Recipes
Hamburger Hash: School Lunch, Circa 1973
Everybody loves to get on the school-lunch-reform bandwagon, which I think is fantastic and very important. As a kid, I was a witness to the transformation of public school lunches...
August Salad: BLT Salad!
I have a confession to make. This recipe is blatant thievery from a restaurant in Manhattan that you will probably never go to (although it is very good). Patroon is...
July Salad: Chopped Vegetable Salad Fresh from the Garden
By July, it’s usually too hot for lettuce to be happy in the garden. Fortunately, while the tomatoes might still be struggling to ripen, all the other veggies are popping...
Celebrate Tomato Season, Part 3!
Open-Faced Sandwiches
Speaking of my childhood and what I ate, this was another popular lunch item in my mother’s repertoire. It was a very good day when she would take the time...
Celebrate Tomato Season, Part 2! Broiled Cheesy Tomatoes
Part 1: Tomaquet, Catalan Tomato Bread When people interview me about my childhood growing up on the first organic farm in America, they seem to have an endless fascination with...
Celebrate Tomato Season! Tomaquet: Catalan Tomato Bread
I have just harvested my first ripe red tomato, and now I am going to celebrate by sharing my favorite tomato recipes (other than sauce). This first recipe is called...
Salt Potatoes: A Summer Classic! + Newsletter Giveaway
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...
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...
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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