Comments on: Real Food Is Soul Food

By: Jamie

Jamie — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 22:02:57 +0000

Kristen! I loved this article! Thank you! I shared it all over facebook, and am loving reading about your work! Thank you dear Sister Goddess, for having this amazing resourceful website up and sharing your amazing knowledge of the nearly lost Art of Healthful Eating <3

By: stephanie

stephanie — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:43:56 +0000

Wow, wow, wow. beautifully written. Amen to that. You have just put words to why I spend hours in my kitchen and garden and chook yard. Why I choose to toil over food instead of grabbing convenience foods from the freezer and pantry. (Not that my pantry or freezer contain any but you know what Im and referring to).

I love the idea about asking a question of something that is ugly, why and how and what.

And I love the concept that what I am doing is right in so many ways beyond good nutrition – character building, and according to the laws of nature instead of some man made law that is enforced over nature.

Beautiful. Thankyou, you have made my day.

Stephanie
.-= stephanie´s last blog post …Cravings cured with lots of fat =-.

By: Abby

Abby — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:29:55 +0000

Thanks for using my picture! I love this one.
.-= Abby

By: Sharon

Sharon — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:01:25 +0000

The virute of real food I discovered is ‘intimacy’ with the world and nurturing the spirit of life. Thank you for this great article and blog!
Sharon in Seattle

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:21:38 +0000

My favorite gardening moment this year was in late February, when my just-turned-three son helped me plants peas. He was so enthusiastic about the task, watching and listening as I explained how close to plant the seeds. As we got to work he jumped up to say, “First we plant the seeds, then they grow, then we eat them!” Can you tell how proud this mama was that her little boy had made the connection?

Beautiful post, Kristen. Thanks!

Chris

By: Kara

Kara — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:37:38 +0000

I love the way you combine philosophy with food. What a beautiful post, and so true!

Kara

By: Local Nourishment

Local Nourishment — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:56:42 +0000

I joke with my family that I take pride in being “plain as a mud fence” and that my only taste “is in my mouth.” I don’t keep a spotlessly clean or well decorated house. I’ve never really taken time to see the beauty in what I do, just get the groceries bought, get the meals made and get the food on the table. Plod through another day and collapse in bed.

In the last few months of preparing Real Food, I have slowed down, looked, tasted, smelled, paid attention to presentation and really looked at what I do differently. I even find myself smiling at the grocery store, seeing all the amazing bounty laid out before me. People think I’m smiling at them, and smile back, or think I’m crazy, which I probably am.

But thinking about food differently has added a dimension to my life that I’ve never experienced. And it’s not just food: it’s flowers, plants, animals, birds that eat the insects off the plants and sing me awake every morning. All of creation has become suddenly alive to me.

Local Nourishment

By: Cathy Payne

Cathy Payne — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:47:34 +0000

Very beautifully written, Kristen! I couldn’t agree more! Of course, real food promotes health and tastes better, too! There is a reason we drive for hours sometimes to pick up milk, beef, pork, poultry, or produce from our farmers. And the personal relationships we develop around meeting our co-producers, fellow consumers, around picking up food and sharing recipes and traditions is beyond priceless. Thank you for this great post!

Cathy Payne

By: Crystal

Crystal — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:37:46 +0000

Elisabeth – yes,I agree with you that”…… there is a financially unquantifiable element to Real Food.” And good luck with your blog Real Food Lover / I like your last post about brain food : )

By: Elisabeth

Elisabeth — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 07:35:25 +0000

I love this description of Real Food. It accords with mine. No, it is better!

Talking about time and patience is deep. In other words, there is a financially unquantifiable element to Real Food.

Industrialised society is sold to us as a convenience but it is about exploitation and degradation of the labour force and the natural world.

There is an argument that farming should be a public service because our lives depend on it.

I am going to London today for the Guild of Food Writers Awards to see if my short-listed blog, Real Food Lover, is going to win. Wish me luck!

Elisabeth