pea shoots and politics

So, at last I'm on the ediPortland scene--thanks, Erik, for starting this blog and saving a space for me. Just so our readers know, I have another blog, The Intentional Aging Collective: www.intentionalagingcollective.blogspot.com. On my other blogspot I write about beautiful food in connection to legacy, inter/cross-generational relationships, and deep development as we travel through the life course. I also write about other stuff related to what I call "intentional aging," and some times I even get kind of political. Most recently, I wrote a two-part series on the pension reform crisis in France. Funny, my readers are like hungry teenagers (but with really good palates) when I write about food, but like ashamed teenagers (who haven't done their homework) when I write about pension reform in France. Go figure.

Well, I know you are all absolutely dying to know what kind of food my 14 year old daughter Isobel and I like to cook and eat. To meet your curiosity, I'll let you in on tonight's supper menu. Are you ready? Are you sure? The menu: Wild-caught salmon (caught by Isobel's dad), sautéed pea shoots (grown by my friend Joanne, my old friend Fred's daughter, who is a C.S.A. farmer), sweet potato fries (thanks, Trader Joe's...!); and, last but not least, homemade French mayonnaise (made by your's truly, in honor of those Frenchies, wherever they come down on the pension reform situation.). Do let me know if you'd like to know more about what I did with the pea shoots. Bon appetite!

--jenny rotten (a.k.a. Jenny Sasser, Ph.D.)