A Vegan Food Fest Fundraiser Party

And being that I have found myself blogging about events, events and more events on this blog lately, I guess I'll post yet another event on this blog that I found myself attempting to vend those DecorForU #blacklivesmatter, #notmypresident, #occupywallstreet, #berniesanders, #nopolicestate, #yoga, #brooklyn, #bushwick & #iloveny necklaces, magnets, key chains and pins at for $2 each this past weekend and attempting to post this blagh post solely for the purpose of posting those photos and video from that event that find themselves posted above. And that event was a Vegan Food Fest Fundraiser Party! that Stacie Vegan-Peirce helped put together at Mayday Space, this really cool all things revolution and beyond space in Bushwick, Brooklyn to be found in that state of New York.  And if I must blogger say, there was plant based food, food and more food to be found at this event that I found myself sharing a table with Qusic - Wildlife Music and his dj music at.  And what more can I say about this all things vegan and beyond event that this Vegan Food Fest Fundraiser Party! facebook event invite does not already say.  And that Vegan Food Fest Fundraiser Party! facebook event invite reads like:

Have you wondered why so many sports stars and celebrities are making the shift to plant-based nutrition?

Ricky Williams - Jahil Okafor - Adrian Foster - Mike Tyson - Erik Horne - Kyle Irving - Venus & Serena Williams - Ellen DeGeneres - Jermaine Dupri - Chaka Khan - Alicia Silverstone - Russell Simmons - Erykah Badu - Rza

Are you aware that heart disease/obesity/diabetes can all be prevented, and even reversed, with a plant-based diet?

Are you prepared to get pro-active about your health and begin to thrive through plant-based living?

Come join us on Sunday, May 6th, from 12:30-4:30pm, for a fun, educational and inspiring event that will take you to another level of self-improvement - the next level - to improve your health and overall wellness! Let us show you that diets and self-restriction don’t work, but that lifestyle changes can and do.

Whole Food Plant-Based Coach Marc Wood and Health & Wellness Coach/ISSA Certified Personal Trainer Jamie Robinson will share the importance of whole foods on our mind, body and spirit.

They are living proof that opening your heart to a compassionate, mindful life (before choosing to open it to a surgeon’s knife) can make all the difference - for everyone, including me ... and including YOU!

What is VFFF?

A (Plant-Powered) Vegan Food Fest Fundraiser!

You're in for a deliciously fun educational experience featuring vegan athlete Marc Wood and a host of other plant-based enthusiasts! You'll sample specialties from NYC's finest restaurateurs, chocolatiers, pastry chefs, home cooks, and shops. There'll be face painting, plant-based recipe demonstrations, live dj - dance music, a vegan cupcake contest, cruelty-free shopping (20+ vendors!), a raffle (BIG $ PRIZES) & silent auction! And.. all net proceeds go to Catskill Animal Sanctuary- so it's a helluva good time for a helluva good cause!

Who is Marc S Wood and why do we love him?

Marc is a Sexy Scottish Success Story! He 's helping hundreds of humans improve their health (while simultaneously helping animals AND the environment) by demonstrating the endless benefits of a whole food plant-based diet. He sprints; he bikes; he swims - all to raise money for animals! He's making compassion sexy.

Why Catskill Animal Sanctuary?

We are doing this all (ok, mostly) for Travis, the rooster - Winner of Stacie's 2017 Cocktober Contest!

Travis is a celebrity chicken who has been warming the hearts of humans since he came from a Philadelphia school hatching project, back in 2013. He and his brothers are known for their dancing performance on Jasmine the pig's belly, followed by a delicate grooming session.

Why come to VFFF?

Hell. Why not?! Why not spend a Sunday with Salty Stacie, Jovial Jessica, Transcendental Tracey, and a herd of inspiring folks?!? Enjoy complimentary fresh pizza from Screamer's!, hot bread & vegan cakes courtesy of Bread Alone!, tasty homemade potluck dishes and vegan cupcakes [made by VFFF cupcake competitors]! (speaking of which, we need more vegan cupcake competitors....! why not throw your 'chef hat' in the ring!?)

