I’m still obsessed with ice cream floats these days, and this blueberry float is one I’ve tried that is not only refreshing and delicious, but also so very lovely to look at. I think you could serve it as a fancy dessert at a dinner party. Or, more to my habit, just have it by […]
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A Visit to My Kitchen: John Grogan
My dear friend John Grogan is in my kitchen today, chatting about eggplant steaks, vegetable chili, and the living and breathing kitchen tool he could never do without. John Grogan is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Marley & Me, and the best-selling memoir The Longest Trip Home, as well as a […]
BP Oil Spill Denial: What Will It Take to Get Us to Change?
More than a month after BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the oil continues to flow from the Gulf of Mexico to pollute the shores of America’s once-beautiful coastlines. The other week I saw a report put out by the University of Adelaide Environmental Institute that ranked countries around the world by their environmental impact. They […]
How to Get Your Kids to Eat More Vegetables
I’ve met a few kids in my time who have never had more vegetables than a carrot stick and, if they had to guess what an artichoke is, would say it’s a karate move. But not my kids, of course. They eat their vegetables all the time. At least sometimes. I mean, they all go […]
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. […]
A Visitor to My Kitchen: Anni Daulter from Organically Raised
Anni Daulter is stopping by my kitchen today to talk about her mission to go organic, to share her must-have kitchen tool, and to make mouths everywhere water with talk of her family’s all-hands-on-deck bread-making routine. Anni is cofounder of Bohemian Baby, a fresh, organic baby-food company, and the author of Organically Raised—Conscious Cooking for […]
Who Says You Can’t Grow Roses Organically?
I often hear people say they can’t grow roses without chemicals, and to them I say “phooey!” Actually, I say, “of course you can!” All it takes is a little intelligence, and really not much effort at all. The main thing is to start with root-grown roses, which is to say, roses that haven’t been […]
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 […]
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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