Attic

Pick something up, dust it off, look inside. These are the archives of Starting With Dirt dating all the way back to 2009.

2012:

Almost Ready

2011:

Study Break

Hunger In Somalia

News and Nosh: Synesthesia and Jail

The Coke’s On You, Sucka.

The United States House of Representatives v. …Your Intestines?

Would You Tap That?

The Lost Pyramid

E. coli: What You Need To Know About The 2011 Outbreak

Recipe: “Whipping Up” (And Then Troubleshooting) Crème Brûlée

Everybody Wins. Really.

The Iowa Dilemma

The Farming Fad and Other Nonsense

Myth Seven: The Free Market Can End Hunger

The Cost of a  Lesson

Cry All You Want… Just Carry Your Tears To The Vegetable Garden.

Recipe: My Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

Take Farms Against a Sea of Troubles

Recipe: Chelsea Buns

Recipe: The Baguette

A Delicious Forkful of 2011

Add This to the List of “Jobs I Didn’t Know I Didn’t Want.”

The Other Horseman

2010:

Recipe: Chocolates That Will Make A Truffle Pig Out Of You

The Perfect Gift For That Special Foodie In Your Life.

Organic Wines; As If We Needed An Excuse.

Recipe: The Zucchini Bread That Could Lure A Sailor Overboard

Recipe: Muffin-Bread Pudding

If We Are What We Eat, Then..

I’m One Of The Cool Kids Now

Marilyn; A Bombshell in the Kitchen

First Blood Diamonds, Now Chocolate?

Symbiosis; An Argument for Omnivores

Changing Seasons: What this Election Means For People Like Us

Acquisition: An Okra Blossom

Proof that Intelligent Investing Exists

Coffee House Sterotyping

The Two Misconceptions Prolonging World Hunger

We Can End Hunger: 10 Ways to Feed the World

And Now, A Word From Our President.

Green Tomatoes: The Neglected Delicacy

Recipe: The Scone of Legend

Recipe: Butternut Squash Muffins

Let Them Drink Coke?

A Little Kitchen Magic

A Much Needed Addendum to the Ten Second Rule

Myth Six: Justice Vs. Production

Colbert; The Man Has a Point

Love and Hate

Refrigerology (And How You Might Be Abusing Your Bowels With Fallacy)

Recipe: Rosemary and Potato Bread

The Coffee Education You Definitely Need

News and Nosh; Kim, Emma and Assigned Reading

Cupcake Rorschach

Recipe: (Emergency Room) Clafoutis

Finding Treasure is Only Re-Discovering What We’ve Forgotten.

Kimberly’s Answer to the World’s Problem

Acquisition: A Day in the Squash

What Food-Lovers Have Nightmares About

Myth 5: The Green Revolution is the Answer

A Good and Sweet Year

Why Should You Care About Agriculture? Reason #3.

Recipe: Ratatouille Pie

Haute History, Revised.

News and Nosh; Hurricanes and French Toast

Why Should You Care About Agriculture? Reason #2.

Why Should You Care About Agriculture? Reason #1.

A Truly Capital Find

For Every Metropolis, Look for a Clagett

A Cake for Cassondra

Vocabulary Word: Agroecology

An Interview with Dr. Randall Phebus (Pt.3)

What I’ve Been Up To

Let me Explain…

Green Report

“And there was honey upon the ground”

When in Rome; My New Policy

The Answer Bowled Me Over Too

A Simple Question that Bowled Me Over

An Interview With Dr. Randall Phebus (Pt.2)

Ode to a Litter Bug

An Interview with Dr. Randall Phebus (Pt. 1)

Meet: Dr. Randall Phebus, Microbiologist and Muse (Prelude)

Recipe: Chocolate Biscotti

The New(est) Climate Bill

Link: Seattle Declares 2010 the Year of Urban Agriculture

How to Serve Water

Etiquette; A Review For Neanderthals (Yeah, I’m Talking to You.)

SWD ♥s Meatless Mondays

Meet: Wu Zetian (625-705 AD)

It Isn’t Cinco de Mayo Without a Little Bit of Sweat

We Have A Surprise Guest 

Link: Explore Your Consumer Power

Think “Seasonal” Drink “Seasonal”

Stock Worth Investing In

Acquisition: Resourcefulness

SWD ♥s MERA

Acquisition: Lavender

Link: Three Books That Will Change The Way You Eat

Rant: Are You This Person?

Launder Lavishly? Lighten Your Load!

The Immortal (un)Happy Meal

Link: Eating With Ethics

What’s Better Than Diet Coke?

Foodie Finds: The Asian Food Market

Give a Little Bit

SWD ♥ Grey Water

Putin, On Poultry

Is Italy Racist?

Myth 4: Food vs. Our Environment

2009:

Defining Agriculture: Slow Food

Defining Agriculture: Organic

Meet: Darrell Turner, Part-Time Urban Farmer

Sweet (Sticky, Stinky) Failure.

Recipe: Spicy Pumpkin Seeds

No Flowers? No Excuse.  

On Weston Price (1870-1948)

The Mathematics of Hunger 

Currently Reading: Farm City 

Are You Whipped? 

Myth 3: Too Many Mouths to Feed

Recipe: Apple Galette

Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

Recipe: Roast Chicken Soup

Recipe: Tostadas

Myth 2: Nature’s to Blame

Mature Tastes, Immature Pleasures

Recipe: Roast Chicken

On Norman Borlaug (1914-2009)

Stella McCartney for Barnys (and Earth)

Vocubulary Word : Gastronomics

Myth 1: There’s Simply Not Enough Food

Currently Reading : In Defense of Food

“The Most Authoritative Book on World Hunger” has been paraphrased. Enjoy.

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