...the line-up...

We kick off at 1230 with Pastry Chef "Emily Cakeboss" who will demonstrate how to make her favorite jack fruit "pulled pork" recipe, in the kitchen. Sampling to follow!

at 12:45pm, Certified Holistic Health Coach and Certified Plant Based Nutritionist Leah Negrin, along with Jaclyn Kiernan [Registered Dietitian Nutritionist], Rechelle Abalos [Holistic Health and Lifestyle Coach] & Lupe Colangelo [Holistic Health and Life Coach] demo a delicious no-bake cheesecake. They'll also be bringing along cupcakes with essential oils baked into them! Demo of icing included!

at 1:10pm, Award winning Chef Rootsie will demonstrate how to make summer rolls w/peanut sauce. Yum!

at 1:30pm, Don Dilillo of SproutBox: Grow Your Own whill show us how we can grow our own sprouts at home!

at 1:45, Whole Food Plant-Based Coach Marc S Wood + Health & Wellness Coach / ISSA certified Personal Trainer Jamie Robinson will share with us the importance of whole foods for our mind, body and spirit. Q&A to follow.

at 245, VFFF will hold its first ever" VFFF Vegan Cupcake Contest"! Join us as Tere Fox (pastry chef, owner of Rockin' Raw restaurant), our star Marc Wood, and pastry chef Emily Cakeboss judge the cakes and award a winner! Winner of the V cake contest gets first pick of the raffle pot of prizes!

at 3, Dr. (and comedian) Russ L'HommeDieu, DPT! ..."I am a Doctor of physical therapy, vegan for 12 years, weight loss expert and co-founder of a vegan meal-kit company on Long Island. At 36 years old, I was over 400 pounds, and really sick. I lost over 200 pounds and literally cured myself with a whole-food plant-based diet. I am so excited to talk to you all about my journey from a state of disease to one of complete ease as well as my experiences as a vegan business owner. We will also answer some of these age-old questions like.. Why are there overweight vegans? Is there a difference between a vegan diet and eating a whole food plant-based diet? How do I talk about my food choices with my meat-eating friends? What is it like to start a vegan business?"


at 340, Stacie Vegan-Peirce will walk us through her heart warming experience at Catskill Animal Sanctuary.

at 4, The first ever VFFF Raffle Winners will be drawn + Silent Auction winners announced!

Big Raffle prizes from: peacefood cafe, Chickpea & Olive, Marty's V Burger,Mooshoes, Little Choc Apothecary, The Whole Food Plant Based Cooking Show, MNM natural products, Loving Hut Williamsburg, I Heart Keenwah,GUNAS New York, Van Leeuwen Artisan Ice Cream, Peaceful Provisionsdonuts ,Brittle and Beyond , ocka treats & Gristle Tattoo+Art Gallery !!

Silent Auction Items: A Gift Pack from Catskill Animals Sanctuary [books, tote bag, hat, mug, skull cap], Luxury Vegan Muffs by Jessica Pezzlo [House of Churchill], X-Ray Vision Reading by Goldy Handler, Chicken Art fromEllen Carranza & Shark art from Zofia Bogusz Art!

Special Guests

Whole Food Plant-Based Coach Marc S Wood

Health & Wellness Coach / ISSA certified Personal Trainer Jamie Robinson

Dr. Russ L’Hommedieu of Harvest Food Box

Tere Fox, Vegan ROCKIN' RAW Chef (bearing treats!)

Jessica Pezzlo (House of Churchill)

Christopher Jaie of Save The Animals Rescue (STAR) Foundation & Long Island Vegan Extravaganza

Hadara Slok , Executive Vegan Chef & Owner of RAWCLATES (also bearing treats!)

Emily Cakeboss, Chef (French Culinary Institute)

Leah Negrin, Plant Based Nutritionist & Holistic Health Coach (also bearing treats and essential oils!)

