I love that everyone I know is canning and pickling this summer. It’s such a great way to preserve the harvest for…
Food
World’s First Farmers’ Market Backpack: The Cornucopia Bag
Heading to the farmers’ market? Remember last time when your arm went numb, laden with a heavy bag filled with you…
Antioxidants on a budget: Black Rice
Blueberries and blackberries have topped the charts for their antioxidant qualities, but hovering at $5 a pound, they h…
The Early Girl Gets the Prize: 3 Recipes for your best tomatoes
I am a freakishly seasonal shopper. Not only do I assiduously avoid grocery store tomatoes year-round until they are in …
Women Lead the Fight for Pesticide Reform in California’s Central Valley
Josefina Miranda showed up to work in a field still wet from pesticides. She was four months pregnant. By the time she f…
Foodie Underground: Bing’s New Portland Food Cart Finder
Food carts. If you’re not up to speed on the latest trend in food movements you’ve been living in a cave; a …
A Fragrance without the Fragrance: Organic Perfume Review
Do you sprint through department stores? I do, and it’s always through the makeup section. I have bad allergies an…
Chilled Summer Soup Recipes for Sultry Evenings
This week summer came to the San Francisco Bay Area for the first time in a while, leaving fog-drenched residents blisse…