by guest blogger Caroline Praderio, food and nutrition writer for Prevention magazine and EatClean.com Most of the time, we’re telling you that eating healthier means you’ll need to do a bit more work, e.g. cook more meals at home, DIY your own almond butter, scour every food label. So this will come as a welcome change: Put […]
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Traditional Latkes
by the Rodale’s content team Who doesn’t love a good potato pancake? The pan-fried treats are the perfect comfort food for chilly winter nights. They’re also a truly international cuisine. The Swedish version of is called rårakor, in Ireland, you’d call it a boxty, and in Luxembourg, gromperekichelcher. Then of course there’s the latke, a […]
A New Year’s Day Tradition: Roast Pork, Mashed Potatoes & Sauerkraut
Growing up, our New Year’s Day meal was always a pork roast, mashed potatoes, and sauerkraut, whether we liked it or not. It’s a Pennsylvania Dutch New Year’s tradition. Why? Well, legend has it that it’s because a pig roots forward, which is good luck for the new year, but it’s probably also because it’s […]
Cheesy Potatoes, a Michigan Classic
Over Thanksgiving, The New York Times ran a map of the most googled recipes from every state. It provided hours of fun on Facebook and Google (Frog Eye Salad, anyone?) and led my dear former blog coordinator, Dana Blinder, who left me to move back to Michigan to be closer to her family, to share […]
Fries from Scratch
Sometimes a girl just needs some fries—definitely with a burger, and maybe with some fish. So, when I am cooking at home and in desperate need of fries, I make this recipe, which is exceedingly simple, easy, and delicious. There have never been leftovers. Ever. Simple Organic Fries: Ingredients: 6 organic potatoes ¼ cup organic […]
Digging for Buried Treasure
Tonight was a genuine Maria’s Farm Country Kitchen night. With Jakob Dylan’s new album playing in the background we dug up baby potatoes from the garden, picked the green beans and tomatoes, and made dinner. The only thing NOT from the garden was wild-caught King Salmon, in season, of course. We all pitched in. Husband […]
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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