We Already Ate

A root, a stem, a leaf, some means of capturing sunlight and air and making food—in sum, a plant.

am a girl who hears plants and flowers scream and faint when they are about to be cut. I know it sounds positively CRAZY, but it is absolutely true. I have always been this way. Since I was a child. I still hear it, I can’t ignore it. I always apologize and then thank my vegetables before I pull them from the vine or take them from the earth. Or even slice them in the kitchen. Just as we are living and breathing upon this earth, so are the very plants and trees and flowers and grasses which literally give us life.

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Baker Street Stew

Let’s call this dish Baker Street Stew. I know that’s not what it probably is really called, but I lived at the Baker Street Tube stop when I learned to make it and perfected it. It’s a hearty dish and can be served on its own or I had a flatmate who enjoyed frying an egg and plopping that right on top of his dish. [...]