FOOD.....
Our Food & Wine issue kicks off with the company Five Accessories who makes purses from Recycled Potato Chip Bags (below) created in Honduras. The company carries handmade purses and jewelry from Bali, Guatemala, Honduras, Brazil and Rwanda, all made with recyclable materials including coconut shells, rice and bamboo.
Honeymooning in Bali, founder Christine Hutchison and her husband learned what a difference five dollars a month can make to a family in Bali. Five Accessories now supports underprivileged kids around the world by donating five bucks of every handbag sold and 15% of all other sales to each artisan’s local cause.
Go to www.fiveaccessories.com to buy, and learn more, and click on every page of this issue to see lots of yummy and tummy rumbling food or wine related stories.
SOUS YOU
Supermarket shopping is so tedious. Trust us, we know. So if you love eating healthy gourmet dinners, but hate shopping for all of the ingredients, then Sous Chef 2 Go is for you. The chefs behind this innovative Miami-based service puts together all the ingredients to make an organic meal but you cook it at home by following their simple recipe in a bag.
Select a menu from their online options and they do the shopping, chopping, marinating, and measuring. After 11am, pick up the recipe in a bag with ingredients - including spices- with instructions in English or Spanish. They even offer wine suggestions.
A ton of menus are on their site including Baked Hen stuffed with rice; Roasted Pork Shoulder; Leg of Lamb with oranges; Roasted Pork Tenderloin stuffed with fruit and almonds; and a Vegetarian Holiday Meal. www.souschef2go.com
