Compassionate Cooks Food for Thought - October 11, 2007

October 12, 2007

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FOOD FOR THOUGHT: COMPASSIONATE COOKS NEWSLETTEROctober 11, 2007

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EVENTS & CELEBRATIONS

CELEBRATE WITH US! Join us on Sunday, October 14 in Oakland to celebrate the new cookbook. We will be serving more than 20 different baked goods from the cookbook, and I'll be selling and signing books. Join us for a high-spirited time!

If you're in the Boston area on October 20th, you might want to consider attending the 12th Annual Boston Vegetarian Food Festival. I'll be doing a cooking demonstration at 3:00 p.m. and tabling and signing the book all day.

Learn about other Compassionate Cooks events and speaking engagements in Oakland, San Francisco, New York, & Colorado.

FOOD LORE

MUSHROOMSRun to your local farmer's market to take advantage of the variety of spectacular mushrooms available this time of year!

HISTORY: During the era before 10,000 BCE, when hunting and gathering were a part of every day life, women of the Americas did the gathering. Because they were supposedly blessed with the special ability to see better in dim light, they were successful in foraging for mushrooms and fungi along with young nettles, ferns, birch and willow shoots, and water weeds. The foods that women gathered were not just supplementary to the diet, but when hunting expeditions were unsuccessful, these foods were the staples