Welcome to Eat Drink Better: Sustainable Food for a Healthy Lifestyle
In a recent post entitled Do TV Executives Think We’re Stupid?, I ranted, with the help of author, critic and food writer John Mariani, about the worst (and best) cooking shows on television. I’m taking another cue from Mr. Mariani, choosing my favorite movies where food is a character. Luckily, there are some wonderful food- [...]
We write a lot about saving money on Thrifty Thursdays, but today I want to write about saving something that is often more valuable than money – time. Making a commitment to eating better often means making a commitment to putting more time into preparing what you are going to eat. Meals made from scratch [...]
© Bernd Juergens | Dreamstime.com Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Beet Leery of the leek? Afraid of asparagus? Broccoli your personal Boggart? It seems witches are not the only green thing that scares us. You are not alone. According to a 2007 study published in the American Journal of Medicine, [...]
Have you ever cracked open a bottle of your favorite wine to find it didn’t taste as good as you remembered? Or taken a sip from the House wine at some fine dining establishment, and tried to quickly recover from the pursed lips that would reveal it tasted a bit sour? You probably chalked these experiences [...]
The first year we grew beets on our farm, it was on a serendipitous whim because neither me nor my husband had ever cooked with beets. As serendipitous gardening fate would have it, we pulled out a bumper beet crop that fall — quickly necessitating research in what to do with them. Which led us [...]
Even those who cannot commit to an extravagant chocolate creation or a rich fruit dessert will find solace in the satisfying sweetness and texture of this simple and moist dessert. This cake has the texture of a quick bread and the autumn flavors of pumpkin and “pumpkin pie” spices. Pumpkin is one of those tastes [...]
What’s the integrity of your organic milk? The Cornucopia Institute’s Organic Dairy Products Scorecard pulls no punches in its ratings of organic milk producers. Which brands are at the bottom? The factory farms of Horizon, Aurora, Woodstock, Natural Prairie, and Shamrock. The recently updated Organic Dairy Scorecard rates 107 organic dairy producers based on their [...]
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Hi there! I'm Becky Striepe, a green crafter and vegan foodie living in Atlanta, Georgia with my husband and two cats. My mission is to make eco-friendly crafts and vegan food accessible to anyone who wants to give them a go.
Jennifer Kaplan is the founder of VineCrowd.com and the author of Greening Your Small Business (November 2009, Penguin Group (USA)). She is adjunct faculty in marketing at Goldengate University and is also totally stoked have been named one of The 16 Women You Must Follow on Twitter for Green Business.
Jessi Stafford is a 20-something attempting to be a vegan on a recent graduate's budget. She currently writes for Vegan Mainstream and The Next Great Generation and graduated in 2009 from the University of Missouri School of Journalism.
Tanya Sitton is an ecovegavore, messy chef, green girl, food revolutionary, and general free-thinkin' rabble-rouser. M.S. in a health profession, with strong interests in biology, health, and nutrition.
Who is Urban Artichoke? I'm Patricia Larenas, a writer and dedicated gardener living in Silicon Valley, doing my part to heal the planet one garden at a time. I recently left my career in the tech sector to dig in the dirt full time- and write about it.
