Kitchen Counter Culture
Food Politics in a kitchen that never stops, meals evolving one to the next.
Joy in cooking, gardening, foraging, bargains and reclaiming food that would be wasted; honouring the seasons; uncovering local food traditions; a huge fondness for cookbooks; home economy as fun and ecological; domestic life contextualised; challenging ourselves to waste less and less; mindfulness of hunger, gratitude for having; Food Sovereignty; Seed Freedom; Food as a Commons; creativity; living with awareness of the profound changes taking place to the climate — globally, locally and to ecosystems everywhere; love; honouring growers, sellers, cooks and eaters; best lives for animals if we eat them; inspiration from Slow Food and Permaculture; the Dalai Lama refusing to judge anyone harshly on Australian Master Chef.
And an increasing disinterest in perfectionism.
I see this as a place to share resources, visions, ideas, links, activism…
There are so many amazing, informative and beautiful food blogs and recipes around the web, and of course, there are so many books. I’m probably not so inclined, on principle, to give recipes and exact amounts, but if you feel that better directions or amounts– a recipe!– or a link would really help, please feel free to ask me in the comments, and I’ll do that for you– or point you in that direction.
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This is so wonderful. Your knowledge is so deep. What a rich life you must lead! I want to see photos of you, but if you are shy of photos of you personally, find them too revealing of something irrelevant, how about some images of your counters? Of your kitchen and pantry and what adorns your heart center? Who is the crazy wonderful person who is creating all this love and magic in the world? You’re a powerful person Kitchen Counter Culture. Don’t be a mystery.
Photographs of your kitchen & pantry would be fantastic, I agree! I want to experience the joy & love & passion of food through your vision…this is magical!
I agree too, we need photos and to know your name! Wonderful inspirational site.
What a wonderful blog and a rich treasure trove of knowledge indeed. Glad to have found you here!
Wonderful Blog! So much interesting stuff on here!
Hey just nominated you for a blog award…enjoy!
I’m so pleased to have found your lovely blog. Counter culturalism is a natural state of being for me too. I look forward to following more of your journey
Wow great blog! I just love your wide variety of interests in all things food and how food got to be food 🙂
Love your post on sweet greens, and the nettle tart recipe!
Hi Annie. Thanks for your comments on my blog. I agree we do have a lot in common and I’m so glad you made contact. I love your blog too. Looking forward to reading your future posts!
Steve
I like your cover photo! I love the mix of flowers and petals you used to create it.
I also love what your blog is about. I will be popping in tk read the posts you share!
[…] First, you need to choose what you are going to lacto-ferment. I have tried a vast number of fresh foods, the majority with a high degree of success. Vegetables are what I have the most experience with so I am going to share my vegetable method with you here. You can also lacto-ferment fruit, or even combine this method preservation with another low-impact, high nutrient saving one: that of drying. For more information on this, you could try visiting Annie Levy’s fantastically inspiring blog here(4). […]
So glad we crossed blog paths and found each other. One day we shall drink borage tea in a beautiful coffee house in Isfahan! One can dream, right?
Indeed! I also feel so strongly that cultural sharing is a path to peace… Hey, check out the link towards the bottom to the Santa Fe chocolate cafe. I think you’d really enjoy it. 🙂
Glad I found your blog (through Hilda’s) today! Would love to learn by following your posts…
Thanks for following my blog, and I’m already in love with yours! Found you through Zero Waste Chef! 🙂
Thank you for your wonderfully rich and interesting blog! I was wondering if you had heard of Dr Vandana Shiva? (you probably have!) – we heard of her when we were travelling to India and she is a complete inspiration for her seed preservation and environmental work. There are lots of inspirational you tube vids of her speaking out there! Have a wonderful day 🙂 Xx and keep shining X
And thank you for your comment. Yes, Vandana Shiva is a constant inspiration for the way she envisions seeds in the commons, and I love her book Soil Not Oil really taught me a lot. We all work so hard, don’t we 🙂 Take care.
Lovely to meet you at the weekend in Birmingham Annie – and inspiring too… Ive since braved the allotment at last and liberated cabbages onions garlic beans and peas from among the poppies and marigolds and (lots of) bindweed – I don’t suppose I could pickle that???
Seven new jars bubbling softly on the side, but more than that a vital reaffirmation of the quiet work we do to change the world. Now to recover that lost garlic pickle we talked about X Fran
Really enjoyed meeting you too Fran! Bindweed—hmmmm…. isn’t it related to Morning Glories, might be psychedelic meaning borderline toxic LOL? Glad you were inspired and look forward to hearing about your pickles and “the quiet work we do to change the world,” beautifully said. ❤
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This is exactly what I had been looking for. You write so beautifully. Food with a side of reality keeps me sane and now I’ve found the perfect place!
Thank you so much! I hope my lack of current posting doesn’t disappoint you, but there’s plenty in the archives. Best wishes, Annie
Hey Annie. Hope you and yours are well. Ages since we’ve seen you. Al pointed me at your blog. I have just started my first batch of kimchi. My sourdough starter is going on two months and maybe the 12th generation of loaves and pizza crust. I should diaries and keep records. Or make up poems. Oral counter culture? Looking forward to reading Kitchen Counter Culture. X George
Hey George, greetings! Enjoy making kimchi, really fun, and loads of different varieties too. Say hi to Al and see you one day again xxx