Comments on: San Juan Island and Good Food http://www.whoaphotos.com/blog/2007/05/05/san-juan-island-and-good-food/ Liberate! Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:24:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Last Track » Blog Archive » Breitenbush Herbal Conference http://www.whoaphotos.com/blog/2007/05/05/san-juan-island-and-good-food/#comment-126568 Last Track » Blog Archive » Breitenbush Herbal Conference Thu, 11 Sep 2008 02:00:46 +0000 http://www.whoaphotos.com/blog/?p=164#comment-126568 [...] a sense of thanksgiving. What you put into it really does make a difference. I had already been playing around with that idea, so it was cool to hear it from someone who makes a living at [...] […] a sense of thanksgiving. What you put into it really does make a difference. I had already been playing around with that idea, so it was cool to hear it from someone who makes a living at […]

]]> By: » Good Food, Revisited http://www.whoaphotos.com/blog/2007/05/05/san-juan-island-and-good-food/#comment-12304 » Good Food, Revisited Wed, 23 May 2007 18:52:54 +0000 http://www.whoaphotos.com/blog/?p=164#comment-12304 [...] While I was hanging out in Seattle for a day last week, I decided to have another go at a very nice restaurant and further my research on food that makes me feel really good. (You can read about my initial epiphany here.) I’ve eaten brunch at Crave before, on Seattle’s Capitol Hill, so I knew that they were pretty good, and they use all free-range, humanely-treated meat products. It’s a popular place, but I managed to get there just after the lunch rush. There were a few people finishing up when I got there, and I had the place to myself by the time my food arrived. [...] […] While I was hanging out in Seattle for a day last week, I decided to have another go at a very nice restaurant and further my research on food that makes me feel really good. (You can read about my initial epiphany here.) I’ve eaten brunch at Crave before, on Seattle’s Capitol Hill, so I knew that they were pretty good, and they use all free-range, humanely-treated meat products. It’s a popular place, but I managed to get there just after the lunch rush. There were a few people finishing up when I got there, and I had the place to myself by the time my food arrived. […]

]]> By: Kathy http://www.whoaphotos.com/blog/2007/05/05/san-juan-island-and-good-food/#comment-8338 Kathy Mon, 07 May 2007 14:35:03 +0000 http://www.whoaphotos.com/blog/?p=164#comment-8338 I agree with you completely about what went into making that meal memorable. I have found, tho, that unless I want to make food one of my passions, it's hard to put that much time and energy into it on a day to day basis. Sometimes I find that I just eat to be able to survive, and don't really want to be interrupted from whatever else I was working on. (garden, weaving, sewing, etc). It's really difficult those times to stop what I'm doing and put time and energy into preparing food. And I also agree that the local and organic part is the easiest to achieve. I think having a place to cook and the right tools is important too. I agree with you completely about what went into making that meal memorable. I have found, tho, that unless I want to make food one of my passions, it’s hard to put that much time and energy into it on a day to day basis. Sometimes I find that I just eat to be able to survive, and don’t really want to be interrupted from whatever else I was working on. (garden, weaving, sewing, etc). It’s really difficult those times to stop what I’m doing and put time and energy into preparing food. And I also agree that the local and organic part is the easiest to achieve. I think having a place to cook and the right tools is important too.

]]> By: Sarah http://www.whoaphotos.com/blog/2007/05/05/san-juan-island-and-good-food/#comment-8244 Sarah Sun, 06 May 2007 20:31:03 +0000 http://www.whoaphotos.com/blog/?p=164#comment-8244 I have always been perplexed by Nick because he was raised off the grid on a boat as a hippy. He refuses to work above the table, he makes his own meals from organic foods, etc. Yet, if he goes out to eat he will only eat at the finest, most expensive place similar to what you described. Reading your blog makes the connection for me as to why he might do that. Excerpt from Rachel's blog: "The way that the French diet is all very simple. They say that if you don't prepare it, cook it, make it, etc., then you can't eat it. People can eat a lot less that way..." I have always been perplexed by Nick because he was raised off the grid on a boat as a hippy. He refuses to work above the table, he makes his own meals from organic foods, etc. Yet, if he goes out to eat he will only eat at the finest, most expensive place similar to what you described. Reading your blog makes the connection for me as to why he might do that.

Excerpt from Rachel’s blog: “The way that the French diet is all very simple. They say that if you don’t prepare it, cook it, make it, etc., then you can’t eat it. People can eat a lot less that way…”

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