Sometimes I remember what’s really important when I am doing something that doesn’t seem very important at all. And I remembered it while manning the grill with Dave Zinczenko at Apple Fest 2011. I didn’t ask him to help me cook organic hot dogs (generously donated by Applegate Farms) for my Maria’s Farm Country Kitchen […]
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Our Economic Problem: Where Will
Growth Come From?
While I was on vacation recently, trying to forget all my problems, I couldn’t help but notice the stock market plummeting. Oh, I tried not to pay attention. But being in business, it was hard not to. My very social littlest daughter made dear friends with two girls on the beach (she wasn’t worried about […]
Sex Not Food
I’ve written before about how running helped me to lose weight. But that’s not the whole story. It really started with a totally different concept of how I look at food, and as a result, at my body and my life. Sex, Not Food may sound controversial or even (gasp!) promiscuous. But it’s really a […]
Mark Kintzel’s Backyard Entertaining
by Mark Kintzel The summer may be winding down, but entertaining knows no season. The projects I have in store today are perfect for the budget-conscious, environmentally friendly folks who prefer living simply. I’m repurposing old gear from around my house to function in a party atmosphere. It’s simple, it’s quick, and it’ll last you […]
A Visit to My Kitchen: Claudia Dreifus
Claudia Dreifus is in my kitchen today, discussing her thoughts on news, and a few of her latest favorite things—from books to scissors! Claudia isn’t a mover and shaker in the organic movement (as many Farm Country Kitchen guest are), but she’s a mover and shaker in the journalistic world. She’s a prize-winning journalist (HigherEducationQuestionMark.com) […]
Why All the Floods?
Is it me, or are we being inundated with catastrophic floods? Cedar Rapids, Nashville, Australia, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana…the list goes on, and while it seems like an especially bad year, the trend has been growing. You can blame it on global warming, the rapture, or just plain bad luck. But I have a different theory. […]
5 Tips for Mastering an Antique Show
by guest blogger, designer Mark Kintzel I love going to antique shows. You never know what you’re going to find, or whom you’re going to see. (Let’s just say, antiques aren’t the only finds with “patina.”) One year at the Antiques and Collectors Extravaganza in Kutztown, Pennsylvania, a dealer was selling coffins. Ummm…I’ll pass. But […]
Is America a Third World Country?
The other day I was talking to a dear friend of mine who had just returned from a business trip to China. “Coming back to America felt like returning to a Third World country,” he said. I was momentarily stunned, because I’d had the exact same thought when returning from Germany a few months ago. […]
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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