Currant pie, sweet and tart with a hint of cinnamon, rounds out the desserts on my summertime table. Currants offer an old-fashioned charm, and I look forward to their brief and Read More →
Getting the Most from your Market: 10 Tips from a Farmers Market Manager
June 5, 2012 | by | 67 Comments
Has your favorite market started its season? With the cost of food climbing and interest in local foods growing, you might be wondering how to get the most from your farmers Read More →
Anytime Cookies (Fruit-sweetened and Grain-free)
April 10, 2012 | by | 90 Comments
As kids we were always told that cookies were not an acceptable meal for breakfast. I’d like to know who made up that rule, and then tell them that I’m breaking it. I let my Read More →
Milk Share: The Alternative to Breastfeeding Alternatives
April 2, 2012 | by | 70 Comments
We do know one thing for certain, and that is that breast milk is designed for babies. It's what they're meant to eat; more than that, it's what they're meant to eat exclusively Read More →
Matsoni: The Easiest Yogurt You’ll Make
March 22, 2012 | by | 78 Comments
Want an easy homemade yogurt? It doesn't get easier than matsoni or the many other traditional yogurts that culture best at room temperature (think of villi, piima and filmjolk). Read More →
Sour Milk: Lessons from Scandinavia
January 2, 2012 | by | 16 Comments
Viili, piimä, filmjölk, skyr – all obscure mouthfuls of rolling foreign vowels – that mean but one thing: cultured milk. The Scandinavians, whose ill-tempered northern Read More →
rawesome raided again, weston a price foundation chapter leader arrested: view the full complaint
August 3, 2011 | by | 2 Comments
Rawesome was raided again. In a multi-agency effort, the private natural foods buying club as well as a local farm was raided again as part of a year-long sting operation that Read More →
I drink real milk: fresh, raw, local and full of fat.
May 18, 2011 | by | 43 Comments
I drink raw milk. I drink fresh, raw milk. Really fresh, really raw and always in season. In essence, I drink real milk. I’ve waxed poetic about my love of fresh cream Read More →
alert: act now to save small dairy producers
November 18, 2010 | by | Leave a Comment
Morningland Dairy, Estrella Creamery: these two artisanal producers, and countless others over the past few years, have been subject to raids and seizure of their products, often Read More →
How to Make Raw Milk Yogurt
April 26, 2010 | by | 168 Comments
Raw milk yogurt is a sort of holy grail for traditional foods enthusiasts, coupling the enzymatic and probiotic components of both fresh milk and fermentation in one glorious, Read More →
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