My favorite picnic dish just got better. It was late. I was starving for baked beans and could have sworn I had my favorite nonorganic brand in my pantry. In fact, I thought I had a couple of cans. I searched. I cursed. But I couldn’t find them anywhere. That’s when I spotted the organic […]
By Maria
National Mustard Day! (My Top 5 Uses for Mustard)
Tomorrow, August 7, is National Mustard Day. Now, that’s something to celebrate in these hot days of summer. I like mustard. I especially like yellow mustard, but the stone-ground kind has its uses, too. I am thrilled that I can finally get all my favorite mustards in organic versions that taste just as good, if […]
A Visit to My Kitchen: Cynthia Lair
Certified Health and Nutrition Counselor and author Cynthia Lair is in my kitchen today, chatting about cooking curiosity and ditching the all-white diet. Cynthia on the faculty of Bastyr University’s School of Nutrition and Exercise Science, and is culinary curriculum director for its new BS in Nutrition and Culinary Arts degree program. She’s a contributing […]
How to Protect Your Skin from the Sun
Apply sunscreen. Don’t apply sunscreen. Avoid the sun. Get more vitamin D from the sun. Sunscreens are toxic and don’t work. Sunscreens are essential…what’s a person to do? Over the years, I have seen all the news and studies, but I’ve also developed my own methods for managing sun exposure based on a weird condition […]
The Dressing Room, a Rave Review
I’ve been meaning to get to Michel Nischan‘s restaurant The Dressing Room in Westport, Connecticut, for years. I first met him when he was the chef at Heartbeat, one of the very first farm-to-table restaurants in Manhattan (at the W Hotel on 49th Street). He was really nice back then, and, guess what, he’s still […]
Organic Food at the Bicycle Races!
The Tour de France may be the king of biking events, but do they serve organic food there? Here in Pennsylvania, we are blessed to have a velodrome nearby. Not just any velodrome, but one of the best in the country. Most people have never heard of one, or ever seen one, but a velodrome […]
A Visit to My Kitchen: Bart Yasso
Bart Yasso is in my kitchen today, talking about the good food and great inspirations that have been so valuable to his running career. Bart is the race and event promotion director at Runner’s World. He is a member of the Running USA Hall of Champions. Bart invented the Yasso 800s, a marathon-training schedule used […]
How to Plan a Vacation
By the time you read this, I will be on vacation. I read once that the glow from taking a vacation lasts only a few days, but the happiness from having planned a vacation lasts eight weeks! I can attest to that. There is something about knowing you have a reservation sometime in the future […]
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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