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 […]
By Maria
Eat Organic on a Budget—It Can Be Done!
Let’s start with full disclosure: I am not by nature a frugal shopper, nor a shopper on a budget. In fact, I’ve been known to make sales people gawk at me when my bill gets tallied (like when I drive an hour to the closest Whole Foods with a cooler in the back of my […]
Top 5 Reasons NOT to Drink Soda
Talk of a “sugar tax” on soda has people all abuzz about whether it’s an American thing to financially punish people for drinking soda or not. I say go ahead and tax soda, and here are five good reasons why: 1, Soda is one more cause of the climate crisis. We have exported our carbon […]
Beyoncé and the True Cost of Beauty
I am not a huge fan of Beyoncé. I admire her, but her music isn’t really my cup of tea. I do, however, love People magazine. It’s my 20 minutes of mental erasure once a week. With the added bonus that it keeps me up-to-date on popular culture. This week I was stunned when I […]
Free Organic Fruit! Plant an Orchard
This spring I am planting an orchard. I’ve got the spot picked out, and I’ve just submitted my order for trees. People like to say you can’t grow fruit organically, but I know it’s possible. Certainly, I buy organic fruit at the supermarket, and at my local farmer’s market. And I grew up eating cherries […]
Pancakes from Scratch in a Pinch
The other weekend my daughter had a sleepover, and I needed to redeem myself with breakfast, since the dinner I’d served the night before was…well…absolutely horrible. It was leftover Chinese food. Unthinkable, right? So, the kids asked for pancakes, and I said yes before I realized I was out of my usual organic mix. And […]
The Last Station: Better than Anna Karenina
The other night I went to see a movie all by myself. In a movie theater! As I walked by the Paris Theater in New York City on my way to work one day, I saw that The Last Station was playing there and decided, on a lark, to see it after work. I hadn’t […]
Five Things You Find Out When You Go to a Spa
Some people go to spas all the time. Other people wouldn’t be caught dead inside one. Whichever camp you fall into—or if you fall somewhere in between—here are some things I learned from my recent trip to the Lodge at Woodloch. I hope you’ll agree that they’re worth sharing, whether you ever go to a […]
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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