All posts tagged "Food Saturdays"

A reader asked me on Formspring if I would take submissions for Food Saturdays.  Usually, I say no to people asking if they can submit something (though once in a blue moon I'll ask someone to write something), because going through submissions and telling people no is above my pay grade here.  But it seems like a harmless enough thing with these posts.  I'd just ask that anyone submitting follow the format, including sending pictures and a casual walk-through of how they made it, with an emphasis on vegetarianism and as much local food as  you can pull in.

Since we made all our fund-raising goals for the abortion fund, I have a lot of promises to keep! (Of course, you can still donate and help us wildly exceed our goals here.) And, as you all know, my food posts have attracted a surprising amount of haterade, though I've made my peace with it. (I remembered that a woman writing about anything considered traditionally feminine---fashion, wedding planning, motherhood, housekeeping, crafts---is going to face people insisting that she's a complete failure who should be ashamed of herself. I shouldn't expect an exception from this rule. Plus, some of the comments are typical of the way that vegetarians get harassed generally.) However, it's so strange that it gets so ugly that I promised, if we got up to $1,500, that I would introduce democracy into the situation. I'm going to put up a poll to settle this question once and for all. And I promise to adhere to whatever the results are without complaint.