I first heard of salt potatoes when I was at the Oatka Festival in LeRoy, New York. There was a stand selling them. They are traditionally served with Beef on Wick—which is a sliced roast beef sandwich served on a “kimmelweck” roll that has salt and caraway seeds on top. The Oatka festival is your […]
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A Visit to My Kitchen: Kami McBride of The Herbal Kitchen
Kami McBride is in my kitchen today talking about clean water, mushroom feasts, and book clubs. Kami is the author of The Herbal Kitchen, a book that helps bridge the gap between home remedies and our kitchens. Why is living organic important to you? The damage done by chemical fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, and genetically engineered […]
The Easiest Fresh Summer Fruit Pie
This pie was born out of frustration, deception, and laziness. I was all set to try to recreate the famous Hess’s Patio Restaurant fresh strawberry pie (even if you don’t know Hess’s Department Store, you know the kind of pie I’m talking about—giant raw strawberries with candy-color glaze and whipped cream a mile high on […]
Cornell Chicken: The Way-Western New Yorker’s BBQ Chicken!
If you are in “upstate” New York (not THAT upstate, but the real far upstate otherwise known as Western New York, so upstate that it’s got Buffalo in it), and you see a sign for BBQ chicken, the taste will not be anything remotely like what you would find down south, or in a jar […]
Quick Summer Vegetable and Meat Soup…with Elk!
Since Eve is heading off to camp for SIX WEEKS, she got to request a final meal at home before she goes. She asked for soup. Her camp makes great organic food, but not enough soup for her tastes. And so I thought about what kind of soup I could make that wouldn’t take too […]
Sour Cherries with Rosewater: An Iranian Inspiration
Last year I wrote about my most favorite fruit moment of the year: when the sour cherries are ripe. It’s quick, fleeting, and must be made the most of. Fortunately, sour cherries freeze really well and make an amazing winter treat (on ice cream or in Greek yogurt, just to name a few ways to […]
My Top 10 Favorite Songs for Summer
Well, if you know anything about me, the thing to know is that summer is my favorite season of all. I would be happy with All Summer All Of The Time! And music is one of my favorite ways of feeling it. I’m so excited because this summer I already have tickets to see Kenny […]
June’s Salad: Peas and Mint
Nothing says spring more than the taste of fresh peas, whether they’re still in the pod and you eat them whole or they’re shelled little green pearls of raw, sweet pleasure. If there’s any one thing worth growing in your garden, it’s peas… of all sorts. Unfortunately, I’ve been in a lifetime struggle—between rabbits, guinea […]
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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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