Ice cream drinks like my coffee float and blueberry float are cool treats, but my fizzy sparkling water lemon float is the ultimate refreshment to beat even a scorching Northeast heat wave. It’s hot out. You’re thirsty for something cold, real cold. But you are tired of the same old drinks in your fridge—you want […]
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Trout Cooked over a Wood Fire
Who knows what is going to happen to our seafood-eating habits over the next decades, thanks to the Gusher in the Gulf. Fortunately, trout is a freshwater fish, and according to the excellent sustainable seafood guide put out by the Monterey Aquarium, it is totally good to eat—farmed trout, too. (I know, it’s all so […]
Sour Cherry Sauce—and a Yummy Breakfast Parfait
Very soon, the sour cherries will make their fleeting appearance at local farmer’s markets. If we are lucky, they will be out for two to three weeks. If you see them, grab as many as you can, and plan to spend the afternoon or evening pitting them and making the most beautiful magenta/hot pink cherry […]
Finding a Great Recipe while Lost in Harlem
The other week I had an event to go to at Fort Washington Park in Harlem, New York. It was the spring picnic for Bette Midler’s New York Restoration Project. I had a driver named J.R. Crayton pick me up (in a Prius), since I wasn’t sure where the park was. Well, we started talking. […]
Ardie’s Garlic Chicken
Memorial Day isn’t just a holiday for picnics; it’s a holiday for remembering. I love to remember my lost relatives (although none of them served in the military) by making their recipes and tasting the past with them. For my mother’s mother, I always enjoy making her Ham and String Bean Soup (a real Pennsylvania […]
Quick and Easy Couscous (10 minutes max)
Sometimes you want something as a side dish that is filling, satisfying, yummy, and just quick as can be. That would be couscous. What is couscous? It’s a teeny-tiny little pasta-like thing that originated from the food cultures of Africa and the Middle East. You can get mixes in the store and pay more for […]
May’s Float of the Month: Coffee!
I’ve been a little obsessed by ice cream floats lately. They are thirst-quenching and dessert-quenching at the same time. I’ve been experimenting with all sorts of floats, so I’m going to share a new one each month—they’re seasonal, of course. First comes a coffee float. I invented this one on a hot Saturday afternoon in […]
Grilling! Quick and Easy Lemon Garlic Chicken
Ah, it’s grilling season. Nothing tastes quite as good as something cooked outdoors and infused with the flavor of wood smoke. Yes, I mean real grilling—with charcoal and wood. No dangerous-looking propane tanks for me…and certainly, no lighter fluid! We’ve had a lot of grills over the years. My husband prefers a cheap Weber, but […]
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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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