Maria's Farm Country Kitchen

November 16, 2010 • in Health

Green Cleaning Parties

By guest blogger Cassidy Randall. Cassidy coordinates efforts to mobilize and engage women at Women’s Voices for the Earth. She developed the Green Cleaning Action Kit, Disinfectants Horror Show, and other engagement tools, and organizes WVE’s Green Cleaning Party campaign. …

Autumn Salad with Blood Orange Vinaigrette

Last night Lucia and I were home alone for dinner. I asked her what she wanted to eat and she said “salad.” Ahhh, the happiness of a child after my own heart. If I had only one food to live …

Missoula on My Mind

From Butte, we drove the two hours (across a gorgeous superfund site) to Missoula, Montana. I had been invited to be the keynote speaker for the Montana Organic Association Conference. The night before I had spoken to the general public …

A Visit to My Kitchen: Ayala Laufer-Cahana, MD

Ayala Laufer-Cahana, MD, is in my kitchen today to talk about the whole-circle benefits of organic food, her healthy favorite foods from childhood, and her well-rounded sources of news. Dr. Laufer-Cahana, physician (pediatrics and medical genetics), is an artist, serious …

Beautiful Butte, Montana

My first thought as we came in for a landing at the Butte, Montana, airport on a gorgeously sunny fall day was…What the heck is that?! What is that giant sculpted hole right next to town that looks like it …

Organic Carts NYC

By guest blogger Alberto Gonzalez, founder and CEO of GustOrganics, the world’s first certified-organic restaurant using 100% organic ingredients, and one of the greenest and most progressive restaurants on the planet, www.gustorganics.com. Organic Carts NYC is a project that I …

Long Live Pee-Wee Herman

Many, many years ago, in a land far away (actually, the next town over), my then-fiancé (now husband) and my 8-year-old daughter, and I would wake up on Saturday mornings looking forward to watching Pee-Wee’s Playhouse on TV. When the …