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World Food Thursdays 7

Welcome back to World Food Thursdays, please scroll down to the bottom of the page and link up your delicious international food!

I love World Food Thursdays, it is better than reading the National Geographic :) This week on the menu we have dishes from Mexico, Philippines and Lebanon.

Another great article contributed by Zomppa last week, this time discussing the history of Cinco de Mayo:

Many people in the U.S. believe [Cinco De Mayo] is our Independence Day, but that is incorrect. Our Independence Day is September 16th….

World Food Thursdays 6

World Food Thursdays 6

Welcome back to World Food Thursdays, please scroll down to the bottom of the page and link up your delicious international food! We had some really lovely recipes added last week, I really liked Patty's article: Existential Momentum: Ambasha, Eritrean Bread. She shares her experiences delving i ...

Nourishing the Planet: Empowering Women to Feed Communities

Nourishing the Planet: Empowering Women to Feed Communities

I discovered this group, Nourishing the Planet while checking out some links over at The Bovine. When I saw this video I felt really touched and hopeful. A cow or goat can really make a difference to a family, whether it is here in Vancouver or over in Africa. This is a very basic and ancient re ...

Welcoming the Year of the Tiger

Welcoming the Year of the Tiger

There was so much going on for Valentines Day this year that I didn't have time to think about chocolates and roses. Instead, I was thinking about joining in the celebrations to welcome in the Year of the Tiger and eager to get to Chinatown before the whole show was over since rumors said the festiv ...

Revisiting Women Who Run With the Wolves

Revisiting Women Who Run With the Wolves

Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes, PhD Medicinal Stories that Nourish the Soul A culture that requires harm to one's soul in order to follow the culture's proscriptions is a very sick culture indeed. This culture can be the one a women lives in, but more damning yet, it ca ...

Upcoming Series Mouth of Babes

Upcoming Series Mouth of Babes

Good Food for the New Generation We have filmed and are editing a new series that demonstrates how to prepare foods that will nourish babies as they grow inside their mothers. These foods are also beneficial for couples with fertility issues and for young children. The foods and recipes ...

A Language Older Than Words

A Language Older Than Words

A Language Older Than Words by Derrick Jensen (2000) Chelsea Green Publishing This was a GREAT book (size-wise and content-wise), but every word was worth it. It is written from the heart and shows a different way to look at our world. A book from someone who has looked deep into his own soul an ...