by guest blogger Andrew Norelli, product manager and food photographer I don’t usually equate Mexican with comfort food, but when I tried posole for the first time at a local Mexican restaurant, I instantly fell in love with its warm, comforting flavors. Posole is a simple stew of pork, hominy, and a chile sauce. What’s […]
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Authentic Paella, Simplified
Pin Recipe for Later I don’t know about you, but come Christmas, my Facebook feed is filled with pictures of people making paella. And yet, the best paella I ever had was on a sunny day at an outdoor café in Barcelona, Spain. In other words—why make it only once a year? In winter? Fortunately, […]
Beyond Kale: Go Green Like the Greeks
by Diane Kochilas, author of Ikaria: Lessons on Food, Life, and Longevity from the Greek Island Where People Forget to Die It’s a global world. A few weeks ago at my local farmer’s market, I saw kale for the first time. It took me by surprise. I live in Greece and spend a lot of […]
Lamb Meatballs, Ready in Minutes
Personally, I love the taste of lamb. Actually, I love any foods with Middle Eastern flavors. Give me my Syrian Salad and a little rice pilaf, and I’m one happy camper. Having a craving, I invented this lamb recipe based on a feeling. On love. I would have preferred a lamb kabob (shish taouk at […]
Quick and Easy “No-Cook” Summer Tomato-Mozzarella Pasta
Well, you do have to cook the pasta! I made this up last week when my family and I were all starving and it was hot and I happened to have some fresh organic Rigatoni pasta from the Emmaus Farmer’s Market (which was delicious!). Everyone loved it and it was so easy, I would definitely […]
Homemade Chicken Broth from Scratch
I recently realized that one of the first recipe blogs I ever did has disappeared from the cyber planet. And it happens to be the most important recipe of all! Homemade Chicken Broth from Scratch is the basis for almost everything I believe in. It’s so simple and easy, so valuable, so healing, and so […]
Homemade Hoppin’ John
Every New Year’s Eve I think I’m going to make Hoppin’ John, and then I forget because I’m too busy making Roast Pork, Mashed Potatoes, and Sauerkraut, which is the Pennsylvania Dutch version of Hoppin’ John—meaning the good-luck meal you want to eat on New Year’s Day. Well, this year I made both. But I’m […]
Honoring Our Heritage
by guest blogger “Coach” Mark Smallwood, Rodale Institute executive director There is much to be learned from our ancestors. Our parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents had deep roots in agriculture. Modern organic farming is based on the philosophy that we must learn from past generations and modernize those lessons for current agricultural conditions. However, as generations […]
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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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