親愛的朋友們
在現代方便快速的時代裡，當你想做一頓美味佳餚時，可以到離家最近的超級市場買到所有你需要的食材，常常我們種種便利視為理所當然，但你們曾經想過這些食材是從哪裡來的？如何運送至商店的嗎？這些大量生產當地作物在採收之後，需飄洋過海、橫跨許多國家，最後被放置在我們隨處可見的超市貨架上。
我們可以試想這些運送過程所製造出的碳足跡將有多大量，並思考這些過程是否其實有辦法避免。
在現代方便快速的時代裡，當你想做一頓美味佳餚時，可以到離家最近的超級市場買到所有你需要的食材，常常我們種種便利視為理所當然，但你們曾經想過這些食材是從哪裡來的？如何運送至商店的嗎？這些大量生產當地作物在採收之後，需飄洋過海、橫跨許多國家，最後被放置在我們隨處可見的超市貨架上。
我們可以試想這些運送過程所製造出的碳足跡將有多大量，並思考這些過程是否其實有辦法避免。
對 Feuille來說，盡可能採用本地食材，減少碳足跡的產生是我們最大的目標及理念。
然而，這樣的作法卻是充滿困難挫折，舉例來說，一道蔬菜沙拉包含了十多種甚至更多的植物品種，首先，這些蔬菜必須具備恰到好處的味道，再者也須要能夠採買到足夠的數量品種。
實際上，真正確切達到我們所想呈現的味道是困難重重的，因此在多數情況下，我們所設計的菜單時常需要重新評估﹑調整，甚至完全被推翻進而重新設計。不過透過如此，可以訓練我們臨機應變的能力，也讓我們有機會進一步將台灣的原生植物做更深入的探討以及研究。我們也期許這樣子的方式，能夠獲得支持及認同。然而，這樣的作法卻是充滿困難挫折，舉例來說，一道蔬菜沙拉包含了十多種甚至更多的植物品種，首先，這些蔬菜必須具備恰到好處的味道，再者也須要能夠採買到足夠的數量品種。
以各種方式關心我們所生活的環境是非常重要的一件事情，採用當地食材是您﹑我跨一小步就能做得到的。透過每一個人的力量保護我們所處的環境，在擁有大量需求的情況下，深信供應者將會傾聽我們的聲音。
美味與環境可續性是能夠相輔相成的，我們需要充分的利用身邊所擁有的東西，保護我們的所愛，並不會因為過多的汙染，在未來消失殆盡。
It’s easy to just to go to a supermarket
Dear Friends,
It’s easy to just to go to a supermarket and grab the available ingredients in store to make a delicious meal. Sometimes we go in to buy what is necessary, rarely do we think about where they come from, and how they arrive at the store. A great number of produce, despite the fact that they can be grown indigenously and natively, is actually imported across seas and continents to arrive on the supermarket shelves. Imagine the amount of unnecessary carbon footprint generated while it could have been avoided. For me, for feuille food lab, utilizing as much as possible the native ingredients is our goal and philosophy. However, such practice is not without any setback. For example, creating a leafy salad that involves ten or more green varieties that first have to be at the right stage for the intense flavors and tenderness and secondly, sourcing enough varieties to achieve the taste and the presentation I wanted can be quite nightmarish. And more often than not, the recipe I created has to be re-evaluated, scrutinized and perhaps altogether modified. But such practice keeps me on my toes and allows me an opportunity to further study and delve into the rarity of the indigenous botany and hopefully, unravel them in such way that is appreciated, promoted, and sought out.
It is important to care for our environment in every way possible. Using local ingredients over the imported ones is just one step of many, you, I, and everyone can do to make a difference. Given sufficient demand, the purveyors will hear us and listen. Deliciousness and environmental sustainability are mutually synergistic and reinforcing. And we need to make the most of what we have now in order to protect the food we love in the future.
