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Anne-Marie Bonneau @zerowastechef.bsky.social · 16h

Grocery prices are up!If you’d like to eat well while saving money, may I suggest eating more beans? (Especially dry beans.
Go here for this weeks newsletter all about dry beans, how to cook and them and why you'd want to: zerowastechef.substack.com/p/save-money...

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Anne-Marie Bonneau @zerowastechef.bsky.social · 3d

Something to keep in mind this upcoming consumer season, also known as the holiday season. (With apologies to Michael Pollan.)

My secondhand Le Creuset small Dutch oven is going strong, 10 years later.

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Anne-Marie Bonneau @zerowastechef.bsky.social · 3d

Cauliflower leaves make a tasty side.

Toss in olive oil, sprinkle with salt and pepper and roast at 400°F for 15 minutes or until the ribs are fork tender.

If the ribs are thick (1/2 inch or larger), separate them from the greens and roast separately as the leaves cook faster.

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Anne-Marie Bonneau @zerowastechef.bsky.social · 4d

Currently reading: A Poison Like No Other: How Microplastics Corrupted Our Planet and Our Bodies, by Matt Simon, just in time for Halloween—this is a horror story. (But very good. Please read it!)

More info here: bookshop.org/a/4585/97816...

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Anne-Marie Bonneau @zerowastechef.bsky.social · 6d

Silicon Valley #NoKings

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Anne-Marie Bonneau @zerowastechef.bsky.social · 8d

Halloween waste is frightful!

Every Halloween, 1.3 billion pounds of pumpkin go to landfills, generating polluting methane gas. That's on top of fast fashion costumes, plastic decorations and more candy than we can eat.

Go here for 7 ways to cut waste: zerowastechef.substack.com/p/7-simple-w...

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Anne-Marie Bonneau @zerowastechef.bsky.social · 8d

If you're carving up pumpkins, save those seeds (or squash seeds, shown here) for toasting and snacking.

Go here for the simple recipe: zerowastechef.com/2019/10/18/r...

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Anne-Marie Bonneau @zerowastechef.bsky.social · 10d

Remember: The ribs of collard greens, chard, kale, beets and other greens are food! I chop mine up finely and sauté them along with onions. These collard greens and stems went into a pot of chickpea stew. Yum!

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Anne-Marie Bonneau @zerowastechef.bsky.social · 12d

Adding a piece of kombu (a type of seaweed) to dry beans as they soak and then cook, helps reduce gas-producing raffinose sugars present in beans.

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Anne-Marie Bonneau @zerowastechef.bsky.social · 22d

"Burns claimed butter and oil used in pans is more unhealthy than Ptfe exposure and said the cookware industry is unfairly maligned because it did not create the chemicals."

Industry lies.

Also...people STILL cling to the debunked 90s low-fat diet myth?

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

California governor under pressure over bill to ban cookware made with Pfas

Gavin Newsom, who has vetoed environmental bills before, feeling push from industry and celebrity chefs on next steps

www.theguardian.com

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Anne-Marie Bonneau @zerowastechef.bsky.social · 24d

Wheat paste works well for jar labels or protest signs.

I cut these labels out of a brown paper bag lying around. Go here for the wheat paste recipe: zerowastechef.com/2020/10/07/p...

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Anne-Marie Bonneau @zerowastechef.bsky.social · 24d

The cookware industry is fighting California's bill to ban PFAS in cookware.

PFAS pans don't last. The non-stick coating flakes—and we eat those plastic bits. The coating loses its non-stick properties after a few years at best. The pans are disposable.

www.thenewlede.org/2025/09/cali...

Industry, environmental groups spar over California bill to ban PFAS in cookware

As US states increasingly pass laws to limit PFAS chemicals in consumer products, a debate is heating up over a California bill that proposes banning the sale of cookware with intentionally added “for...

www.thenewlede.org

Anne-Marie Bonneau @zerowastechef.bsky.social · 29d

This peach tree is part of the gift economy. In 2021, I snagged it as a sapling from a community garden share and planted it in my yard. Last year, it bore a bit of fruit. This year, it provided more. In the near future, it should produce more fruit than we can eat 🤞 and I'll share the harvest.

