Amy c's Blog (9)

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i love picking peas because i love copping a feel. to harvest a pea, you have to pinch is for pressure and pea size. it's really quite sensual having a pea straight off the vine. sweet and delicious. juicy and cool popping in your mouth. farming is squeezing potato beetles with your bare hands, tasting fresh lettuces in the field, weeding in the rain, watching zucchinis grow in the greenhouse, suffering through 90 degree mugginess, earning muscles in places you didn't know you had muscles, and… Continue

had a mini-run at the pond in central park today. the weather's so beautifully cloudy!
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nyu celebrating earthweek:

so last night i had dinner out of a garbage with adam, spokesman of the freegan movement. vegan chili and steamed veggies (i'm still alive). i also picked up three kumquats and a banana at trader joe's. and a lot of tomatoes at gristede's. fre… Continue

making guac with what's on hand:
avocado
with lime
basil
parsley (YUM)
red onion

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ate strawberries. armpits smell like strawberries. coconut cream anyone?
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this morning, i started my adobe indesign project--it's quite good! i'm creating a raw recipebook. yum.

went to pure again because i craved coconut juice. by the time i finished the whole 32 ozs and flipped through david wolfe's eating for beauty, it was rather chilly. for balance, i got the raw kimchi from the hawthorne valley stand. IT IS FANTASTIC, not too spicy and even a little sweet. watched two sisters, a dutch film and trying to watch il postino. ever notice… Continue

my first visit to pure food and wine's juice bar today. most definitely the first of many. stopped by before my internship and had a avocolado. service was so ny speedy, yet calm. my boss tried the smoothie and was surprised that drinking avocado is actually quite good. had a macaroon at work, inevitably sugar crashed. so i walked from 34th and 7th ave down to pure to wake myself up--and of course detox haha. i love avocado and wanted it again, but i wanted something savory this time around. so… Continue