A love affair with beets
A Note from Bobbie Lewis: Here’s another wonderful guest blog from Isaac DeLamatre, head of the kitchens at Antioch College. Personally, I don’t like beets, even though I’m a big veggie fan and I’ve...
View ArticleJust for the kale of it
When it came time to plant our garden last year, we considered lettuce. We changed our minds, though, when we realized that lettuce is cheap to buy in the supermarket, and even more importantly, it has...
View ArticleSorry, Charlie, we don’t like tuna much anymore!
The information in this blog comes primarily from a longer article by Roberto Ferdman in the Washington Post in August, 2014. When my daughter was in school, she took tuna sandwiches for lunch almost...
View ArticleSeeds to Table helps feed a neighborhood
Urban farming is all the rage in many cities, and Detroit is no exception. Detroit may actually be out in the forefront because we have so much empty land here as a result of lots being cleared of...
View ArticleA broccoli cheese salad for Shavuot
This week the Jewish community is getting ready for Shavuot, the “Feast of Weeks” because it takes place on the 50th day (a week of weeks) after Passover. On the Christian calendar, it often coincides...
View ArticleFood innovation at Kalamazoo Valley college
.Today’s piece is by Kathy Jennings a freelance writer and editor who is the managing editor of Southwest Michigan’s Second Wave, where this article originally appeared. The innovation at Kalamazoo...
View ArticleChautauqua: Haven for Learning and Culture
My husband and I have become evangelists—for the Chautauqua Institution, a unique and wonderful community in the westernmost county of New York, between Buffalo and Erie, Pa. It’s a combination of...
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