Anne-Marie Bonneau
@zerowastechef.bsky.social
Award-winning cookbook author. Speaker. Lots of fermentation, sourdough and cooking like Grandma. Born at 323 ppm. 🇨🇦🇺🇸
Latest bulk haul from worker-owned Rainbow Grocery in San Francisco. We need refill shops all over! #plasticfree
December 15, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Latest bulk haul from worker-owned Rainbow Grocery in San Francisco. We need refill shops all over! #plasticfree
In praise of substitutions 🙌 (within reason…)
I baked “pumpkin” quick bread with some of this leftover roasted honeynut squash (my favorite squash). The quick bread did not last long.
Cooking (or baking) with what you have on hand prevents food from going to waste and saves money. #foodwaste
I baked “pumpkin” quick bread with some of this leftover roasted honeynut squash (my favorite squash). The quick bread did not last long.
Cooking (or baking) with what you have on hand prevents food from going to waste and saves money. #foodwaste
December 15, 2025 at 7:58 PM
In praise of substitutions 🙌 (within reason…)
I baked “pumpkin” quick bread with some of this leftover roasted honeynut squash (my favorite squash). The quick bread did not last long.
Cooking (or baking) with what you have on hand prevents food from going to waste and saves money. #foodwaste
I baked “pumpkin” quick bread with some of this leftover roasted honeynut squash (my favorite squash). The quick bread did not last long.
Cooking (or baking) with what you have on hand prevents food from going to waste and saves money. #foodwaste
Unlimited time offer!
December 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Unlimited time offer!
What happens to all the gifts we return after the holidays? Some wind up back on the shelves. Some go to landfill.
Read more in this week's newsletter: zerowastechef.substack.com/p/what-happe...
Read more in this week's newsletter: zerowastechef.substack.com/p/what-happe...
December 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
What happens to all the gifts we return after the holidays? Some wind up back on the shelves. Some go to landfill.
Read more in this week's newsletter: zerowastechef.substack.com/p/what-happe...
Read more in this week's newsletter: zerowastechef.substack.com/p/what-happe...
I snipped some holly outside for decorating after seeing holly for sale at the farmers' market this weekend and now wonder why I've never done this.
December 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I snipped some holly outside for decorating after seeing holly for sale at the farmers' market this weekend and now wonder why I've never done this.
My friends and I will be giving away cloth produce bags at the Sunnyvale Farmers' Market this Saturday, 10am. We make these out of donated fabric that might otherwise end up in the trash. The bags can also double as gift bags. (Thank you Debbie for the super cute fabric!)
December 8, 2025 at 7:37 PM
My friends and I will be giving away cloth produce bags at the Sunnyvale Farmers' Market this Saturday, 10am. We make these out of donated fabric that might otherwise end up in the trash. The bags can also double as gift bags. (Thank you Debbie for the super cute fabric!)
In this week's newsletter: 6 makeovers for leftover cooked rice. Five are edible recipes, one is glue for making plastic-free paper tape to wrap gifts. (You could eat the glue but probably wouldn't want to.)
Go here to read more: zerowastechef.substack.com/p/6-easy-mak...
Go here to read more: zerowastechef.substack.com/p/6-easy-mak...
December 4, 2025 at 8:53 PM
In this week's newsletter: 6 makeovers for leftover cooked rice. Five are edible recipes, one is glue for making plastic-free paper tape to wrap gifts. (You could eat the glue but probably wouldn't want to.)
Go here to read more: zerowastechef.substack.com/p/6-easy-mak...
Go here to read more: zerowastechef.substack.com/p/6-easy-mak...
A must-read NEW BOOK is out today from @beyondplastics.bsky.social 📘 released by @thenewpress.bsky.social! Order your copy of The Problem with Plastic: How We Can Save Ourselves and Our Planet Before It’s Too Late: www.beyondplastics.org/publications... 🌎
December 2, 2025 at 9:15 PM
A must-read NEW BOOK is out today from @beyondplastics.bsky.social 📘 released by @thenewpress.bsky.social! Order your copy of The Problem with Plastic: How We Can Save Ourselves and Our Planet Before It’s Too Late: www.beyondplastics.org/publications... 🌎
This small milkweed bug asked me to please not cut back the sad looking, dead milkweed because it wants to chow down on the seeds and perhaps small dead insects it finds so I said okay.
