Well, actually this blog is named for a book that’s been a side project for a few years and is now nearly complete. It’s a collection of INNOVATIVE food-related notes on growing, harvesting, and prep methods I’ve evolved, combining a commitment to eat as much WILD and HOME-GROWN food as possible with an over-full life of unrelated passions and pursuits.

I’ve found that most homecooking-leaning-toward-homesteading advice and recipes presume a lifestyle centered around the kitchen. The techniques I want to share enable one to be doing non-kitchen things a whole lot more while increasing the deep nutrition.

It’s divided into chapters by color, an approach I’ve used for over 30 years to maintain a balanced diet without excessive thinking.

The visuals in this post are a few of the initial proofs for the prints. The decorative text in each are side notes roaming from the philosophical to the pragmatic.

UPDATE 1 JULY 2020

The book is complete and proofed!

Update 3/10/22: I’m doing a final edit on the second printing. The books will be $45 postpaid within the continental US. Contact me for shipping cost elsewhere.  Several more blog posts here are excerpts from the book. You can order here. I hope to be shipping in early April.

The print shown below, now the dust jacket, is inspired by an Aztec story told to fluent Nahuatl speaker, Fr. Diego Duran in the 16th century. It conveys an ambivalence about cacao. Since cacao is something I love but will never grow, and the story is not my own, the text is largely about its graphic element and is intentionally printed in reverse.

A slightly quirky artist book that is full of innovative and useful information as well.