fall 2004

Last summer when I was cooking at the cabin Mark's family has in the Sierra Nevada, where grocery stores are a boat ride plus a hike plus a drive away, I started using four lists to be more organized than I need to be in town, with three grocery stores a short walk away. (We tend to judge domiciles by their distance from a plausible grocery store.)

List #1 is beans, grains, protein, dairy, and made dishes.

List #2 is vegetables (other than beans and grains).

List #3 is fruit.

List #4 is ideas.

List #1 must include at all times a cooked bean and a cooked whole grain.

List #2 must include at all times salad greens, braised greens, and munching vegetables -- veggies that are ready to eat without any cooking or any further cooking.

List #3 must include munching fruit, fruit ready to eat.