Our peanut butter and jelly platter -- a breakfast staple -- includes representatives from many countries.
Since my last post, I have heard that a certain local newspaper won't publish substantive articles on foraging due to property rights issues. They apparently get pitches all the time for articles about foraging. I'm undeterred. I'm now figuring out where to pitch an article about foraging and property rights.
In the meantime, we have a stack of books to read about foraging. Although newspapers are apparently shy of the topic, publishing houses seem keen on the subject. I bought Henry Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer by Novella Carpenter (Penguin: New York, 2009) for Christmas and have Langdon Cook's Fat of the Land: Adventures of a 21st Century Forager in my bedside bookpile. Urban forager Emily Burrows, author of the blog Sweet Huckleberry, has loaned us about a linear foot of reference books.
So while I'm looking for the right market for the right foraging story, I've also been reading about the history of breakfast and the huge variety of things people around the world eat first thing in the morning. Thus far, I've found that Wikipedia has the most comprehensive explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakfast
Given the huge scope of the topic, I'm assuming I'll find something related to politics and urban design in my preliminary research. And add a little bit of variety to the morning routine.
Since my last post, I have heard that a certain local newspaper won't publish substantive articles on foraging due to property rights issues. They apparently get pitches all the time for articles about foraging. I'm undeterred. I'm now figuring out where to pitch an article about foraging and property rights.
In the meantime, we have a stack of books to read about foraging. Although newspapers are apparently shy of the topic, publishing houses seem keen on the subject. I bought Henry Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer by Novella Carpenter (Penguin: New York, 2009) for Christmas and have Langdon Cook's Fat of the Land: Adventures of a 21st Century Forager in my bedside bookpile. Urban forager Emily Burrows, author of the blog Sweet Huckleberry, has loaned us about a linear foot of reference books.
So while I'm looking for the right market for the right foraging story, I've also been reading about the history of breakfast and the huge variety of things people around the world eat first thing in the morning. Thus far, I've found that Wikipedia has the most comprehensive explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakfast
Given the huge scope of the topic, I'm assuming I'll find something related to politics and urban design in my preliminary research. And add a little bit of variety to the morning routine.
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