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ADVANCE PRAISE FOR RIPE FROM AROUND HERE:

jae steele blows away our idea of all things vegan being bland and boring. Ripe from Around Here exudes passion and enthusiasm, the recipes could put a gentle smile on the most hardcore carnivore, and the ideas help us return food to where it belongs; close to home, back to the center, and into the hearts of our families and communities.

Michael Ableman, farmer and author of From the Good Earth, on Good Land and Fields of Plenty

jae steeles new book, Ripe from Around Here, brings a bright sense of joy and compassion for people and animals, and a knack for sharing fun tips and making new information accessible. As a dedicated vegan foodie, this book literally jumped off the page and into the kitchen! jaes holistic approach encompasses more than the food we eatits about the entirety of our day to day livesthe choices we make as we navigate ways to feel connected to community and accept our important role as protectors of the planet. Making the transition to vegan, local foods can change your life and the world. jaes book gives readers the gentle support they need, wonderful recipes, and a sense of camaraderie as they begin a journey to live more simply and sustainably.

Joy Pierson, Nutritional Consultant, Candle Cafe/Candle 79 (New York)

Combine fresh and whole foods with organic, home-cooked, locally and sustainably grown all-vegan dishes, mix it up with zest and what do you have? Someones politically correct wishlist for a healthy future? No! Its jae steeles scrumptious and fun-raising cookbook. She helps you live up to the potential of food to transform lives and communities.

Wayne Roberts, author of The No Nonsense Guide to World Food and manager of the Toronto Food Policy Council

Dedication

To organic family farmershardworking and heroic growers of green things.

To my ever-loving mum, Nancy, with her openness to relearning food systems.

To my dad, Gerald, who started taking me to markets when I was just wee, in search of the best quality ingredients.

And to Ryan, who shares my love for alternative farming as a means of social change, and for good food.

FOREWORD

As part of the Karma Food Co-op community in Toronto, I was delighted to get to know jae and to track her process through the gestation, birth, and growth of her first book, Get It Ripe, published in 2008. When our shopping trips to the co-op coincided, wed cycle through the small, rustic space buried in a West-end back alley, share recipes, our excitement for seasonal treats, thoughts on new products, and laughter.

I bought jaes book partly out of a sense of community support, but I quickly fell in love with its tone, warmth, depth, and flavors. I was introduced to unfamiliar ingredients and astounded by the rich, varied, and satisfying array of foods we were guided to produce with only plant-based ingredients. Although we are not a vegan household, we appreciate the personal and global health benefits of the animal-free dishes and are proud to share them with our friends. More than once, Ive had to take Get It Ripe from the shelf to prove to guests that the delicious dip or soup or cookie we were serving was indeed vegan!

In that first book, jae clearly demonstrated the connection between food and individual health. Now, in Ripe from Around Here, she sharpens our focus on food from farm to plate and shows us how the health of our communities depends in many ways on the health of our food systems. This understanding is fundamental to Slow Food, the international volunteer organization that defends biodiversity, traditional food-producing communities, the environment, and our right to choose food that is healthy and delicious. Among the many concerned voices that oppose the injustices of the industrial food system, Slow Food asserts that food production, distribution, and consumption must respect traditions, protect the environment, and fairly reward farmers in order to maintain a truly sustainable society.

I value jaes commitment to research and analysis from which she develops clear criteria to judge the quality of ingredients. This book gives us the tools we need to enhance the resilience and self-reliance of our local food networks. By directly supporting these networks, we become allies in defending biodiversity and all its many benefits. Making time to cook and share food is not easy, but perhaps we can give up a little face-time with our computer screens and redirect that energy into connecting with loved ones around food.

In Ripe from Around Here, jae encourages us to create handmade, personal food. She even equips apartment dwellers with the information they need to turn their food scraps into compostwith the help of some red wriggler worms. The inclusive, non-doctrinaire tone of Ripe from Around Here provides a positive model for those of us who work to develop local, sustainable food systems. All communities need to rebuild the traditional networks that have eroded in a world of anonymous, globalized food. jae illustrates the many rewards that accrue when farmers and consumers rely on each other as neighbors. However, in order to scale up these systems to sustainable volumes, we need to engage the broader population to make incremental changes, not set rigid, idealized standards that are unattainable. We must also be mindful of distant farming communities whose economies have developed to serve our needs. It is not enough to tend to ones own perfected and protected garden if ones neighbors are suffering. We need to recreate a transparent, cohesive food system that nourishes our bodies, sustains our rural communities, and invites all the worlds eaters to the table.

A good start will be to make food a priority, connect with local growers, make time to cook from scratch, and share a table with those we care for. jaes philosophy and delicious recipes draw a vivid map for the journey we must take together to create a sustainable society.

Paul DeCampo, Slow Food Toronto

www.slowfood.to

PREFACE

This book is not the 100-Mile Diet. You might be disappointed (or relieved) to hear that, but I thought Id share this information with you from the get-go so you dont read all the way to Chapter 3 before discovering that Im not going to tell you to eat exclusively what you can find within an hours drive from home.

But I am indeed an advocate for local foods. If you read my first book, Get It Ripe, you might recall that my love for whole foods began on a small organic farm in eastern Canada. So, of course, I needed to write a second book that helps people become more aware about what it means to come back to a culture that supports local family farms. When I pass a parked car on my street with a bumper sticker that reads Farmers Feed Cities! it warms my heart because I know its true. And I know that more city folks know it too, more than they have in decades, thanks to the current locavore movement. It reminds me that Im grateful for all the tireless work, commitment, creativity, and risks taken in all kinds of weather conditions by farmers in order to get fresh, nourishing foods to my kitchen table in my big-city home.

I knew I wanted to do a sequel to Get It Ripe

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