Zaletti from In Late Winter We Ate Pears

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Zaletti are a mildly sweet Venetian cookie studded with rum-soaked currants.   Mildly sweet and perfectly crumbly, zaletti are a pleasant dolci reminiscent of shortbread.   I first stumbled across these charming Italian cookies while reading In Late Winter We Ate Pears by Deirdre Heekin and Caleb Barber – a charming memoir that follows two [...]

Review: Devil in the Milk

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Keith Woodward’s ground-breaking work Devil in the Milk published by Chelsea Green outlines a scientific tale of modern diseases and their relationship to the food we consume.   Further, Devil in the Milk outlines how corporate interests can shape the way in which information about food and health is relayed to the public.   Woodward [...]

Full Moon Feast: Review & Giveaway

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Full Moon Feast: The Hunger for Connection details a love of food, of wellness and most importantly – revives a traditional connection between food and nature’s rhythms. Written by food activist and chef Jessica Prentice and published by the folks at Chelsea Green Publishing which also publishes titles like Wild Fermentation, Fresh Food from Small Spaces and Renewing America’s Food Traditions, Full Moon Feast is a classic read for the growing traditional and slow food movements. I’m giving one copy of this book away, so enter now!