Jaclyn Kiernan, Dietitian Nutritionist

Lupe Colangelo, Life Coach

Rechelle Abalos, Holistic Health and Lifestyle Coach, Certified Behavior Change Specialist

Ravi of IHEART KEENWAH (co-founder, bearing even more treats!)

Lilith Jones (long-time mural painter and illustrator who specializes in depicting animals and nature)

Lisa Clemett (artist, face painter)

Sweet Soul Bakery

Compassionate Cookery (in the kitchen)

Chef Rootsie (Caribbean style cuisine)

Sprout Box (grow your own)

V-Rolls (Bombay inspired wraps)

Culiraw (raw desserts)

Krystal of Gunas New York (carrying premium crafted vegan fashion)

GT's Kombucha, CoCoYo and other Living Foods!

MNM Natural Products (specializing in skin conditions)

Green Brooklyn Brand, LLC

Beth Litt (Brittle & Beyond)

Christine's Garden (Pure Pups Pet Care & Cruelty-Free Skin Care)

Leslie Viviana (Berrylicious Delights: Vegan Cheesecake)

Andrea Young (Sweet Vegan)

Vegans of Queens

DxE (Direct Action Everywhere)

Anonymous for the Voiceless

Coalition for Healthy School Food (will test how well you know your beans!!)

The Veggie Republic (veg bracelets)

ASPCA

Shannon Corley of Arbonne (100% VEGAN since the company started in Switzerland, 1975)

Carranzart (Chicken Art)

Jamie Diamond (animal prints and jewelry)

Jeanine Boubli (animal photography and shirts)

Carla Jean (freedom pins)

Lisa's Mighty Balls (vegan energy bites)

Green Bites (sprouted and raw snacks)

D.J. Greene Ayala

The Owl & The Pussycat Apothecary & Sundries

Ocka Treats

Kazani

Lisa of Loving Hut (more treats!)

Tickets are $10 now or $15 at the door! Kids age 16 and under are free! Get your tickets now, before this event sells out! Questions or comments? email Stacie @StaciePeirce@gmail.com !

Interested in volunteering for this event? ..entering the vegan cupcake contest? Rewards include free admission and raffle prizes! email Stacie @StaciePeirce@gmail.com !

Interested in vegan vendoring for this event? email Stacie @StaciePeirce@gmail.com !

I look fwd. to meeting you all! Please share this event FAR and WIDE!

#animallivesmatter Have a great all things vegan and beyond day.

A Fast Food Meal

Okay and so here I go with these YouTube video postings again. And I have been finding myself posting these youtube videos every so often when I get into that post a YouTube video on this blog mode because I guess, hey, it's less writing sometimes in my blogaholic attempt to maintain content for this blog whenever possible. And so that above video titled Six months of the everlasting Happy Meal is from another one of those facebook posts on someones facebook page that I came across that was titled McDonald's Happy Meal resists decomposition for six months, a photo of a McDonald's hamburger and french fries that has something to do with that on day 180, the Davies Happy Meal Project still looked the same as when that person bought that meal from McDonald's, as in that food had not decomposed, molded or changed its appearance in anyway when left on that table for six months. The only change that was noticed was that the food became hard as a rock. Now that's interesting and it sounds sort of scary to me. Is that just plastic food or something? And so this has me wanting to do that experiment also and go to all of those fast food restaurants to be found here on planet earth and buy all of the Big Mac's and Whoppers of the world and let them sit around for days and months and see what happens, if anything. Will they even attract insects? Have a great mystery meal day.

