Doktor Dough

The beautiful and tasty pomegranate seeds

So I thought I should at least introduce my new Blog, despite the acute and severe case of writer’s block that has taken a profound hold on me since the actual inception of the webpage.

I would often check out the natural foods market and after a stint in Santa Fe, NM I became more interested in the food I ate (they are very New Agey there). Wild Oats and The Marketplace were great; Whole Foods was but a babe in arms at the time. A stint in France in 1994 showed me how people live a little differently: they buy fresh food nearly daily, refrigerators are small and in each town or city there is a green market.

But really, the clincher was having my own kids. Then I really began thinking about the food I put into my body as well as their little mouths.

I read Super Baby Food by Ruth Yaron cover to cover. Then I started in earnest: made homemade baby food almost exclusively for child #1 and child #2 wouldn’t actually even eat the stuff from a jar! We were at the Farmer’s Market in Alameda  nearly every week and when not there at Alameda Natural Grocery.

Then came the sourdough, homemade yogurt and jam and applesauce… on and on until here I am in 2010 ready to blog about it all ’cause it’s so much fun! And not as hard as you think, to put good, wholesome food in the tummies of those around you. If a working mom with two little ones can do it, so can you!

Now I am trying to convince my cousin the chef to join me. C’mon Andrew!