Last night, Slow Food Miami held a benefit for UNICEF in Action – Darfur at the Sagamore, an art hotel in South Beach. SFM Leader Donna Reno introduced her daughter Hunter Reno, who explained the edible herb arrangement made for the occasion (the word ‘GROW’ formed the middle). Then, the group moved toward the Compost [...]

Why are there so very many spider webs on kthread? This is how my day begins—with morning webs draped across cacti like necklaces tossed off by flappers, the many strands tangled after a night’s revelry (certainly explains the dew), or hovering like white noise, catching stray new light as though a cornet, and often working [...]

in Miami, have the tire patched in that area within wandering range of neighborhood Cuban restaurants, where they serve roasted pork with soft red peppers, grilled onions, the whole plate filled with the good pieces you usually selectively unearth and save for last— and progress to the black beans and rice and the sticky plantains, [...]

Setting the banana bread on the ledge to cool, I listened to the birds singing and sipped fresh buttermilk—the lagniappe from making butter yesterday (recipe). As it keeps, new butter weeps into the parchment paper wrapper—throwing off milk droplets—and it melts gracefully into warm bread with a crispy crust. Steadying food for a morning after [...]

Last night, I watched eight philosphers riff on meaning in the film Examined Life playing at the Miami Beach Cinematheque on Espanola Way. Likely I’ll frequent this ongoing film festival and the crêpe place next door, where my fabulous friend Dianna and I discussed the film, and deliberations, community spaces, and the transient realities of [...]