How a Trip to Italy Inspired My Family to Tackle Food Waste at Home — Kitchen Nerves

Several years ago, we spent time with friends in their Italian country house. (Yes, this was easily the best summer ever.) My friends are generous and lovely people, so there was always a full house, and we did a lot of cooking, which required a lot of food. The house was isolated, and my family learned to be even more mindful of food waste and extra trash. The grocery store was quite a drive and excess trash resulted in fines for our gracious hosts. We cooked everything we had on hand, eliminated as much packaging as possible, recycled everything we could, and sent the kids out to the compost pile after almost every meal.

While I've never been one to waste, that summer we took it to a whole new level, and I was happy to raise the bar on how we handled food waste. Here's how we brought those practices home with us.

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