Peggy Drexler is in my kitchen today talking about her Philly food roots, a favorite tool for tea in the kitchen, and where she gets her food news. Peggy Drexler has a PhD in psychology, and has spent her career studying sex and gender: men and women, boys and girls, and how they come together […]
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A Visit to My Kitchen: Kami McBride of The Herbal Kitchen
Kami McBride is in my kitchen today talking about clean water, mushroom feasts, and book clubs. Kami is the author of The Herbal Kitchen, a book that helps bridge the gap between home remedies and our kitchens. Why is living organic important to you? The damage done by chemical fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, and genetically engineered […]
A Visit to My Kitchen: Hank Shaw, author of Hunt, Gather, Cook
Hank Shaw is in my kitchen today, talking about a lobster obsession and a love for fisheries. Hank is a lifetime angler, forager, and more recently, hunter. In his book Hunt, Gather, Cook: Finding the Forgotten Feast (Rodale Books, May 2011), he explores the role of humans as food gatherers and provides DIY tips. Why […]
Word of the Day: Scandalbroth
by guest blogger Maya Rodale Scandalbroth, according to Obsolete Word of the Day, is an old name for tea. But it’s also a “reference to tea as the beverage of choice while the woman-folk sat around and gossiped” (that is, before cosmopolitans became popular). As an author of historical romance novels set in the Regency […]
Book Review: Sailing Alone around the World
I discovered Captain Joshua Slocum’s book Sailing Alone around the World—written more than 100 years ago (it was published in 1900)—while reading a New York Times review of another book, one written about Slocum. As some of you know, I’m a bit of a sucker for books about being a sea captain or pirate (usually […]
Oceana: What I’m Reading Now
I love the beach. The whole ocean, really—but especially the more gentle seas, like the Caribbean. It’s my happy place. And I’ve often said I feel as though I might have been a ship captain in a past life, although I’m not even a sailor in this one. As y’all know, I spend most of […]
Book Review: Just Kids
Good books are kind of like Tarot cards for me. There is a magic to what you pick up, when you pick it up, and what the message is for your life. Lately I’ve been yearning to start painting again, which is perhaps why I chose to read Just Kids last week, the National Book […]
Maria’s Must-Read for the Month: Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Call Me Irresistible
There is nothing quite like a good book to make time fly and let you escape the mundane trials and tribulations of daily life. I read lots of stuff, serious, nonfiction, you name it…but I have a hungry soft spot in my heart for a good romance novel. And Susan Elizabeth Phillips always delivers. […]
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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