If you or someone close to you follows a gluten-free diet, then you know firsthand how frustrating it can be around the holidays. All of the wheat-laden desserts, pies and cookies, not to mention casseroles with bread crumbs, stuffings and gravies. Fortunately these days there are more food manufacturers creating gluten-free options for serving on [...]
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Gluten-Free Flours for More Than Baking
Posted November 7th, 2011 by Admin. Comment (0).
My Stuffing is Better Than Yours
Posted November 9th, 2010 by Admin. Comment (0).
Every Thanksgiving, I brace for the inevitable “my stuffing is better than your stuffing” debate with my wife Erin. Growing up in the south, my stuffing is cornbread based. Hers is sourdough bread based, befitting of her Northern California upbringing. I’ve seen other changes in the Thanksgiving I remember as a kid — fresh cranberry [...]
Go to Jail or Go to a Farm: How One Community Is Growing More Than Just Food
Posted October 14th, 2010 by Admin. Comment (0).
From ALTERNET Growing a Garden City: How Farmers, First Graders, Counselors, Troubled Teens, Foodies, a Homeless Shelter Chef, Single Mothers, and More are Transforming Themselves and Their Neighborhood Through the Intersection of Local Agriculture and Community… and How You Can, Too Special powers have long been ascribed to farms, for good reason. A special conversation [...]
Nutrition: Can something as simple as sea minerals be more effective than all the high-tech drugs and vaccines?
Posted September 30th, 2010 by Admin. Comment (0).
From RALPH VOSS ACRES USA Newspapers, magazines and electronic media outlets all over the world recently announced a break-through vaccine that will hopefully protect women against breast cancer. The following report — from CBS — is typical of what was said by numerous sources: “In the current study, genetically cancer-prone mice were vaccinated — half [...]
We’re More Than Food: New York City
Posted September 30th, 2010 by Admin. Comment (0).
When our Upper West Side store was built at 97th and Columbus–on the very corner where the highly revered New York jazz venue, Mikell’s Jazz Club, once stood–some of the eclectic neighborhood’s long-time residents were concerned about how this new store would change their neighborhood. To demonstrate its commitment to honoring the neighborhood’s heritage, Whole [...]
Focaccia: Easier than expected, tastier than you knew
Posted August 20th, 2010 by Admin. Comments (4).
From FRANCIS LAMB Salon.com Story here Light-textured, shiny with olive oil, and creamy-flavored, this complex bread only seems complicated to make OK, so it’s not true that I’ve never baked before. Despite my fears, I’ve tried at various points to exorcise myself of my dough timidity, and once even scaled the Great Focaccia Mountain and [...]
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 [...]
We’re More Than Food: Chicago
Posted July 23rd, 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 [...]
More Bad Science: Ground Beef from Grainfed Cattle Healthier than Grassfed. Fact or Fable?
Posted June 24th, 2010 by Admin. Comment (0).
From ANIMAL WELFARE APPROVED At the recent Council for Agricultural Science and Technology symposium there seemed to be a consensus that folks didn’t trust science. Now, as some of you might know from my previous blogs (see “Beware of Bad Science”), one of my pet peeves is deceit and spin being masqueraded as real science. [...]
We’re More Than Food: Mountain Brook, Alabama
Posted June 8th, 2009 by Admin. Comment (0).
When you think of Whole Foods Market, I bet the amazing food we sell is top of mind. But regular readers of this blog know we are about so much more than food. Check out this video for one example. When we open up a new Whole Foods Market store, we work hard to establish [...]