Sunday, June 30, 2013

Sunday before the Challenge

Today, will be our date day with brunch with friends, a movie/documentary at the Enzian, more food and drink somewhere and then, we begin our challenge tomorrow. We are looking forward to this one and will post healthy recipes using fresh and sometime local ingredients daily.

The day began with a relaxing brunch with good friends at The Vineyard Wine Company followed by the documentary SOMM at The Enzian Theater. The documentary inspired laughter, admiration, and even sadness from the audience. As I reflected on the movie, I started entertaining the idea of pursing the Certified Master Chef (CMC) certification of the American Culinary Federation. This is a grueling 8 day test and there are fewer than 70 CMC's in the USA! Jenneffer and I will have a long and serious chat because to attempt it is to give an incredible amount of oneself and this has the potential of putting  a tremendous amount of pressure on one's relationships. I don't know. Right now, its just a thought, albeit, a serious one.

We finished the evening by indulging in more wonderful wine at The Wine Room followed by a nice dinner at Luma on Park.

We returned home knowing that tomorrow would begin a six-day challenge that would be hopefully be trans-formative as well as offer some value to those of you who follow us.

Friday, June 28, 2013

Day Minus 3 until we begin our Food Stamp Challenge in response to the US Senate's defeat of The 2013 Farm Bill and cutting funding for the SNAP (Food Stamps) Program. For more information on Hunger in America and multiple viewpoints about The 2013 Farm Bill (which includes a lot more than just the SNAP program), please visit this web site whose organization is headed by Chef and Activist Michel Nischan

Wholesome Wave 

No Kid Hungry

Note that during our challenge from July 1 through July 6 (including the highly celebrated 4th of July), we will be consuming only locally sourced or Fresh ingredients and survive on $6.67 per day. And...be without alcohol.

Please look for our daily posts and should you be so inclined to join us during part or even the whole period, please feel free to share your experiences here.

By the way, we did this last year during Hunger Action Month and here is a one-page "blog" of our daily experience:

Cress-DeLand Food and Leg Center Food Stamp Challenge: (September 11-17, 2012)