Freezer Finale: Three tips for Eating Through Last Season’s Harvest

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Before I can fully jump into savoring all the tempting, fresh flavors of the spring garden, there’s one last chapter I need to wrap up from last year’s growing season:  finishing up what’s left in the freezer.  My taste buds may be craving that tender new asparagus, but my rational mind reminds me to first [...]

Wheatless Wednesday: 6 Alternatives to 87,000 Slices of Bread

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Over the course of a lifetime, the average American consumes over 87,000 slices of bread.  Yes, you read that correctly — eighty seven thousand. That’s more than a loaf per week per person, not counting the additional 5,000 hot dog buns and 12,000 hamburger buns each American devours in his or her life. All that [...]

State Officials to West Virginians: “Mercury is A-OK!”

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West Virginians eat less fish than them thar other parts of the country, so it’s just fine that that state’s mercury allowance is almost twice that of the federal level. Wait…what?! The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP, though the thinking here clearly wasn’t) said that the state standard of 0.5 micrograms per gram of [...]

Be a Kitchen MacGyver: Easy Meatless and Veggie Friendly Spaghetti Aglio e Olio

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If you’re anything like me, you’ve probably found yourself in the situation of being ready to make dinner but then realizing you haven’t bought groceries in a while and there’s not much to eat in the kitchen. When you’re hungry but also too lazy to leave the house to go shopping, it’s time for some [...]

Cooking Green: How to Reduce Your “Cookprint”

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Move over, Eat Local. Kate Heyhoe challenges us to reduce our other food-related carbon footprint — our “cookprint.” Heyhoe’s latest book, Cooking Green, is based on the idea that how we cook can make as much an environmental difference as what we cook. The book covers many of the current issues like food choices, food [...]

An Organic Box Scheme (A British Take on Community Supported Agriculture)

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I feel like I’ve finally settled a little here in London now that I am the proud recipient of an organic fruit and vegetable box scheme from a local company called Growing Communities. These box schemes are the equivalent of what we call Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) boxes in the States. As other writers have [...]

Meatless Monday: 8 Delicious Uses for Tofu

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Tofu.  For those of us who have learned to master this culinary chameleon, its sort of miraculous.  Tofu takes on the flavor of whatever its seasoned or marinated with, while its texture can vary depending on the mode of preparation.  I always keep a couple of blocks of the stuff onhand for quick stir-frys or [...]