MOUNTAINVIEWVOICE QFOOD FEATURE We ekend QMOVIE TIMES QBEST BETS FOR ENTERTAINMENT Q FOODFEATURE W STORY BY Mountain View zero-waste ELENA KADVANY activist offers recipes, lessons W PHOTOS BY VERONICA WEBER and inspiration Anne Marie Bonneau adds sugar to her ginger beer starter in her Mountain View kitchen. She makes most of her foods Most interviews don’t start with intense hybrid of sauerkraut and kombucha and krautchi are all from scratch in an effort to live a a slice of freshly baked sourdough kimchi. products of Bonneau’s efforts to “zero-waste” lifestyle. bread, sips of homemade kom- But Anne Marie Bonneau is not bucha and bites of “krautchi,” an most interviewees. 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Our reporters produce monthly cover stories. We’re seeking someone who is motivated, eager to learn, able to quickly turn out finished copy, and who lives in or The refrigerator in a zero-waste kitchen doesn’t contain any plastic wrap, but it does have a lot of near the Almanac coverage area. Social media skills are a homemade concoctions, including lotion, sourdough starter, kombucha and hummus. plus. This is a fully benefited position with paid vacations, health and dental benefits, profit sharing and a 401(k) plan. Continued from previous page lifestyle that’s gained increas- “The Plastic-Free Chef.” They ing traction in recent years as soon cut out all packaged food, To apply, send a cover letter, resume, and three samples produce zero waste in her Moun- people have become more aware shopping almost exclusively at of your journalism work to Editor Richard Hine at editor@ tain View kitchen — and have of the vast amount of food that farmers markets and buying in AlmanacNews.com. fun doing it. The bread is made goes to waste in America. There bulk using handmade cloth bags from starter (just water and are now numerous zero-waste and glass jars. flour, which she bought in bulk) blogs (including Bonneau’s, Both mother and daughter that’s lasted her more than a year. “The Zero-Waste Chef”), books, describe themselves as obsessed The kombucha — poured from YouTube how-to videos, news with food and cooking. On their glass bottles, never plastic — is articles and events like “Feeding kitchen table, next to the loaf made from tea and fermented the 5,000” in Oakland, when of sourdough bread, kombucha farmers market produce like 5,000 people feast on meals and a fresh squash sit books like watermelon, mango, elderberry made entirely from food that Dan Barber’s “The Third Plate: and lavender. The krautchi is would have otherwise gone to Field Notes on the Future of fermented cabbage, also housed waste. Food” and “Bean Bible: A Legu- in a glass jar. Going for zero-waste was not maniac’s Guide To Lentils, Peas, Going zero waste means Bonneau’s first step. It started And Every Edible Bean On The absolutely no plastic, reusing in 2011, when her then-16-year- Planet!” everything, simplifying shop- old daughter, Mary Katherine, After going plastic free, zero ping habits and making almost started learning about the envi- waste was an easy and logical everything from scratch. It’s ronmental impact of plastic next step, Bonneau said. a minimalist, return-to-roots waste and started her own blog, But when Mary Katherine Do you like to stay active? Avenidas offers adults 50+ a choice of fitness classes for all levels: • Pilates / Yoga / Aerobics • Tai Chi • “Sit, Fit, Fun” • Walking & Biking Groups • Parkinson’s Exercise • Pole Walking Members enjoy discounts, a parking pass and more, so join Avenidas today. Mention this ad for a free gift. Call (650) 289-5400 or email [email protected] for details. Anne Marie Bonneau buys legumes and grains in bulk and stores them in glass jars. 22 Q Mountain View Voice Q MountainViewOnline.com Q June 12, 2015 Weekend were in her fridge along with eggs and baking soda, fried up in coconut oil. Bonneau also teaches local workshops and free webi- nars. She hopes to give oth- ers the tools to at least start somewhere, even if they don’t aspire to be as “hardcore” as she is about waste (she now makes her own vanilla extract, vinegar, shampoo and even deodorant), “I just think we’ve forgot- ten how — we can barely feed ourselves,” Bonneau said. She recently wrote a blog post on Going zero waste “five things I do that were once considered normal,” which means absolutely includes “(eating) food that taste good.” no plastic, reusing “People have asked if I would sell them my kombucha, but I’d everything, rather just teach them how to do it. I think people don’t want simplifying to just passively consume stuff,” shopping habits she said. “I think they want to actively make things.” and making Her advice to anyone inter- ested in going zero waste is to Look for Advertised Sale Items Everyweek at PET CLUB is Excited to Offer: Blue Buffalo, California Natural, almost everything start small. 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