90 Days of Organic Raw Vegan-ness: week 11
This week we got the first box of produce from our new CSA, J.R. Organics. Although we received a mid-week email update of all the items that would be in our weekly box…
Weekend Playlist: Aqua
The water glitters and shines as it dances in the light. On this gorgeous weekend find a pool, or an ocean, or a stream. Leap in the sun and dive in again. These…
Cooking Connection: Agitators
His biggest sin, was not eating the cold cuts. After that Patricia wanted nothing to do with him. She didn’t simply avoid socializing with him. She took it further, ignoring him at office…
At WSU, Pollan is Required Reading, Then Not, Then Again
Last week, Washington State University announced that it was pulling Michael Pollan’s best-selling book The Omnivore’s Dilemma from its required Common Reading Program for all incoming freshmen, seemingly due to pressure from corporate…
Weekend Playlist: Armed and Extremely Fabulous
It’s time to dig up your bijou de plage for the first big Summer Weekend. Why not frolic in cool waters with a delicious cocktail, preferably of the flammable fluid variety? Shimmy, Shake…
90 Days of Organic Raw Vegan-ness: week 10
The general theme for week 10 was definitely You’ve got to shop around. In my short time residing in Southern California I have been told at least once a month, “how lucky I…
D.I.Y. Cleaners: For the Kitchen
Very few of those who like to cook actually enjoy cleaning their kitchen, but a way to make it a bit more pleasant, and a bit more like cooking, is to make your…
CSA: Foraging at Paisley Farm
One of the added benefits of joining a CSA is the ability to pay a visit to the farm where your food will be grown. Mine, Paisley Farm in Tivoli, NY, just decided…
Weekend Playlist: Ridin’ down to Key West
In a 1967 turquoise Fury, black naugahyde interior, no a/c. Backseat: tequila, lemonade from Farm Stores and sunglasses. View: funnel clouds, The Turtle Inn, Islamorada, fish shacks, trailer parks with awesome views, boats,…
90 Days of Organic Raw Vegan-ness: week 9
Here we are at week nine, and every time I tell people what I am doing they are still fascinated, scared, interested — in general, I still get a huge mixed ball of…
Food, Inc. – Revealing the Secrets of Our Food System
How much do we really know about the food we buy at our local supermarkets and serve to our families? That is the question filmmaker Robert Kenner poses in Food, Inc., a film…
Interview with Cathy Erway of Not Eating Out in New York
Before having the pleasure of actually meeting her, I sampled Cathy Erway’s cooking at a May Day dinner party on Queens County Farm, where she and Hapa Kitchen partner Akiko Moorman were responsible…
November 18, 2015
Mrs. Kimberly Leonard — Dear Harmless Harvest,
Where do I begin? It's hard to choose the correct words to say THANK YOU! You...
September 1, 2015
Kelly Sims — Gwen,
I live in Durham and I see it all the time, sometimes on sale at Kroger and Harris Teeter.
Kelly...
