In America, we think we are hot stuff because of all our growing farmer’s markets across the country. Or in Manhattan, a place like Eataly seems like a whole new invention. And then you go to Barcelona, which, like many cities in Europe, has a food market in the middle of the city that has […]
Inspiration
The Picasso Museum of Barcelona: An Artist’s Life
I’m not a big fan of Picasso, I am sorry to say. But when I found myself in Barcelona recently with my 14-year-old daughter, I felt we had to do something other than shop and eat, something redeeming with our time there. And so we went to the Picasso museum of Barcelona, known in Spanish […]
Cooking for Solutions at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, Part 2—with the Chefs!
The second part of Cooking for Solutions (see part 1) involved cooking, and lots of it! On Saturday night, 2,500 people paid $150 per person to roam about the aquarium and drink wine and eat small dishes to their hearts’ and stomachs’ content. More than 70 chefs and 60 wineries participated, and although I tried […]
Cooking for Solutions at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, Part 1
Every once in a while, when get invited to speak somewhere, I accept more because I know the person asking me than because I know what I’m actually signing up for. Such was the case when Myra Goodman, cofounder of Earthbound Farms and a woman I admire, respect, and adore, invited me to come to […]
5 Tips for Mastering an Antique Show
by guest blogger, designer Mark Kintzel I love going to antique shows. You never know what you’re going to find, or whom you’re going to see. (Let’s just say, antiques aren’t the only finds with “patina.”) One year at the Antiques and Collectors Extravaganza in Kutztown, Pennsylvania, a dealer was selling coffins. Ummm…I’ll pass. But […]
Top 10 Tips for Traveling Well
I’ve been doing a lot of traveling lately. Too much! Well, it wouldn’t be too much if I were going on vacations with my family—preferably to warm, sunny places. But no, it’s to places for work, accompanied by semi-relentless schedules and not enough time to explore and relax. As a result, I’ve fairly mastered the […]
My Top 10 Favorite Flowers
Now that gardening season has returned in full force, it’s time to revel in the glorious abundant beauty of nature (unless, that is, she is thrashing us with her rages). One of my favorite things about the spring-and-summer season is flowers. So I’ve made a list of my favorites, and why I adore them. Peonies: […]
Highlights from The Future of Food Conference
Highlights from The Future of Food Conference Where to begin? Well, how about with a brilliant speech by HRH Prince Charles that was practical, spiritual, and sharp. He’s not new to organic, so his passion for the topic of the future of food is both genuine, incredibly smart, and comprehensive. Here are a few of […]
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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