Chocolate

Hey Bloggers, or whoever could be reading this blog. Now I understand that chocolate can be the gift of love, though can chocolate also be the gift of hate? And a friend of mine received the above chocolate in that photo as one of those chocolate gifts, break up chocolate, as I guess as in chocolate that one breaks up to eat or cook with. And that friend of mine received what seems like a ton of chocolate in great quantities, or pure sugar, from a friend of theirs. And who on earth could eat what seems like a million pounds or a ton of chocolate and still be standing. Or at least still be standing after eating all of this chocolate in one day. And I thought that this person should give this ton of chocolate to another friend, who should pass it along to another friend, who should give it to another friend and so on and son on and so on, until that chocolate is eaten by someone, anyone. And what a beautiful photo that photo is above is to me, and what a beautiful image the image of chocolate can be. Though is this a gift that one gives to someone they like in great amounts, or is this ton of chocolate a gift for enemies? Have a great chocolate day.

Food Glorious Food

Food, food, glorious food. And I have seen whole books and novels written about the topic of food, that basic necessity in life we all seem to need at some point. And who doesn't like food? As isn't bread the staff of life, or something like that. And the list of recipes and articles written about food, and those colorful close up photos of those recipes and ads for food, well they seem to be endless. And then with the topic of food sometimes comes along the topic of diet, nutrition, weight loss, protein supplements, nutritional supplements, vitamins, minerals, food fads , how to eat healthy, how to lose ten pounds in ten days, super herbs, super vitamins, mega super protein drink meals, health rituals and just about every other health ritual one can think of relating to food and beyond. As we are what we eat, maybe, as that saying goes. And whole holidays have been build around the sharing and consuming of food, food and more food. And what would life be like without this substance we eat? And as I find my self blogging about this topic of food, all I can think about is food, food, glorious food.

The Toaster Oven

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A Receipt

And it is Sunday again. That sabbath day of rest day of the week. Or is that Saturday? And yet I find myself blogging again. And even with those California wildfires going on, and those North Carolina tornadoes happening, and what seems like the world spinning out of control and falling down all around me, I still find myself blogging again on this Sunday, a day of rest. And there is a food receipt sitting here before me that I have been staring at for a while now from someones birthday party that they choose to have in one of those overpriced expensive restaurants in that City of New York that was not exactly some fast food joint, or was it. And I have been staring at this receipt for a quite a while now only because I find this receipt for a night of dining out in that City of New York sort of a outrageous, some sort a joke I am unable to comprehend. And the bill for this meal of what amounted to $246.00 that automatically tacked on a "20% service charge of 38.40" without even asking anyone, as I guess it's supposed to be some sort of automatic tip or something, for six people is so out of order to me that I just thought to blah blog about it as follows. And I can think of a what seems like a million different things to do with this $246.00 for what seemed like one glorious $3.00 Chinese dinner. And I found this meal so overpriced, that I could not even enjoy the food. And it is this reason that I find myself on a diet of rice and beans sometimes and not being able to afford to eat out or eat anywhere besides the dumpster diving, in that City of New York sometimes. And even rice and beans seems to be out of reach with affordability these days and times with the price of food going through the roof:

1 PROSECCO 32.00
1 Avacado Tarta L (basically a small cup of guacamole) 11.00
1 White Bean Soup (a cup of beans....) 7.00
1 Yam & Yuca (some french fries) 6.00
1 Spinach Wonton (3 tiny, tiny spinach raviloies) 7.00
1 Risotto (a plate of rice with cheese) 18.00
1 Malaysian Curry 12.00
1 Iron Skillet 11.00
1 S & Konnyaku 17.00
1 Viet Noodle (a bowl of one dollar Chinatown rice noodles) 15.00
1 Sliced Seitan ( a one dollar can of Chinatown wheat gluten) 20.00
1 Edamame (a small portion of a one dollar fifty cents bag of edamame) 5.00
1 (GL) Prosecco 9.00
1 Chocolate Cake L (don't even remember ordering) 7.00
1 1 Scoop w/Choco 1.00
1 Mango Tapioca L 7.00
1 Fruit Crisp L 7.00
*20% srvchg 38.40*

food 151.00
liquor (the cheapest bottle they had) 41.00
Tax 16.08
service chg (what is this?) 3.40
10:43PM Total Due (and this is where the scary part starts..) 246.48

Voted Best (did they mean most expensive?) Vegetarian Restaurant, 2008.

