Cook Around the Block
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Non-Profit |
| Occupation | Volunteer Coordinator |
| Location | Port Townsend, Washington, United States |
| Introduction | My husband and I moved from rural Oregon when we operated our bed & breakfast "Le Roost Lorane" in the wine region southwest of Eugene to Port Townsend Washington to build and restore sailboats. The greening of our faith, conscious consumerism, voluntary simplicity, environmental stewardship and enjoying the local bounty of fresh, organic produce either from local growers or natural foods stores are part of our everyday way of life. Once I discovered that I am gluten intolerant, we immediately began making radical changes to our diets, even making a choice to become pescatarians. As time goes by, we thought it might be possible to become vegetarians, but living here on the Puget Sound - we are really enjoying being able to harvest our own shellfish from nearby beaches and bays. |
| Interests | overcoming creative blocks, writing, reading, gluten-free cooking, photography, voluntary simplicity, the greening of my faith and sailing |
| Favorite movies | Future of Food, The Privileged Planet, Capitalism, Fuel, King Corn, Planet Earth, Inconvenient Truth, 11th Hour, Fuel, Sense of Wonder,H2Oil, The Unforeseen, The Cove, Food, Inc., The Age of Stupid, YERT, In Transition, Coal Country, The Garden, Behold the Earth, Renewal, Earth, The Man Who Planted Trees, Julie & Julia, Amelie, Eat Drink Man Woman, The Big Night, Babet's Feast, La Vie en Rose, For Roseanna, Under the Tuscan Sun, Toys, Hearts and Souls, Like Water for Chocolate, A Year in Provence, Always, Stranger than Fiction, Dead Again, The American President, Wallace and Gromit, A Good Year, Window to Paris, Born into Brothels, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, Copying Beethoven, Mrs. Henderson Presents, Mozart and the Whale, Cosi, Strictly Ballroom, The Mistress of Spices, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, The Full Monty, Princess Bride, The Notebook, Les Miserables, Matchmaker, Waitress, Millions, Chocolat, The Red Violin, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The Adventures of Tintin, Hugo, W/E |
| Favorite music | Sea Shanties, Ukulele, Folk, Blues, Jazz and Classical |
| Favorite books | Gardening Eden, Saving God's Green Earth, Our Father's World, Hot, Flat & Crowded, Holy Ground, Redeeming Creation, Serve God Save the Planet, The Green Bible, Visions of Paradise, Yearning for the Land, Green Revolution, Earth-Wise, Holy Ground, Redeeming Creation, Small Footprint - Big Handprint, Voluntary Simplicity, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Cradle to Cradle, Mountains Beyond Mountains, Tales of a Female Nomad, New and Selected Poems of Mary Oliver, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, The Art of Eating, The Sustainable Kitchen, How to Cook Everything, Back to the Table, The Deaf Smith Country Cookbook, Bull Cook and Authentic Historical Recipes and Practices, Big Sky Cooking, The Trout Point Lodge Cookbook, The Language of Baklava, Greek Cooking, Papa's Art of Traditional Green Cooking, The Foods and Flavors of Haute Provence, Diet for a Poisoned Planet, What We Eat, Slow Food Revolution, The Gluten-Free Vegetarian Kitchen, Recipes for the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, Peter Mayle books, Malcom Gladwell books.... |