November 30, 2025 at 7:49 PM
This small milkweed bug asked me to please not cut back the sad looking, dead milkweed because it wants to chow down on the seeds and perhaps small dead insects it finds so I said okay.
This holey towel is now a smaller intact towel and a few washcloths. I finished the edges on a serger but a zigzag stitch on a sewing machine would also work. #repair
November 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
This holey towel is now a smaller intact towel and a few washcloths. I finished the edges on a serger but a zigzag stitch on a sewing machine would also work. #repair
To pit compost, dig down 1', add 4" to 6" of food scraps, top with brown matter, fill with soil and forget it. No harvesting necessary! By the time this artichoke takes over the bed like its neighbor, the scraps will have disappeared.
➡️ Composting 101: zerowastechef.substack.com/p/how-to-sur...
➡️ Composting 101: zerowastechef.substack.com/p/how-to-sur...
November 20, 2025 at 12:45 AM
To pit compost, dig down 1', add 4" to 6" of food scraps, top with brown matter, fill with soil and forget it. No harvesting necessary! By the time this artichoke takes over the bed like its neighbor, the scraps will have disappeared.
➡️ Composting 101: zerowastechef.substack.com/p/how-to-sur...
➡️ Composting 101: zerowastechef.substack.com/p/how-to-sur...
Buy Nothing Day is almost here!
Go here for 21 alternative activities to shopping on the day after Thanksgiving: zerowastechef.com/2022/11/25/2...
Go here for 21 alternative activities to shopping on the day after Thanksgiving: zerowastechef.com/2022/11/25/2...
November 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Buy Nothing Day is almost here!
Go here for 21 alternative activities to shopping on the day after Thanksgiving: zerowastechef.com/2022/11/25/2...
Go here for 21 alternative activities to shopping on the day after Thanksgiving: zerowastechef.com/2022/11/25/2...
Thank you Café Venetia in Palo Alto for cutting single-use plastic at your amazing café!
November 17, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Thank you Café Venetia in Palo Alto for cutting single-use plastic at your amazing café!
I hate to brag but we installed the most efficient solar-powered clothes dryer on the market.
November 14, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I hate to brag but we installed the most efficient solar-powered clothes dryer on the market.
Thirteen brands of pasta would be affected. On the upside, homemade pasta, while much more work, tastes incredible.
Go here for a simple pasta recipe: zerowastechef.com/2017/09/20/h...
Go here for a simple pasta recipe: zerowastechef.com/2017/09/20/h...
November 11, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Thirteen brands of pasta would be affected. On the upside, homemade pasta, while much more work, tastes incredible.
Go here for a simple pasta recipe: zerowastechef.com/2017/09/20/h...
Go here for a simple pasta recipe: zerowastechef.com/2017/09/20/h...
Thank you for everyone who attended my online sourdough starter workshop this weekend. I hope your starters bubble up soon!
If you missed the workshop, go here for the instructions to make a sourdough starter: zerowastechef.com/2017/04/11/p...
If you missed the workshop, go here for the instructions to make a sourdough starter: zerowastechef.com/2017/04/11/p...
November 11, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Thank you for everyone who attended my online sourdough starter workshop this weekend. I hope your starters bubble up soon!
If you missed the workshop, go here for the instructions to make a sourdough starter: zerowastechef.com/2017/04/11/p...
If you missed the workshop, go here for the instructions to make a sourdough starter: zerowastechef.com/2017/04/11/p...
Latest book pic: Human Nature by Kate Marvel
“This is the best climate book I’ve ever read. It’s magnificent—both planetary and personal, saturated with electric metaphors, incisive vignettes, legitimately funny jokes, and an unflappable, knowing love for Earth, our home.”—@ayanaeliza.bsky.social
“This is the best climate book I’ve ever read. It’s magnificent—both planetary and personal, saturated with electric metaphors, incisive vignettes, legitimately funny jokes, and an unflappable, knowing love for Earth, our home.”—@ayanaeliza.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Latest book pic: Human Nature by Kate Marvel
“This is the best climate book I’ve ever read. It’s magnificent—both planetary and personal, saturated with electric metaphors, incisive vignettes, legitimately funny jokes, and an unflappable, knowing love for Earth, our home.”—@ayanaeliza.bsky.social
“This is the best climate book I’ve ever read. It’s magnificent—both planetary and personal, saturated with electric metaphors, incisive vignettes, legitimately funny jokes, and an unflappable, knowing love for Earth, our home.”—@ayanaeliza.bsky.social
The 7th national Plastic Free Lunch Day campaign runs from November 17th to the 21st.