Have a great food day

The Land Of Fake Food

And so I realized those fruits and vegetables that are to be found in the animal kingdom and on the food chain and in most any food store that is consumed by man and humanity cold be fake, And I realized this when I actually saw fruits and vegetables that were grown all natural, without the use of pesticides and anything else. And these vegetables and fruits were most often full of holes and eaten away by worms, spiders, caterpillars and other earthly beings that are to be found in the dirt of planet mother earth. And then I went to the market to look at these same fruits and vegetable. And even the organic fruits and vegetables. And these fruits and vegetables were pristine, shiny, waxed, spotless, flawless and blemish free. How is that possible? How is it possible to grow perfect blemish free fruits and vegetables without holes in them from the creature of planet mother earths dirt. Even the organic fruits and vegetables. And this gets me to wondering, how fake is the food. How real is the food that one eats, And what bug spray is one eating. And that does not even include the meat. And what would PETA, that People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals group have to say about this. Help save planet mother earth. Peace on earth and goodwill to all mankind.

The Rice

And now in my religious fanaticism thoughts, I am starting to wondering if it is the beginning of the end of the world again as the other days cover of the Metro's headline read "Hoarding epidemic hits U.S., New York", as prices of rice, and other staples soar, stores resort to rationing. And this article had a photo and caption of 20 pound bags of rice being rationed. And then that verse in Revelations comes to mind, "And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine". Behold, is the black horse of famine, the tribulation, the 3rd seal of revelations, the anti christ and doomsday near. What would Nostradamus have to say about this impending silent tsunami famine of global grain shortages. Is this written in prophecy somewhere? Is 2012 here? Is the apocalypse near? Is it judgement day yet? And what about that Albert Einstein quote "If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe then man would only have four years of life left. No more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, no more man," what would he have to say about all of this. And I saw this recent phenomenon of people hoarding rice with my very own eyes yesterday as if it were really real, walls and walls full of big bags of rice when I went to this store in Chinatown, Asia's bread basket bowl. And does any of this have to do with those bees that are dying from some sort of fungus and bats that are disappearing from some sort of fungus, and fish that are disappearing, and wheat that is disappearing from some sort of Ug99 fungus, and the price of barrels of oil going up and inflation going up even more from the Federal Reserve and Treasury printing up money to cover all of this national debt crisis and global warming and ecosystems that are collapsing thing? Is this all related. Is the beginning of the end near. Should I go and buy all of the rice I can find now before it is not there tomorrow or something. What does this all mean, Does Wikipedia have an entry for this?

This Energy Drink

Now I've heard about those energy drinks. And I have even seen them around town seemingly everywhere these days. And those drinks usually show up at all kinds of functions and events, as they seem like to magical cure that can give one energy and possible keep one awake all day and night and more, as they are usually full of some something that just gives you energy. And now there seems to be one out there In energy drink land called MAXXED Energy Pops, and they are having a "You Make My Energy Pop" contest where you can enter to win the Xbox 360 Elite Bundle and $100 Gift Certificate and 12-pack of MAXXED Energy. Now that sounds like something I could possible use with my blogaholicness. And you can actually click through that energy meter that I placed on this blog entry to give yourself some energy and keep going. And what better way to win an xbox Elite than getting yourself some energy and joining their contest and keep going sweepstakes. And you can actually download their Maxxed Energy Meter to your favorite social media network and your friends can give you some energy so you can keep going. You can also see the different locations where that MAXXED energy pop team could be coming to a location and a retailer near you making it easier for you to get yourself some energy.

These Oysters

I am on a seafood diet, when I see food, I eat it. I have heard that joke somewhere before. And then there are oysters. I have heard about them and their beautiful pearls they can contain a lot. And aren't they supposed to be some sort of aphrodisiac or something, though I am not exactly sure how that works. And if you are looking for Gulf oysters, Be Oyster Aware can help you to be aware, be informed, be cautious, be smart, and be sure. And they can also educate you about everything there is to know about the oyster. The have some great oyster recipes on their website also.

