Welcome to Eat Drink Better: Sustainable Food for a Healthy Lifestyle
Give me a piece of paper and pencil and I might choke out a few stick figure drawings for you. I’m not much of an artist in the traditional sense. But give me a chunk of cheddar, some beer, fresh veggies and other local ingredients from my home state of Wisconsin, and I transform into [...]
There is so much more to being healthy then simply what you eat. Sometimes, taking a moment to slow down and focus on “how” you eat can actually begin to make a difference in how you feel and possibly even in your weight. Healthy digestion begins in the mouth where the digestive enzymes in your [...]
Carrots straight from the farm are dirty little freaks. Knobbly, hairy, misshapen and covered in soil, these root vegetables bear no resemblance to the neon orange and uniformly shaped clones found in your average supermarket plastic bag. But I love knowing where the vegetables came from and supporting local farms through my veg bag of [...]
Blackbird Bakery is all about the art of gluten-free baking by Karen Morgan. When Karen was diagnosed with Celiac disease years ago she struggled to find desserts that could satisfy her desires, and soon her destiny as a gluten-free baker was realized as she found her perfect personal cooking niche. Reaching out to the gluten-free [...]
It’s been hovering in the upper 90s here in Atlanta, and weather like this makes me crave ice cream like no other. This year, I’m on the hunt for my favorite vegan ice cream! The plan is to try new pints each week and share my findings right here. I know, it’s a tough life [...]
My daughter looks forward to shopping at the farmers’ market. I think she’s excited because she never knows what will be there. When one booth owner mentioned that he would have blackberries the next week, she talked about that to anyone who would listen and pestered me about it until we went back. If my [...]
There’s so much more to the wonderful world of noodles than old-world durum semolina pasta. And no, I’m not talking about substituting stringy spaghetti squash or strips of summer squash for pastalicious goodness. Did you know there are gluten-free noodles made from rice, soy protein, quinoa, and even sweet potato starch?
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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. My personal blog is urbanartichoke.com.