The annual event helps schools reduce waste, protect kids’ health and build skills. Are you an educator? A parent? Go here for more info: cafeteriaculture.org/initiative/p...
The annual event helps schools reduce waste, protect kids’ health and build skills. Are you an educator? A parent? Go here for more info: cafeteriaculture.org/initiative/p...
November 7, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The 7th national Plastic Free Lunch Day campaign runs from November 17th to the 21st.
The annual event helps schools reduce waste, protect kids’ health and build skills. Are you an educator? A parent? Go here for more info: cafeteriaculture.org/initiative/p...
The annual event helps schools reduce waste, protect kids’ health and build skills. Are you an educator? A parent? Go here for more info: cafeteriaculture.org/initiative/p...
Annual Hachiya persimmon PSA!
Enjoy these persimmons AFTER they soften—so soft, you may think they're bad. Firm Hachiya persimmons are horribly astringent. You'll never forget the day you bite into an unripe one. But after they ripen, they taste like candy. (Eat squat Fuyus any time.)
Enjoy these persimmons AFTER they soften—so soft, you may think they're bad. Firm Hachiya persimmons are horribly astringent. You'll never forget the day you bite into an unripe one. But after they ripen, they taste like candy. (Eat squat Fuyus any time.)
October 31, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Annual Hachiya persimmon PSA!
Enjoy these persimmons AFTER they soften—so soft, you may think they're bad. Firm Hachiya persimmons are horribly astringent. You'll never forget the day you bite into an unripe one. But after they ripen, they taste like candy. (Eat squat Fuyus any time.)
Enjoy these persimmons AFTER they soften—so soft, you may think they're bad. Firm Hachiya persimmons are horribly astringent. You'll never forget the day you bite into an unripe one. But after they ripen, they taste like candy. (Eat squat Fuyus any time.)
New newsletter out today! "The best way to lower food costs: Waste less food, 20 strategies to eat all you buy."
One strategy, circular cooking, will absolutely slash wasted food. Read more here: zerowastechef.substack.com/p/the-best-w... #foodwaste
One strategy, circular cooking, will absolutely slash wasted food. Read more here: zerowastechef.substack.com/p/the-best-w... #foodwaste
October 29, 2025 at 9:31 PM
New newsletter out today! "The best way to lower food costs: Waste less food, 20 strategies to eat all you buy."
One strategy, circular cooking, will absolutely slash wasted food. Read more here: zerowastechef.substack.com/p/the-best-w... #foodwaste
One strategy, circular cooking, will absolutely slash wasted food. Read more here: zerowastechef.substack.com/p/the-best-w... #foodwaste
I transplanted an artichoke mama to the backyard. This trunk-like stalk has 10 babies attached to it (you can't see them all here). Artichokes are perennial vegetables—at least in my zone, 9b.
October 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I transplanted an artichoke mama to the backyard. This trunk-like stalk has 10 babies attached to it (you can't see them all here). Artichokes are perennial vegetables—at least in my zone, 9b.
Raising Hare ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
During lockdown in the English countryside, the author comes across an abandoned newborn hare. After initially hesitating, she brings the leveret home. She does not name it or treat it as a pet and rarely handles to honor its wild nature. The memoir chronicles their relationship.
During lockdown in the English countryside, the author comes across an abandoned newborn hare. After initially hesitating, she brings the leveret home. She does not name it or treat it as a pet and rarely handles to honor its wild nature. The memoir chronicles their relationship.
October 27, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Raising Hare ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
During lockdown in the English countryside, the author comes across an abandoned newborn hare. After initially hesitating, she brings the leveret home. She does not name it or treat it as a pet and rarely handles to honor its wild nature. The memoir chronicles their relationship.
During lockdown in the English countryside, the author comes across an abandoned newborn hare. After initially hesitating, she brings the leveret home. She does not name it or treat it as a pet and rarely handles to honor its wild nature. The memoir chronicles their relationship.
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...
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...
October 25, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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...
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...