MICHELLE CURRY WRIGHT

Category: Plant heroes

  • Rolling in the oats

    Telluride Times, April 30, 2026 “A grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people.”  – Samuel Johnson There’s this young guy on social media with a hefty following whose thing is oats. Oats as an ingredient, in oat bakes, oat breads, oat puddings, crackers, and everything you can…

  • That gut feeling

    Telluride Times, Thursday, January 22, 2026 My long and intimate history with fiber (you have one, too) goes way back to at least the 1970s, when a fiber revolution was underway and things like Kellogg’s (now Kellanova) All-Bran cereal and Metamucil canisters began appearing on Formica counters across the U.S. My dad—I’ve said this before—was…

  • Pickle people

    Telluride Daily Planet, Friday, October 10, 2025 Even as a toddler, I loved pickles. In 1962, my family crossed the Atlantic on the SS United States, a sleek luxury liner that would take us to my father’s last tour of duty for the U.S. Army in France. And the story my mother told was that…

  • Carrots and bananas — and bacon

    Telluride Daily Planet, Friday, June 20, 2025 “If we had some ham, we could have ham and eggs, if we had some eggs.” — Jon Krakauer Pretty much every time I go to the grocery store, I am grateful for two organic items that remain inexpensive and are a staple in our household: carrots and…

  • Just don’t do it

    Telluride Daily Planet, Friday, January 3, 2025 My New Year’s Resolution List usually starts with the desire to lose between ten and three thousand pounds.” -Nia Vardalos Last week, the vet strongly recommended that our Corgi be put on a diet, something we feared since the breed is known, if left unattended, for eating themselves…

  • Bittersweet

    Telluride Daily Planet, Friday, October 11, 2024 I adore pomegranates – the sweet arils and their bitter seeds, and everything these bursts of goodness can add to a salad, a dessert, a smoothie bowl, or just a messy, stain-making hand-to-mouth experience. Growing up, we’d see them relegated to sad displays of exotic grocery store fruits,…