Wishing you and your family the best for 2013 from Mexico!I look forward to my book and Bulk app releasing in the new year.May the benefits of the Zero Waste lifestyle spread and transform lives across the globe!&nb...
Zero Waste Home Essential: Metal Scrubby
A little comment on the blog related to butter wrappers confirmed one of my mottos last week. "There is no such thing as TMI", I like to say. Overall, it is the details that we cover and share on this blog that define the Zero Waste lifestyle. Every bit of information, no matter how trivial, can help someone's Zero Waste journey. In a new series called: A Zero Waste Home Essential, I will be occasionally sharing with you the little things that I have found to be essential to my Zero Waste.Today, I am sharing one of my favorite tools:No matter how trivial it may seem, a stainless steel...
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Pâté Recipe
Boy was my lunch delicious today. So good that I thought the recipe deserved getting shared with the world for others to enjoy. Looks like Nutella doesn't it? Well it's chicken liver pâté. Pâté is one of those things that until a few years ago, I was convinced had to be purchased in order to be enjoyed.Well, I found that it is not true. The recipe is so simple, affordable and quick to make that it is a perfect picnic dish and cocktail appetizer.IngredientsPlease refer below for more information on the origin of my ingredients1 stick butter1 lb. chicken liverCouple rosemary sprigs1 bay...
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Welcome to the French!
After a couple of weeks tending to family affairs, I come back from Thanksgiving week to a pleasant surprise. Our story has taken France by storm after an article for which I interviewed a couple of years ago was posted on LeMonde.fr. Yesterday, it became its most shared story!Needless to say I am very excited and touched by the interest of my native land!Bienvenue to French visito...
Simple jam making
With some time off between book edits this week, I was finally able to purchase the last remnant's of this summer's produce and tackle our family's canning needs before winter hits: 30 pounds of tomatoes and 20 pounds of fruit purchased from the farmer's market for $1/lb are now crushed, sauced, jammed and stored in our crawl space... I never thought I'd get to it this season but now that I am all caught up, it feels so good to have it done!Pretty, isn't it?Some of you have asked for jam recipes. I follow a guideline rather than a recipe, but I thought...
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50 ways to wear a men's shirt: I did it!
Hi everyone!Since my last post, I have dedicated my time fully to the book, but I am happy to say that I completed my manuscript and I am back to blogging! Thanks so much for your patience for the past four months (I can't believe it has been that long!)The shirt experiment sure was a fascinating and wonderfully creative project. Many of you were skeptical about the idea; I was skeptical whether I could come up with 50 different looks, but I did it and I had so much fun doing it! For those of you who do not use Twitter, here is a recollection of all the looks that I wore. And below are my...
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