By guest blogger Julie Frans, Owner of Dining Details and Chickpeas. It is shocking how many educated people have no education or true understanding when it comes to healthy eating. In my line of work, I come across so many parents who claim that they feed their families healthy food, but am shocked at their […]
Organic Food
How to Make the Perfect Lobster Roll at Home
We’ve been going to Maine for 20 years to drop kids off at camp, and each time we have eaten lobster rolls, which are a uniquely Maine delicacy. There seem to be two clear, constant winners of the best lobster roll contest in Maine: the Clam Shack, in Kennebunkport, and Red’s Eats, in Wiscasset. Both […]
A Visit to My Kitchen: Marion Nestle
Marion Nestle is in my kitchen today! Find out what her favorite frozen treat is, her favorite childhood snack, and how she stays connected. Marion Nestle is Paulette Goddard Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at NYU. She is the author of Food Politics (2007), Safe Food: Bacteria, Biotechnology and […]
Spoon Fed- More Wisdom from the Kitchen
By guest blogger Annie Spiegelman (a.k.a the Dirt Diva) Currently sitting on my bedside nightstand is Spoon Fed, Kim Severson’s new and tasty book about food . . . well, it’s actually much more profound than that – but it’s centered around ‘food’ so that instantly made me happy! In Spoon Fed: How Eight Cooks […]
Overcoming Cooking Fears (with Extreme Simplicity)
I don’t fear much anymore about food. But I remember all the different phases of fear I’ve been through during my lifetime of gardening, entertaining, feeding a family, and just plain cooking. The first phase was a fear of somehow poisoning my family and myself by serving something I shouldn’t. For instance, I knew rhubarb […]
A National Look at School Lunches, Part 2
By guest blogger Ed Bruske from The Slow Cook. Click here for A National Look at School Lunches, Part 1. At the Berkeley central kitchen—a facility as big as a basketball court that makes meals for some 2,350 kids in the city’s 16 schools—I was handed an apron, a pair of Latex gloves, and a […]
Ziti Wars – Part 2: My Recipe for Ziti
Any good Italian wife had better make ziti once in a while. And any good Italian-family summer potluck includes at least one giant vat of ziti. The Italians are experts at making delicious, easy food that doesn’t break the bank, and ziti is at the top of that list. Even though my name is Maria, […]
Ziti Wars, Part 1: Organic vs. Chemical—Which Is Better and Cheaper?
A few weeks ago I made ziti for dinner. It’s an Italian staple for many reasons; it’s cheap, it’s easy, and it’s delicious. I made it with organic whole wheat pasta and smoked mozzarella, and my whole family devoured it. But then I had an idea for an experiment. How would my homemade organic ziti […]
Scratch
Raised on America’s first organic farm, Scratch author Maria Rodale learned how to make everyday favorites from, yes, scratch — the way you remember them; the way they turn out best.
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Drawing on findings from leading health researchers as well as conversations with both chemical and organic farmers from coast to coast, Maria Rodale irrefutably outlines the unacceptably high cost of chemical farming on our health and our environment.
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