Dear Climate Culinarians,
Happy New Year! Let’s switch roles for this issue: I’d like you to tell me what’s on your mind. Not the other way ‘round.
I have 7 quick questions for you. If you’d care to answer them - or just some of them - you’d help me a great deal to shape this newsletter. Because … I’m not sure how to continue.
I’ve been writing to you about food, climate change, and how surprisingly often the two become entangled. I’ve been talking to smart people about chili peppers and heat or about edible seaweed guzzling up carbon dioxide or what global warming does to maple syrup. I’ve been pondering solutions. Hard questions. And then I reported back to you. Is it worth it?
I don’t know.
I do know that
I love diving into food systems and eco systems, doing interviews, mulling over research, writing drafts, editing, designing a newsletter …
Okay, there are tedious parts where “love” seems unrealistic. I love most of the work related to this newsletter.
I believe I’m making myself useful.
All this takes more time than I’d like to admit.
I guess I just did.
Taking care of Climate Culinarians is time-consuming. A Greek chorus in my mind says it’s time I must use to earn my keep. Not to keep a small group of readers happy. Do you even know they are happy with this?, they say.
So there. Help me quiet those voices in my mind. One way or another. If you’re survey-averse, perhaps you want to leave a comment?
And just so you know: I don’t necessarily listen to the voice of reason when it comes to passion projects. But I’d love - love! - to listen to you.
Read, eat, repeat!
Petrina
Climate Culinarians is a weekly newsletter delivering food for thought to people who care about what they eat. I’m Petrina Engelke, journalist and book coach. I help readers discover links between yummy food and global warming - with a focus on solutions and actions we can take. Read more about this newsletter & me here.
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