It’s my mother’s 81st birthday, and I’ve been elected to host a dinner for 23 family members at my house. Years ago, if presented with this goal, I would be totally freaking out by the day of the event. I would have been working on this night for weeks in advance, and by now have […]
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Restaurant Review: Founding Farmers, Washington, DC
Wherever I go, I always try to find the farm-to-table restaurants—in fact, my annual top 10 farm-to-table restaurant list is coming up in November! So I had to check out Founding Farmers in Washington this past weekend. The idea is appealing: a casual, family restaurant that’s supplied and owned by a collective of American family […]
Video from the MPA Summit
Yesterday I spoke on a panel at the Magazine Publishers of America’s Innovation Summit. Here’s a clip: Related Posts:Goodbye Gourmet MagazinePrevention Magazine and the New (Print) Health Revolution10 Not so Obvious Things You Need to Be a Real (Good) Leader
Washington Vibe
This past weekend I took my family to the Green Expo in Washington DC. Green Expo is a series of consumer shows around the country on everything green, organic, and good for the planet. I went to humbly accept a check on behalf of the Rodale Institute for a program with Organic Valley and Nature’s […]
10 Reasons Why I love My Prius
Pretty soon we’ll start seeing the fall new car promotions, and the ensuing news reports about the financial and environmental costs and benefits of buying a hybrid or not. The truth is, a lot of people buy cars for emotional reasons rather than rational ones. Anyone who buys a Mustang, a BMW, a Cadillac Escalade, […]
Recipe: Chicken and Gravy in 15 Minutes
The other day I was in a four-hour meeting in New York City. Sometimes in New York, no matter where you are, you can smell food cooking from a restaurant or apartment somewhere. Well, all during that four-hour meeting I smelled chicken and gravy. It didn’t stop me from paying attention (it was a very […]
Goodbye Gourmet Magazine
In the magazine business, we are used to hearing about magazines launching and shutting down all the time. Still, when you hear of a magazine’s demise, it deserves a moment of silence with the secret thought: “There but for the grace of God, go I.” But when you hear about Conde Nast closing Gourmet magazine…well, […]
Recipe: Carrot Salad (When There’s Nothing Else in the Fridge)
Sometimes you just need a fresh vegetable accompaniment to a meal, and the refrigerator is either empty or pathetically filled with rotting, shriveled produce (yes, even my fridge can look like that!). Usually, all that’s left standing at that point are the carrots. That’s exactly what happened last week, so I decided to whip up […]
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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