Whenever I’m on the run, and I have to grab a quick meal, my heart sinks a little when I take the proffered dispos…
The 5 Day 'Eat Low on the Food Chain' Meal Challenge
There are many environmental and health reasons to adopt a mostly vegetarian or strict vegetarian diet. Even skipping me…
The Healthy, Sustainable, & Delicious Salmon Alternative
A few weeks back I talked about the collapse of the northern California salmon fishery. As a way to continue to have our…
Ecosalon Recipes: Seasonal Eating: Roasted Beets (Plus Seven Tasty Suggestions)
Since beets do well in warm and cool weather, they are one of the few produce items that are in season year round in man…
Super Soaking
Why Soak Grains? You may have seen recipes for rice, barley, quinoa, or other grains that require soaking and wondered w…
Black Chamba Pots Give Soups, Stews, & Beans Deeper Flavor
Whenever guests come over and see something simmering away on the stove in my Black Chamba Pot, they ooh and ahh a littl…
Old-fashioned Mason Jars Keep Strawberries Fresh
When the strawberries are coming in fast and thick, as they soon will be, those of us who get a CSA box often get more t…
A Conversation with Aaron Woolf, Director of 'King Corn'
Corn: It’s what’s for breakfast, lunch, dinner. Corn is so woven into our American diets, from livestock and…