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Author Archives: deborah @ the magic jug
Enough! how did it go? milk and plastic
And as I examine the close link between food and waste, I realise that this post could just as well be headed ‘food’. Spurred on by observing that I was responsible for a worrying number of empty plastic milk containers … Continue reading
My week in food (w/c 18.1.21)
Although I wasn’t really thinking about it, looking back I see I did all sorts of things that fitted with the theme. Some habits are now so ingrained and just normal that I have to think hard about it to … Continue reading
Lockdown 3: how’s it going?
I hope you’re getting through it ok, and that you’ve stayed well. Well both physically and mentally I mean – both are important. I know so many people are really struggling with this lockdown. I think it’s the relentlessness of … Continue reading
Food, glorious food! – hope for a different future
Last year I twice (virtually) encountered Carolyn Steel, a visionary thinker who envisions us solving many of our (self-created) problems with food. The first time I came across her was actually many years ago, when I read her book ‘Hungry … Continue reading
Posted in 2021, Farming, Food, Inspirations, Local food, Uncategorized
Tagged Bath Soft Cheese, BBC Food Programme, Brexit, Carolyn Steel, Food policy, Local food, Sitopia
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Time and time again
I’ve written before about the importance of time as an essential, often unspoken, ingredient in food. There can be no better examples of this than when we make fermented foods or grow our own food. I spent much of today … Continue reading
Lockdown 3 – reboot
Everything I read about how the coronacrisis is going confirms my belief that we’re in this for a lot longer than the PM would like to admit. My feeling is that this lockdown is going to take us through till … Continue reading
Posted in 2021, Allotment, Craft, Do what you can with what you have, Food, In the time of the virus, Nature, Reflections on life (and death), Uncategorized, Walking
Tagged Allotment, birdwatching, cooking, Exercise, Food, Free things, Growing food, knitting, lockdown, Lymphoedema, Reading, reduce reuse recycle, Walking
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2021: how to get through it?
Continuing to count my blessings. Last year I chose as my ‘theme’ word enough How very appropriate that turned out to be. I found I did indeed have enough of everything, and much more than many. I’ll get round to … Continue reading
Posted in 2020 enough, 2021, Food, Reflections on life (and death), Uncategorized
Tagged cooking, enough, Food, Food policy, learning, marmalade, meals, New Year goals, Reflections
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The in-between days
These days between Christmas and New Year have somehow always felt like bonus days, especially when we were still working but both managed to arrange to take holiday days on them. Christmas has always been a big family day; New … Continue reading
Chanukah – festival of light (and hope)
The essence of chanukah is that the oil for the eternal light in the temple that was enough to last just a few days miraculously lasted for a full 8 days and nights until there was a fresh supply. It’s … Continue reading
Posted in 2020 enough, Inspirations, Reflections on life (and death)
Tagged Bath, Brexit, chanukah, Jewish food, local economy, The Good Economy, University of Bath
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