This July marks the third year of Slow Food Vermont’s first cooking class with me, Jess.  And since the first: Wine & Cheese Please, followed by last years: Pinxtos, the month of July sets a certain standard for something special.  Or you could easily say, I can’t help myself from going a lil’ overboard. Each Read the Rest…

SATURDAY, MAY 11th, 10am-3pm HO WHEELER SCHOOL in partnership with Grow Team ONE EACH PACK IS $8 AND PROCEEDS ARE GOING TO THE SLOW FOOD PROJECT: 1000 GARDENS IN AFRICA GROW IT AND EAT IT TO SAVE IT! I am an avid gardener and farmer for many reasons, but mostly because of the promise of Read the Rest…

One of the foods that I consider to be the most wholesome, the most genuine, the most earnest, is the mighty little bean.  I realize I am waxing poetic here, but in all seriousness, the humble bean has a lot going for it.  Beans are easily stored, inexpensive, and come in different shapes, sizes and Read the Rest…

I brought back a small piece of “Bergfichte” from my trip to Washington, D.C. It’s a cheese beyond a cheese, made by a cheesemaker who is beyond a cheesemaker. His name is Willi Schmid, and I feel like I’m slowly getting to know him, even though we’ve never met. Here’s a snippet from his website: Willi Read the Rest…

On February 16, 2013, The Glynwood Institute for Sustainable Food and Farming will be the lead sponsor for the third annual TEDxManhattan, “Changing the Way We Eat,” a full day of talks exploring the state of our food system and our progress toward sustainability. TEDxManhattan 2013 will build on what we covered in the 2012 and 2011 talks.   The conference will be Read the Rest…

Pie.  The word alone inspires so many associations – with holidays, home and happiness.  Easy as pie.  Well, that’s all together another idea.  For some pie making comes easy, for others, it’s more of a labor of love. I’ve been making pie for years – I courted my husband with pie, we probably eat pie Read the Rest…

This December I will be celebrating my thirtieth Christmas, along with my love affair with pinwheel cookies.  It was twenty two Decembers ago when I first tasted a pinwheel cookie (then two, then three), and I remember the cheer-less look on my mom’s face when she walked into the kitchen as I was finishing off the Read the Rest…

Terra Madre 2012 | October marked Slow Food’s 6th Terra Madre gathering in Turin, Italy.  This year, Terra Madre coincided with Slow Food’s International Congress, a meeting of slow Food’s global leadership, and joined Salone del Gusto, ‘hall of taste,’ Slow Food’s festival of good, clean, and fair food. Terra Madre is a global network of Read the Rest…

There has been some great press lately about this book – and deservedly so!  Based on my transcendent experience with All About Braising, I pre-ordered my copy of All About Roasting, Molly Stevens’ latest cookbook, and waited breathlessly for it to arrive at my door.  Patience is not one of my great virtues, I’m afraid. One of Read the Rest…

I love the gamble of gardening. Throwing the dice and hoping that you will get what you planted, the thrill of seeing your seedlings struggle to the surface and then thrive, yielding up so many meals through the season.  A farming friend encourages me to have more “faith in a seed” and to be less surprised when Read the Rest…