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Notes from an urban farm lover

Harvesting a lost garden in the city

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Sarah’s progression from black thumb to plant-happy opportunist.

Making Molly’s soup my soup

Unpacking “A Homemade Life”

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Filtering someone else’s stories and recipes through one’s own life.

Hoping for change

Will there be progressive improvements in the Obama kitchen?

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Sarah wishes she could be more thrilled.

More or less

What do we “deserve”?

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A food-box receiver’s dilemma.

Cooking in my mother’s kitchen

My food, 52 weeks a year

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A visit with family doesn’t mean letting go of one’s food ideals.

The church of local food

A religious experience at Wordstock

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Is eating local and seasonal food a passing fad?

The generosity of the new economy

Freezer for jam

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‘The universe is paying generously.’

‘The autumn of my tomatoes’

Sarah trades one kind of work for another

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She’s unplugging from her full-time job to make time for other pursuits — like canning 78 pints of tomatoes.

‘Sourdough fever’s got me’

Making starter at home

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A whole new way of looking at “culture.”

Preserving summer

The pressure’s on

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Putting away jars of summer to warm the cold winter days.

Giving up Rachael Ray

For good?

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No more TV means no more Rachael.

About sprouting

Granola be gone

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Home-sprouted cereals instead of cereal from a box.

Sustainable on a budget?

Order starts with a clean kitchen

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She’s deconstructing her kitchen life with a little help from her sister — and Monique Dupre.

Shared asparagus

Roasting is her method of choice

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Mama and baby eat vegetables.

Green garlic on pizza

The mother of invention

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The world of seasonal eating opened up to her with green garlic pesto.

Mostly green

Of peanut butter and paper towels

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Redemption in peanut butter and honey.

Share some rapini

Write the governor

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Food of the gods.

Bread alone

Baking on a Friday night reconnects me

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This recipe strikes a chord.

Giving up sugar for Lent

Back on the wagon again

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Weighing in on that wicked white crystal.

Making yogurt

I’m not special

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Homemade yogurt tastes sublime — but it’s no big deal.

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Table Talk

Table Talk: November 17

A local-foods feast

Josh Viertel and Jennifer Maiser want to help you have a local-foods Thanksgiving. Read the transcript of their online chat.

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