And Now The Wheat Is Dying

Revelation 6:6
Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living creatures, saying, "A quart of wheat for a day's wages, and three quarts of barley for a day's wages, and do not damage the oil and the wine!"
That proceeding phrase is a phrase I just posted for "The bees are dying", not even a month ago. And now the wheat is dying so says todays am New York. And so says all of those other news reports that have been in the news lately about the price of wheat is going up become it is becoming scarce, because farmers are requesting corn instead of wheat for alternative fuel, and so the price of bread goes up, or something like that. And now todays am New York says "A new virus is striking wheat". And now the wheat is dying of some deadly disease, much like the bees, were and/or dying of some mysterious disease, and much like the bats who are now dying of some mysterious virus just this past week. Is this all related. Is this the beginning of the eco apocalypse. And what about that housing foreclosure crisis, economy stock market downfall of the United States Dollar versus the Euro, delinquent loans and mortgages, oil at its highest price ever recession, depression story. That's a whole another blog posting. Where is the world headed, if anywhere. Have a great day.

Oysters

And what did the one oyster say to the other oyster? "Oy, ster me up already wont ya?" And I have heard of stories about oysters being an aphrodisiac, though I am not exactly sure about that. And then there are those stories of the beautiful pearls that are found in oysters. And I imagine they must make for some great recipes. And Gulf oysters are great. At Be Oyster Aware, you can be informed, cautious, smart and sure about oysters. At Be Oyster Aware you can find out everything educational there is to know about oysters, as well as some great oyster recipes too.

Flavor This Food

Food flavorings? Did someone say food and flavour? It seems as if most people could like good food and the flavor of food, for that is what makes good food good, some sort of flavor, whether it be sweet, salty, spiced up or anything and everything else in between. Isn't flavor what gives food its taste? And what would food be like with out flavor. Would food have any taste, or would it be just plain, bland food. And how could one think of a name for a fancy dish or entree if it didn't have that appealling descriptive adjective like sweet or salty to go before the name of the dish. Well I guess it's possible to eat plain food also but usually food with flavor rocks. And food with natural flavor rocks even more. About those foods that are manufactured up in a laboratory with chemicals names and ingredients that are too difficult or long to pronounce and a list of ingredients too innumerable to read for one ingredient, I am not sure. For someone who may need help in flavoring their food, Food Flavoring specializes in food flavourings. Food Flavorings helps food and drink product developers flavor up those food and drinks. There are also a lot of great Christmas recipes on their website and you can request flavour samples of different flavor types such as strawberry, lemon etc; and flavor status such as natural and other flavors in liquid or powder form. Happy good food.

Glorious Food

And the advertisers say today is Black Friday, Buy Nothing Day, and the day after Thanksgiving. And a friend of mine, Laura, sent this email yesterday for the Thanksgiving Day Holiday. The poem seems to be about food, food and more food, as I guess that is one of the things that this American holiday centers around. And I spent the whole day wondering if I should repost it or not. It is a poem. And as I remember Laura, she is always good for a great poem. Happy day after remember the Indians, Black Friday, Buy Nothing and poetry day.

Who Among You Knows the Essence of Garlic?

Can your foreigner's nose smell mullets roasting in a glaze of brown bean paste and sprinkled with novas of sea salt?

Can you hear my grandmother chant the mushroom's sutra?

Can you hear the papays crying as they bleed in porcelain plates?

I'm telling you that the bamboo slips the long pliant shoots of its myriad soft tongues into your mouth that is full of oranges.

I'm saying that the silver waterfalls of bean threads will burst in hot oil and stain your lips like zinc.

The marbled skin of the blue mackerel works good for men. The purple oils from its flesh perfume the tongues of women.

If you swallow them whole, the rice cakes soaking in a broth of coconut milk and brown sugar will never leave the bottom of your stomach.

Flukes of giant black mushrooms leap from their murky tubs and strangle the toes of young carrots.

