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These petite nightshades lend a unique tropical flavor to otherwise garden-variety ingredients.
Green, white, and pink peppercorns all offer culinary zip.
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School’s starting soon, if it hasn’t already. Which means fretting over clothes, supplies, and lunch. The Globe and Mail has tips for lunch packers, and the chief solution is both obvious and shocking: “Send them off with what they like, not what they should have.” OK, that doesn’t mean chips and candy; you’ve got to give them at least one fruit and vegetable each day. But if your son wants to eat breakfast cereal for lunch, let him.
Will we become responsible planetary stewards? »
Half a billion eggs. But it’s still only about 1 percent of the nation’s supply. »
On his website, Urban Plough, Matthew Moore tracks his days as the last farmer to farm his family’s land. Why last? Because the farm is on the outskirts of Phoenix, and will soon be engulfed by suburbia. As Moore explains on the home page:
In this site you can explore how I have documented and translated this development using art, in the form of earthworks, video, and installation. While the loss of my family’s land is not the sole focus of my work, it certainly has initiated my greater exploration of using art to address environmental and economic sustainability issues.
Click through the site for a series of aerial photos showing how the area’s land use has changed over a century, as well as info about Moore’s art installations. And check out his related blog, Lifecycles.
Writing on the Huffington Post recently, John Robbins called for a blanket ban on dairy products from cows given recombinant bovine growth hormone, better known as rBGH or rBST. More and more companies, Robbins noted, are going rBGH-free — but more should follow suit:
Starbucks now guarantees that all their milk, cream, and other dairy products are rBGH-free. So do Yoplait and Dannon yogurts, Tillamook cheese, Chipotle restaurants, and many others. But ice cream giants Häagen-Dazs, Breyers, and Baskin-Robbins continue to use milk from cows injected with rBGH, a hormone that’s been banned in Canada, New Zealand, Japan, Australia and all 27 nations of the European Union. As if to add insult to injury, Häagen-Dazs and Breyers have the audacity to tell us, right on the label, that their ice cream is " All Natural.”
Given that Robbins is the son of a co-founder of the Baskin-Robbins ice-cream empire, that’s saying something.
The FDA’s taking public comment till August 28. »
The September 2010 issue of West Coast lifestyle magazine Sunset is titled “The Coastal Issue.” That means articles on how to cook with seaweed, anchovy fishing in San Francisco Bay, and fish tacos made with sustainable albacore tuna. (Alas, the magazine’s wine editor, Sara Schneider, also gives tips for pairing wine with sushi, including the very unsustainable unagi and slightly less problematic spicy tuna rolls.)
Also in the issue (but unavailable online) is the magazine’s annual roundup of Coastal Heroes, awarded to “people who have done amazing work in protecting and preserving . . . the Pacific Ocean and its thousands of miles of shoreline.” Awardees include actor Ted Danson and his nonprofit Oceana and Jane Lubchenco, the head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Assocation. Interested? Check out what’s happening in your area for the international Coastal Cleanup Day, held September 25 this year.
So you can eat well while getting well. »
Agricultural giant Monsanto has had a confusing summer. In June, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down injunctions against the company’s genetically modified alfalfa seed, but simultaneously upheld a ban on planting the seed. Now a federal court has revoked the government's approval of Monsanto’s genetically modified sugar beets.
The New York Times summed up both cases: “In the alfalfa case, the Supreme Court indicated that the government might grant partial approval of a genetically modified crop. It seems that such an option might be available in the sugar beet case as well, which could reduce any hardship for farmers. It is also possible the Agriculture Department will appeal.”
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Are you tired of the same old, same old ways of cooking vegetables? Try this cauliflower & edamame recipe with Indian spices. Your taste buds will thank you!
Tired of figuring out what to make for breakfast? I was in the same boat and made oatmeal bars with dried fruit and chocolate chips. Did they turn out great? Read to find out ;)
What to do with ripe plums and very little time? Make plum/orange/lemon popsicles!
Five ways to eat more beets and the Loving Local Blogathon to celebrate locally grown food
Do you like scones? Do you make them sweet or savory? My latest creation is bluebbery & coconut scones with lemon zest. Try them!
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Oops! Nothing for the lunch box? Company coming over to watch the game? Keep your pants on! This recipe saves the day.
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Hmmm, how come I’m the only one fritter-ing? Ok, here’s my latest creation: adobo buttermilk chicken with onions. Easy, flavorful & healthy. Make it for dinner tonight.
I’m back from Seattle and thought I’d share with you a postcard from Seattle's Pike Place Market. Great seafood, produce and gorgeous flowers.
What do you do when you visit your family? Well, I cooked dinner with my sister. Bruschetta, mussels, salad and lamb. YUM.