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Anne-Marie Bonneau @zerowastechef.bsky.social · 29d

"Compostable" means about as much as "natural."

These single-use products are compostable where facilities exist. If "you're one of the millions of Canadians whose municipalities do not accept compostable items, it's nearly impossible to access a commercial composter."

www.cbc.ca/news/marketp...

Here's what happens when 'compostable' products become litter | CBC News

Single-use plastic items are a substantial contributor to litter across Canada, but compostable alternatives can follow a similar path. Marketplace set out to determine how items would break down if t...

www.cbc.ca

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · Sep 26

“The cascading acts of cowardice from the people best positioned to resist Trump’s authoritarian power grabs have made him seem exponentially more powerful than he actually is, sapping strength from others who might have discovered the courage to stand up”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Lower Than Cowards

The surrender of America’s elites

www.theatlantic.com

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Anne-Marie Bonneau @zerowastechef.bsky.social · Sep 25

Check out my new post!

We can have clean homes without turning the cabinet under the sink into a hazardous waste depot.
zerowastechef.substack.com/p/low-waste-...

Low-Waste, Less-Toxic Kitchen Cleaning

Cleaning without the greenwashing

zerowastechef.substack.com

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Anne-Marie Bonneau @zerowastechef.bsky.social · Sep 18

Crushing cabbage to prepare sauerkraut helps relieve stress, kind of like one of those stress ball things. Looks like I need to prep some every single day... Eating fermented foods can also help reduce stress.

Go here for the sauerkraut instructions: zerowastechef.com/2014/03/29/s...

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Anne-Marie Bonneau @zerowastechef.bsky.social · Sep 16

Everyone who eats needs to read We Are Eating the Earth by @mikegrunwald.bsky.social. Read my short review in this week's newsletter: zerowastechef.substack.com/p/were-eatin...

We're Eating the Pigs! We're Eating the Cows!

We Are Eating the Earth

zerowastechef.substack.com

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Anne-Marie Bonneau @zerowastechef.bsky.social · Sep 16

Yes! They will be okay for a short time. When my kids were little, I made lots of waffles and froze some. We ate them pretty quickly so they were in there for maybe three weeks max, if that. They were always fine.

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Anne-Marie Bonneau @zerowastechef.bsky.social · Aug 18

My simple lifestyle boycotts many corrupt cowardly corporations by default.
Read more here: zerowastechef.substack.com/p/i-cant-kee...

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350 US @350us.bsky.social · Aug 12

Citibank is one of the largest funders of oil and gas expansion in the Amazon, worsening the climate crisis and displacing local communities. Instead, Citibank should fund just, community-owned renewable energy projects. Tell Citibank: Stop destroying the Amazon! act.350.org/sign/jul-25-...

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · Aug 9

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Aug 6

CARTOON OF THE DAY 🇺🇸

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Anne-Marie Bonneau @zerowastechef.bsky.social · Jul 31

The freezer is a giant food preserving machine that requires no skills, no time and no additional kitchen tools.

Go here to read more: zerowastechef.substack.com/p/feed-a-fre...

Feed a Freezer, Starve a Landfill

You have a powerful tool in your kitchen that reduces wasted food

zerowastechef.substack.com

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Anne-Marie Bonneau @zerowastechef.bsky.social · Jul 30

The soil contains even more microplastic pollution than the oceans. We need regulation to mitigate this crisis. www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

The life of microplastic: how fragments move through plants, insects, animals – and you

Microplastics have been found in the placentas of unborn babies, the depths of the Mariana Trench, the summit of Everest and the organs of Antarctic penguins. But how do they travel through the world,...

www.theguardian.com

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