Broiling chickens ooze grease,yellow tears of fat collect and spatter in the smoking pot.

Soft ripe pears, blushing on the kitchen window sill,kneel like plump women taking a long, luxurious shampoo,and invite you to bite their hips.

Why not grab basketfuls of steaming noodles,lush and slick as the hair of a fine lady,and squeeze?

The shrimps, big as Portuguese thumbs,stew among cut guavas, red onions,ginger root, and rosemary in lemon juice,the palm oil bubbling to the top,breaking through layers and layers of shredded coconut and sliced cashews.

Who among you knows the essence of garlic and black lotus root,of red and green peppers sizzling among squads of oysters in the skillet,of crushed ginger, fresh green onions,and pale-blue rice wine simmering in the stomach of a big red fish?

-- Garrett Hongo

Review My Restaurants

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Cheap Eats New York

I have come to the conclusion that I can no longer afford to eat in New York City. I can no longer afford the overpriced gourmet yuppie (Young Urban Professional) food in this town, or at least in this neighborhood the East Village, and that I may have to resort to dumpster diving, where you can actually find some really good food, and/or soup kitchens in order to continue to eat. Maybe I can compile a list of restaurants who give out leftovers at the end of the day after they close. Do they exist? For there is a ton of good food being thrown out and wasted in this town everyday at unbelievable and unbearable proportions to witness. City Harvest is an organization that collects this food to give away to others, and that is a good deed indeed. Maybe I should try calling them to see if they have any good food to give away. Is the word "Gourmet" a code word for overpriced food that one cannot afford? For richer or for poorer, this Quality of Life gentrify the neighborhood campaign is doing me in. Am I paying for location, location, location for this item of food that can probably be found for less than half the price in Nowhere Ville, Nowhere Town? And every single building I walk past on the Island is food, food, food and more food to remind me that it's time to eat again and again nonstop for as long as I am walking around on the street. Every building I past seems to be either a food market or restaurant and I want to go in and eat at every single food establishment I past as the menu and food display always looks so good and appetizing. And forget about going into those Whole Foods Health Food Markets that are popping up everywhere these days. Only the rich or at least people who are willing to pay the price for those outrageously overpriced food items shop there. I would need a full time job just to be able to afford to impulse eat in this town. I am being reduced to a rice and beans, bread and water diet here and thereafter. No more sushi, lobster, crepe suzettes, le' ten string beans with fancy sauce de jour, tuna tartare, bagadou bagels, shi shi salads and cafe' au laite's for me anytime soon. A cheaper way of eating is at hand, somehow.

The Land of Plenty

And while I am on the topic of food, is the earth really on fire? Literally it may be for there are wildfires raging in several states and countries now. Are forest fires the norm? I am not a scientist and I do not follow the weather pattens of history, only I do see the headlines of global warming everywhere now. And the food crops, the drying and browning of the earth is causing concerns. For feast or famine, the news has it that farmers are in an emergency crisis over the loss of millions of dollars from damaged, destroyed and lost crops this past year from freezes and frosts and farmers in the South are seeing the worst drought they have ever seen in the past thirty years with no end in sight. Yet the supermarkets are stocked to the rim, the restaurant and catering businesses are flourishing, the harvests are plentiful and milk and honey (at least milk) is overflowing freely.

Food Glorious Food

I am a fan of food. Cooking and eating food is one of the greatest things to do in life. Eat, drink, and be merry...Food is life. Do I ever think about how many calories are in food? Not really, I am not exactly sure what a calorie even is. A calorie could be something about a heat unit in food maybe. Well if one does calorie counting for every single calorie of their food because they are on a diet or for other reasons, MyFitnessPal's free calorie counter may be just for you. With MyFitnessPal's calorie counter you can track your diet and your meals quickly and easily. You'll get the tools you need to lose weight easily. At MyFitnessPal you can learn how to make better food choices and get on the path to a healthier living and lose weight the healthy way and their membership is %100 free. This is a sponsored review.