Goodbye Summer, Hello Fall! Coconut & Blackberry Porridge — Delicious Links

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I’ve had porridge and oatmeal on the brain since starting the Power Breakfast theme on Instagram for September. So many of our followers on Instagram post the most gorgeous photos of big bowls of porridge filled with all kinds of nuts, fruits, and honey. I want them all. This beautiful bowl of coconut and blackberry porridge is the perfect hint of summer with seasonal berries mixed with the warmth we crave in fall.

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A Pear and a Poem — Weekend Meditation

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Today my pear at breakfast was perfect, so very ripe and juicy and sweet-scented. And although a pear is just an ordinary thing, still I felt a little spike of pleasure when I spooned it into my mouth along with some yogurt and honey. There was pleasure, too, that I had this quiet time to notice the pear and the way the morning light was washing into the room where I sat on the floor with my back up against the wall. Without their wooly slippers, my bare feet were getting cold but I stayed there in that moment of pear delight until the whole bowl was licked clean. An ordinary pleasure, a simple moment.

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What to Read This Weekend — Food News – September 15-19, 2014

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