Maria's Farm Country Kitchen

August 10, 2010 • in Gardening

Bronx Green-Up Wants New Yorkers to Make Friends with Worms

By guest blogger Annie Spiegelman, a.k.a. the Dirt Diva. Last month I had the privilege of signing copies of my new book, Talking Dirt, (Penguin Group, 2010) at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx. Am I shamelessly promoting …

My Favorite Organic Baked Beans

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Don’t Frack Organic Food!

By Leah Zerbe, online editor for Rodale.com, a daily health and environmental news site. A leading fuel life-cycle analysis expert says turning to hydraulic fracturing for natural gas as a major national energy source would be “disastrous.” As certified organic …

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 …