What I'm Excited About #7

Clemenquat Salad: My contribution to this Sunday's party food.

Collaboration: I worked with +Ryan Johnson, +Jamie Bain, and +Mary Vitcenda to bring this blog post to fruition: SNAP-Ed: Our Expanded Focus. I think it turned out real nice. Then again, it is color-coded, and that counts for a lot in my book.

Kombucha: A MNYFP'er hooked me up with a symbiotic community of bacteria and yeast.

A photo posted by @jastrd on Jan 31, 2015 at 8:25am PST

Homemade kombucha, here I come!

Sent and Tried

At last week's Minnesota Young Food Professionals' happy hour, we made food resolutions for 2015.

How self-referential.

For this first post of 2015, I'll review two of the goals I made for 2014. The first goal was to send 52 pieces of mail. Pieces of mail actually sent? Twenty-four. But some of them were pretty sweet, like this package I put together for +Garnet Bruell.

A box full of letters, motorized sushi, and "A little sugar from your MN sugar mama."

The second goal was to try 52 new things. I counted forty-one new activities tried. Here's a selection:

• Attend and judge Pundamonium.
• Get a piercing.
• Paddle board.

Am I doing it right? (Photo credit: +Kate Elahi) 

• Get advice from an attorney.
• Call 911.
• Visit an impound lot.

I saw a couple cars like this. (Photo credit: Neil Turner)

• Buy and use a state parks permit.
• Take a solo road trip.
• Take a parkour class.

Check out that dive roll.

• Interview candidates for a serious job.
• Precept dietetic interns.
• Help plan a conference.

Pin the Dots. #hnmn14 #UMNExt

A photo posted by @jastrd on Aug 19, 2014 at 6:01am PDT

• Raft through rapids.
• Attend a Baptist church.
• Spectate B.A.S.E jumping.

Busy #BridgeDay BASE jumping and rafting. #WhatUpWV #GoToWV

A photo posted by @jastrd on Oct 18, 2014 at 9:32am PDT

• Attend a BareBones production.
• Sing Sacred Harp.
• Write, share, and perform original poetry.

Many thanks to everyone who assisted me, wittingly or not, in a working toward this goal. And a special shout-out to +Susan DeBlieck, who spontaneously checked in with me about both goals. You'll get a piece of mail this year, I promise!