Now’s the time to go all out with summer melons. Whether you show up at the next picnic balancing a watermelon on your hip, or add chunks of cantaloupe to your morning smoothie and summer fruit salads, there are lots of ways to appreciate melons. Here are some of our favorite recipes featuring one of [...]
Recipe Roundup: Best of Melon
Posted July 31st, 2010 by Admin. Comment (0).
Kale, What Doesn’t Kill You…
Posted July 30th, 2010 by Admin. Comment (0).
From EcoCentric
I don’t recall eating kale for most of my life. It’s not that I didn’t know what it was it’s just that I didn’t buy it, cook it or know that it was edible. As a teen, I can recall the salad bar at Sizzler (a family favorite) being decorated with [...]
Spelt Ziti Rigati with Green Peas
Posted July 30th, 2010 by Admin. Comment (0).
Cook pasta per package directions. While pasta is cooking, heat the oil and sauté the onions about 5 minutes until golden. Add the garlic and sauté 1 minute. Add salt, pepper, sage, peas and water. Bring to a boil, reduce flame and simmer about 5 to 7 minutes. If using fresh peas, cook about 12 [...]
Cooking for One: Summer Veggies
Posted July 30th, 2010 by Admin. Comment (0).
I’m a big swimmer, especially in the summer. It’s a great way to unwind from a hard day at work, and I usually swim for at least an hour every evening. By the time I’m done, I’m ravenous and it’s late, so I turn to my trusty stash of summer vegetables for a delicious, simple [...]
Philly chef gets his hands dirty for his farm-to-table restaurant
Posted July 29th, 2010 by Admin. Comment (0).
From GRIST
A recent article in the New York Times documented the growing competition among New York chefs for the highest-quality food from local farms — whether it’s heirloom cabbages or pastured poussins. Opining that “top chefs can’t be lip-service locavores any longer,” writer Glenn Collins offers this mini-food fight as evidence of a “farm-to-table revolution” [...]
Driftless Organics
Posted July 29th, 2010 by Admin. Comment (0).
Driftless Organics - Soldiers Grove, WI
For the owners of Driftless Organics, farming is their dream job. When you grow everything from Asparagus to Zucchini, it’s vital to love what you do. To them, healthy soil is the foremost reason to farm organically. But, of course, the taste is another good reason — they’re confident their products [...]
Spotting Bargains with The Whole Deal
Posted July 28th, 2010 by Admin. Comment (0).
Thirty years ago Whole Foods Market opened to make people happy—with better, healthier food choices. We’re still listening to our customers’ needs and desires and with your help every year these choices are better and more affordable. To prove our point, all of the manufacturer coupons in The Whole Deal value guide are now available [...]
Gene Logsdon: Happy Homestead Happenstances
Posted July 28th, 2010 by Admin. Comment (0).
From GENE LOGSDON
How many slick tricks have you learned about farming and gardening more or less by accident? My favorite example happened because of laziness. I didn’t clean out the roof gutter on the barn for over a year. I have a longstanding prejudice against roof gutters anyway. Why not just let the water [...]
Poached Salmon with Tarragon
Posted July 27th, 2010 by Admin. Comment (0).
From GREG ATKINSON
Tarragon is one of those herbs that takes some getting used to. Before it became familiar to me through repeated exposure, I found its taste jarring. Now, its redolence is reassuring. A hint of anise, a note of basil, the simple fresh green of parsley, all these flavors and more are reflected in [...]
We’re More Than Food: Chicago
Posted July 27th, 2010 by Admin. Comment (0).
When relocating our long-revered Lincoln Park store in Chicago down the street to its new Kingsbury Street location, we made a conscious effort to create an environment that pays homage to the surrounding neighborhood and to the city of Chicago itself. In the process, we gained a talented new Team Member, a one-of-a-kind work of [...]