Late Spring Panzanella

pattypan squash

I just got back from canoe camping in the Ozarks with my mom and boyfriend. Since you don’t have to carry your food when you go canoe camping, you can plan more elaborate meals. They always taste extra delicious after a day of paddling! Here’s our favorite from the trip, a late spring panzanella with [...]

Samovar Tea Set: And the Winner Is…

random number

We’ve dug reading all of your tea-related comments, and it’s finally time to announce the lucky reader who gets a tea set of her (or her) very own! We used a random number generator to choose our winner, based on the number of comments on the post. The winner will receive one Tea Newbie Set, [...]

The Salt Struggle

Salt Shaker

As more and more evidence that salt has ill effects on our bodies emerges, processed food companies are fighting harder than ever to keep their recipes intact.

The Plant : Revamped to Become one of San Francisco’s Top Organic Cafe Businesses

plant

With three locations in San Francisco the Plant cafe, formerly know as Lettus offers the most creative menu of organic ingredients in the city. Some of their menu offerings include:

Potato Pest Increases Crop Yield Dramatically

Guatemala moth larvae (Tecia solanivora)

Scientists studying a major potato pest have found that the larvae feeding on tubers can actually increase crop yield. Greenhouse tests indicate that caterpillar saliva increases the marketable yield by up to 2.5 times from a potato plant when less than half the potatoes are infested.

10 Favorite Foods from the 1st 28 Years of My Life

avocado

The following are, I think, my 10 favorite foods.. so far. Perhaps I will find some that I like more down the road, but for now I can’t think of anything that surpasses these gems of the Earth. Thought it would be fun to share these and get feedback from you on your favorites as [...]

Mulberries? Mulberries!

Fresh Picked Mulberries

There was a fruiting mystery tree in our back yard that sure looked a lot like it might be full of mulberries. You don’t get much more local than berries harvested just a few feet from the back door. I was a little bit concerned about eating berries that I wasn’t 100% sure about though, [...]