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12 Oct 2009 IN FOOD & HEALTH | COMMENTS
Commercial baking powders often contain additives like aluminum, GMO cornstarch, and gluten. By making your own baking powder you will have a constant supply of fresh product.+ READ MORE
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25 Sep 2009 IN FOOD & HEALTH | COMMENTS
Whether wild, home grown or store bought, mushrooms don't keep well. But luckily they are easy to dry. Here's how to preserve your fungal feasts - just make sure you don't go drying any destroying angels in with your chanterelles! + READ MORE
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23 Sep 2009 IN FOOD & HEALTH | COMMENTS
Look at a glass of milk, and you might not think there's much to it. It's white, it's available everywhere, and it comes by the gallon. But hiding behind many of the labels and homogenized gallons are a myriad of green issues that can make it tricky to navigate all the choices that go with finding a...+ READ MORE
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12 Sep 2009 IN FOOD & HEALTH | COMMENTS
Spore prints are beautiful portraits of nature's genius. If you plan on eating wild mushrooms, they can also save your life. + READ MORE
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24 Jul 2009 IN FOOD & HEALTH | COMMENTS
Our eating habits are killing us. That's what some critics say about today's fast-paced, highly processed, gotta-have-it-now food habits. The fact that people choose convenience over questioning where and how their food got to them is dangerous. And it is leading to many health concerns, says...+ READ MORE
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19 Jun 2009 IN FOOD & HEALTH | COMMENTS
It was a harmless habit you thought, pit stopping by the fridge for a finger scoop of raw cookie dough. You tell yourself you’ve had a tough day, you deserve it. But what you definately don’t deserve is a side of E. coli+ READ MORE
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17 Jun 2009 IN FOOD & HEALTH | COMMENTS
America's food culture is at a crossroads. On the one hand, greener foods and eating habits have skyrocketed in popularity over the past decade, while good green indicators —things like organic food sales and active farmers' markets—are trending up, up, up. On the other hand, obesity...+ READ MORE
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26 May 2009 IN TRAVEL & OUTDOORS | COMMENTS
Had I known back in middle school that onion grass was actually safe to eat, I probably would have. I loved sniffing it out (strange, I know) when I roamed around the school yard picking dandelions during recess. + READ MORE
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26 May 2009 IN FOOD & HEALTH | COMMENTS
Leftovers have long been made fun of, but today we are going to give them the respect that they deserve. Leftovers are a great way to save food, reduce your carbon footprint, save money, and save time. With that said, leftovers are only as good as the care that goes into their preparation, storage,...+ READ MORE
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1 May 2009 IN FOOD & HEALTH | COMMENTS
If you’re in New York City this Saturday, May 2, hop on the subway and bee-line your way over the Brooklyn Food Conference taking place at Park Slope’s John Jay High School from 9am to 9pm. + READ MORE
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29 Apr 2009 IN FOOD & HEALTH | COMMENTS
Not all that long ago, my brother and I were barbecuing together. His son was helping out with the little fiesta and I remember him specifically telling his son to make sure that the meat didn't char. He said it would cause cancer if it charred. While I naturally believed this, because, after all,...+ READ MORE
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4 Apr 2009 IN TRAVEL & OUTDOORS | COMMENTS
Last week, I mentioned the importance of not taking an 'Organic Certified' label at face value—after all, even organic foods can be contaminated with salmonella, as happened with the pistachios. But what to do, besides following the news closely and buying as food as possible from local farms...+ READ MORE
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1 Apr 2009 IN FOOD & HEALTH | COMMENTS
A million pounds of salmonella infected pistachios were just voluntarily recalled by the Setton Farms, one of the biggest producers of the nut in the nation. There's something scary about the whole thing—I mean, besides the million pounds of salmonella laden pistachios—and that's the...+ READ MORE
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31 Mar 2009 IN EARTH DAY | COMMENTS
The country's food consciousness is picking up speed at an exhilarating rate. As consumers, we are more powerful than ever—largely because we are more aware and active than ever. With the green food movement making strides at the grassroots level, and great hope for the impact of the new...+ READ MORE
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17 Jan 2009 IN FOOD & HEALTH | COMMENTS
Everyone that I know likes being alive and part of being alive is eating foods. In order to extend my life, I try to use cookware that is healthy for me and the environment. I mean, the whole point of eating is to stay alive. If I died because of something that I ate, it really seems...+ READ MORE
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