you thought this was going to be a post just about food…
Books
- Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant
ISBN#1591396190 (this is actually a re-read) In a nutshell: Just who would jump into an ocean (aka existing market) with Walmart? Don’t bother, create your own. Starts out with the story of Cirque du Soleil, fascinating. - Plenitude, ISBN#1594202540 This was a dry start for me but the author lays the groundwork for the current economic crisis and maps a way out that I can totally buy into including self sustaining lifestyle changes which free us up to all sorts of possibilities — I really like this book.
- Forgotten Cooking Skills, ISBN#1906868069, by Darina Allen, founder of the Ballymoe Cooking School offers up 700 recipes along with all sorts of tips for getting back to basics. Everything from making butter to prosciutto (something I’ll be doing here shortly involving the leg of a pig, several pounds of salt and lots of patience, about 18 months worth)
Movies
- Food Inc, a best-selling DVD on Amazon, would be a great Christmas gift to everyone you care about. An examination of the industrial food system we all participate in.
- Fresh, the movie while not available for purchase or in wide distribution, check out the website for a screening close to you or sponsor a screening yourself! Picking up where Food, Inc leaves off, Fresh introduces us to some visionaries in the food system that are making a creative difference
- David vs. Monsanto, a short documentary of the Percy Schmeiser story. A film that lays out all that’s at stake for farmers and the people they feed — posted here on modestbounty.com
Television
- Fresh Food Fast, the Cooking Channel, yes, I know, it’s the BAM! man, but happy to see he’s tackling relevant, useful recipes with all the right priorities
- French Food at Home, another Cooking Channel gem, I have to say this one speaks to my heritage and the recipes are great — simple french food, traditional recipes with a little twist — love this series.
