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| Sometimes I miss living in Seattle. I used to teach at a converted building dedicated to nonprofit orgs and low-income artist housing. There are similar endeavors in many cities, but in Seattle it’s everywhere and at the Good Shepherd Center, located a mile away from my former home, one of the tenants, Seattle Tilth, inspires and educates people to garden organically and consider urban chicken coops and beehives. My neighbors upstairs turned half our yard into a garden. Last week it held a workshop in Herbal Tea Gardening and on the 23rd it gives one on Composting for Apartment Dwellers. Take a look at the tenants inside this one building. Shouldn’t every city have one? |
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| The government illegally approved a genetically modified, herbicide-resistant strain of sugar beets without adequately considering the chance they will contaminate other beet crops, a federal judge in San Francisco has ruled. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White rejected the U.S. Department of Agriculture's decision in 2005 to allow Monsanto Co. to sell the sugar beets, known as "Roundup-Ready" because they are engineered to coexist with Monsanto's Roundup herbicide. |
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| The Original Crazy Camel Dessert Hummus |
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| Written by Stephanie Zonis |
 Yup, you read that correctly. It’s “dessert”, as in “sweet at the end of a meal” and “hummus”, as in “chickpea spread”. You’re thinking I’ve got to be kidding, but I’m not. Chef Chuck in New Hampshire has created a new type of hummus, one without garlic or pepper or any of the usual savory flavorings. As is so often the case, the idea of The Original Crazy Camel Dessert Hummus was a happy accident.
Chef Chuck was making some regular hummus to which his picky teenage daughter objected. When she asked if he couldn’t add some peanut butter to the plain ground chickpeas, he did. With a few more modifications, Chuck realized he might just be on to something. He now has six flavors, including Peanut Butter (my favorite), Caramel Apple, and Toasted Almond. There’s even a Chocolate Mousse for those of us who require frequent chocolate fixes! The Original Crazy Camel Dessert Hummus is a very new business, but it’s already taken off impressively. There’s been a lot of positive response to these products, and why not? Although they contain about the same number of calories as regular savory hummus, they have only around half as much fat. In addition, these dessert hummuses are gluten-free, dairy-free, wheat-free, vegan-friendly, and high in both protein and fiber! They’re great on your morning toast, or you can use them as a dip for pretzels or celery sticks or sliced apples. And they’re ideal for an after- school snack, perhaps spread on a whole wheat wrap. Where to find them? There are a number of retail locations in New England, and Chef Chuck is attempting to obtain wider distribution even as I write this. But if you can’t wait, you can now order this dessert hummus online. Note that there’s a 6-tub minimum for shipping, but on the slim chance that you have leftovers or don’t feel you can eat quite that much hummus at once, these products freeze perfectly. If you’ve shied away from hummus up till now, or even if you’re a devoted hummus fan, you’ve got to try this! For complete information, surf over to The Original Crazy Camel Dessert Hummus website, at www.desserthummus.com |
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