’t allow to fail: the Community FoodBank of New Jersey. Over 100 New Jersey bloggers have united to fight local NJ hunger in a coordinated “This Bank Can’t Fail” blogging campaign for the Community FoodBank of New Jersey on Monday, December 15th. Our goal is to spread the word about the increased demand being put on the food pantries in New Jersey and how everyone can help. As you are probably well aware, the Food Bank is in desperate need ... Read Full Story

With climate change, population growth, and alternative energy needs all contributing increased challenges for growing food to feed the world, some scientists are looking towards nuclear technologies to unmask hidden potential in plants. The goal is to allow plant breeders to develop new varieties of crops to withstand environmental stresses. The result may be that we end up with crops that can grow in more extreme conditions… and possibly more extreme ways. As advances are made to various technologies, one may start questioning what has been done to the asparagus to make it grow in the mountains. “It is important to remember the contribution ... Read Full Story