Braised White Beans and Greens With Parmesan
My backup dancers and I recently visited Hyde Park, New York, and the historic estate of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Everyone should have a silver jacket. The woman who toured us around the Roosevelts' home told a story about how the World War II black market for rationed goods dropped after the president gave one of his radio broadcast "fireside chats." He warned that American troops would lack what they needed to survive if, say, a woman who wanted to make a new shirt made a black market purchase of silk that could otherwise have been used to make parachutes. When the president personalized the negative effects of people's actions - their loved ones in the military could die - people changed their behavior, at least according to this tour guide. Most people I know don't take simple, everyday steps against climate change, like minimizing their driving by combining errands, or eating less meat and dairy, or hanging some of their laundry to dry. We could ...