An eater of tasty things that are also sustainable, organic, local, and/or ethical — S/O/L/E foods, for short.

“In Aymara culture the new year begins with the emergence of the sun’s first rays at the end of the longest night of the year which, here in the southern hemisphere, was last night.” The photo at right is of Cotopaxi, an Andean volcano in Ecuador, where the sun’s New Year is also celebrated in Quechua culture. Yay natural calendars! (The Gregorian one really cramps my style…)