Comments for Kathleen Flinn http://kathleenflinn.com Author of "The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry" Wed, 09 May 2012 01:24:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on The 2020 Food Consumer in Eight Trends by embrita http://kathleenflinn.com/2012/05/07/the-2020-food-consumer-in-eight-trends/#comment-1260 Wed, 09 May 2012 01:24:34 +0000 http://kathleenflinn.com/?p=3148#comment-1260 Oooh! I’m very interested to know what you’re planting. I think we’re going to give berry bushes a shot this weekend. Fresh food just tastes better.

]]> Comment on The 2020 Food Consumer in Eight Trends by Kathleen Flinn http://kathleenflinn.com/2012/05/07/the-2020-food-consumer-in-eight-trends/#comment-1259 Wed, 09 May 2012 01:19:54 +0000 http://kathleenflinn.com/?p=3148#comment-1259 That’s great to hear. You’re exactly the kind of consumer that I think the “transparency” factor is aimed at, actually.

]]> Comment on The 2020 Food Consumer in Eight Trends by Clare http://kathleenflinn.com/2012/05/07/the-2020-food-consumer-in-eight-trends/#comment-1258 Wed, 09 May 2012 01:11:17 +0000 http://kathleenflinn.com/?p=3148#comment-1258 I do have to say that I spend a lot more time contemplating food in the past two years. Books like yours, with those by Michael Pollan and films like Food Inc. are getting the word out that we have to be vigilent. (It doesn’t hurt that every other month, there’s ANOTHER food recall… !) I am to the point now where I have started to budget extra money to buy better food, and we’ve just committed to eating less meat (better for the planet, and for us). Interesting post. Thanks.

]]> Comment on The 2020 Food Consumer in Eight Trends by Gen http://kathleenflinn.com/2012/05/07/the-2020-food-consumer-in-eight-trends/#comment-1257 Wed, 09 May 2012 01:08:51 +0000 http://kathleenflinn.com/?p=3148#comment-1257 You just must read constantly. I’m always intrigued by the stuff you find. Very interesting post, and thoughtful take on this whole subject.

]]> Comment on The 2020 Food Consumer in Eight Trends by Kathleen Flinn http://kathleenflinn.com/2012/05/07/the-2020-food-consumer-in-eight-trends/#comment-1256 Wed, 09 May 2012 00:22:29 +0000 http://kathleenflinn.com/?p=3148#comment-1256 Definitely. What I think we forget as consumers is how much power we actually have when it comes to what gets offered for sale. Look at pink slime – once that hit the masses, those fast food burger places had to scramble for an answer. Same thing with high fructose corn syrup. The more insidious part of the food chain, though, isn’t really that consumer facing so it’s curious to see what will happen.

]]> Comment on The 2020 Food Consumer in Eight Trends by Kathleen Flinn http://kathleenflinn.com/2012/05/07/the-2020-food-consumer-in-eight-trends/#comment-1255 Wed, 09 May 2012 00:20:18 +0000 http://kathleenflinn.com/?p=3148#comment-1255 I agree with that, especially on kitchen gardens. I’m intrigued by how many people I know now keep chickens in their backyards, and grow their own lettuce. We’re converting part of our yard to a garden and I saw two neighbors pulling up grass to plant a garden this past weekend. Definitely a trend.

]]> Comment on The 2020 Food Consumer in Eight Trends by embrita http://kathleenflinn.com/2012/05/07/the-2020-food-consumer-in-eight-trends/#comment-1253 Mon, 07 May 2012 18:49:05 +0000 http://kathleenflinn.com/?p=3148#comment-1253 I feel like they’ve overthought that – and that most people will overlap categories. My own personal opinion is that we’ll see a much wider-spread resurgence of kitchen gardens and community gardens – and there will be more seed-saving, canning, etc to preserve variety, nutrition, and flavor. But I could be completely wrong. ;-)

]]> Comment on The 2020 Food Consumer in Eight Trends by lcbchef http://kathleenflinn.com/2012/05/07/the-2020-food-consumer-in-eight-trends/#comment-1252 Mon, 07 May 2012 14:28:54 +0000 http://kathleenflinn.com/?p=3148#comment-1252 Food manufactures will always follow trends, no matter the source of that trend. You look at any food store today and you will realize that those “New” crackers you saw last month are now gone and it’s spot replaced with another product. The average life span on “new” products is approx. six months. That’s the critical time frame that marketers deem as the “make it or break it” months.

]]> Comment on Cook with me on May 22 in Seattle by Kathleen Flinn http://kathleenflinn.com/2012/05/01/cook-with-me-on-may22/#comment-1245 Wed, 02 May 2012 23:58:33 +0000 http://kathleenflinn.com/?p=3132#comment-1245 In my original post, I referred to this as being on Earth Day. It turns out that the calendar I use in my office was incorrect. And it’s from a garden center, no less! :)

But really, shouldn’t every day be Earth Day???

]]> Comment on Cook with me on May 22 in Seattle by Kathleen Flinn http://kathleenflinn.com/2012/05/01/cook-with-me-on-may22/#comment-1244 Wed, 02 May 2012 22:38:03 +0000 http://kathleenflinn.com/?p=3132#comment-1244 Great. Artichokes seem quite a curiosity to people.

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