yah, that's what I meant to say. Jesse --- Dawie Coetzee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The practicality of local restaurants that supply > general meals as opposed to venues for special > occasions may, I think, be much improved by better > urban spatial arrangements. This sort of thing makes > a lot of sense in an urban environment that places > decent numbers of people within a walking radius and > then encourages them to walk, provides physical > conditions conducive to the emergence of large > numbers of local small businesses, and generally > supports civic relationships between people in the > neighbourhood. It's amazing how something like the > width of the space between buildings on opposite > sides of a street can influence the way an entire > economy works. -Dawie > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Darryl McMahon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org > Sent: Thursday, 8 March, 2007 5:02:04 AM > Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Localize Me > > > If one chooses not to keep appliances for cooking or > storing food, > eating out all the time could make sense. If one > lives alone, or the > schedule means they are seldom at home for meals, > this could even make > financial sense. No refrigerator, no freezer, no > stove, no energy bill > associated with those activities, no grocery bill, > no worries about food > spoiling. No need for a kitchen, saves living > space. Just skipping the > trips for groceries appeals to me, not to mention > cooking for others > with dynamic schedules. > > Actually, most dormitories I have experienced are > based on this premise > (no kitchen, all meals taken at food service > locations of some kind). > May apply to other situations as well. > > Just my 2 cents. > > Darryl > > Jason& Katie wrote: > > > > eating at a restaurant three times a day doesnt > really make sense to me. > > seems that the benefits of localized food would be > somewhat diminished > > when it is produced in large amounts like that, > because even with the > > best quality stock, they are still on a time > budget, and would have to > > at least skim corners, if not cut them entirely. i > think good food is > > best prepared in the home, or at least in a place > where there isnt such > > a rush to finish cooking. i dont mean what they > are reporting is bad, > > just a little off kilter. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > *From:* M&K DuPree > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > *To:* biofuel@sustainablelists.org > > <mailto:biofuel@sustainablelists.org> > > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 07, 2007 7:02 PM > > *Subject:* Re: [Biofuel] Localize Me > > > > What do you feel is bizarre and wonder if > there is a point, > > Jason? Mike > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > *From:* Jason& Katie > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > *To:* biofuel@sustainablelists.org > > <mailto:biofuel@sustainablelists.org> > > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 07, 2007 6:03 PM > > *Subject:* Re: [Biofuel] Localize Me > > > > a little bizarre, but there IS a point- i > guess... > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > *From:* M&K DuPree > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > *To:* biofuel@sustainablelists.org > > <mailto:biofuel@sustainablelists.org> > > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 07, 2007 > 12:12 AM > > *Subject:* [Biofuel] Localize Me > > > > Have you heard of the documentary > "Super Size Me?" This guy > > eats nothing but McDonald's for a > month. About dies. > > Here's a story from our local > newspaper about a local > > restaurant that specializes in local > buffalo and elk burgers > > and other local, organically grown > produce doing a "Localize > > Me" promotion. I've plugged the List > in my comments to this > > story, and I'm embarrassed, but not > surprised, by many of > > the comments to this story. What can > you expect from a town > > wherein resides an institution of > "higher learning," ie > > university. Mike DuPree > > > > > http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2007/mar/06/freshfood_dieter_eats_his_way_health/?city_local > > > > > > > > > > Fresh-food dieter eats his way to > health > > > > By * Laura McHugh * > > > <http://www2.ljworld.com/staff/laura_mchugh/> > > > > Tuesday, March 6, 2007 > > > > Daniel Fisher enjoys one of his > favorite Local Burger > > dishes. Im not really a salad guy, > but I love that salad. > > I could eat it every day, says the > former fast-food diner. > > For 30 days, Fisher gave up fast food > and ate only at Local > > Burger, 714 Vt. > > > > Mary Dooley, nurse at First Med, 2323 > Ridge Court, gives > > Daniel Fisher some good news Monday. > In addition to his > > blood pressure decreasing, Fishers > weight and cholesterol > > levels have also dropped > significantly. > > > > Thirty days of fresh food can do a > body good. > > > > At least, thats what worked for > 29-year-old Daniel Fisher. > > > > On Jan. 25, the self-proclaimed > fast-food junkie quit his > > habit, replacing chain restaurants > with Lawrences Local > > Burger. The downtown restaurant > specializes in locally > > grown, organic meats and produce. > > > > Ive lost 23 or 24 pounds, and I can > feel it. I feel > > great, Fisher said. I have a lot > more energy than I used to. > > > > Local Burgers owner, Hilary Brown, > recruited Fisher for the > > project, which she calls Localize > Me, a play on Super > > Size Me, a movie in which the > filmmaker eats only > > McDonalds fast food for a month. > > > > He was wonderful about sticking to > the program and just > > being committed to this journey, > Brown said. > > > > That journey was to eat only Local > Burger, three meals a > > day, for an entire month. At first, > Fisher worried the > > healthy fare would not satisfy his > super-sized appetite. > > > > I thought I was going to starve to > death eating little tiny > > portions, but I had a lot of food to > eat, Fisher said. > > > > Brown taught him not to eat less, but > better. > > > > I think its time for people to be > aware === message truncated ===> _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list > archives (50,000 messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > Jesse Frayne itsdinner.ca Neighbourhood catering and general joie de livre __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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