Reduce Food Waste with the James Beard Foundation - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - November 19, 2018

  WASTE NOT COOKBOOK: Having been raised in the presence of a Depression-era grandmother who even went to college to study home economics, I have a built-in thing about food waste. So I was delighted to see a new cookbook from the James Beard Foundation called “Waste Not: Recipes and Tips for Full-Use Cooking from America's Best Chefs,”and a campaign of anti-food waste advocacy spearheaded by that organization. Chef Tiffany Derryis a contributor to the “Waste Not” cookbook, and a former star and fan favorite of “Top Chef,” among other culinary accomplishments. We talked about becoming “thoughtful, intentional cooks”--about getting the most out of every vegetable and herb (no, not just the tender little leaves but even the stems), why cooking a whole fish is the most economical way to go, and much more. I also learned about the 200ish chefs who have gone through the Beard Boot Camp to become advocates on sustainability and social issues.