FREE FOOD : earth eating

A counterculture cookbook for these strange times. 

Mixing memoir and loose recipes, this book intends to inspire a “free” approach to cooking and eating. A literally down-to-earth approach – as in: food grown, purchased, cooked, and consumed with an awareness of the Earth. A reflection on an idealistic, optimistic, possibility-fueled young adulthood spent around tables of co-op houses and would-be communes. An appreciation for groovy, light-hearted, no-rules cuisine. 

Hippies of the past dreamt of a better world from their kitchens, and today we can do the same as we cook and eat in more informed, conscious, intentional ways. 

This book is a love letter to Eugene, Oregon – a small city where this free spirited food and mindset have long been commonplace – and takes a close look at the formative food memories that make us hunger for another taste. 

Free Food is a not-done-dreaming exploration of alternative ways of living in the now. 

"This is my version of a “Grandmother cooking back story.” But instead of a story about deeply rooted regional specificity or techniques handed down through generations, it’s about how the weird small city where I’m from and the people I was surrounded by in youth influenced the food that comes so naturally to my hands as they cook. This Free Food brings extra delight along with extra nourishment. My hope is that the book is very relatable to some, oddly compelling to others, enjoyable to read and use by anyone. Earth Eating!"

Foreword by Jonathan Kauffman

Contributing essays by Nicole Lavelle and Lola Milholland

Original drawings by Sam Farrell

Title page lettering by Adam Zeek

Limited print