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On The Lookout For Art Inspired By Food
If you search this website for the words Art and Appetite, reviews of various art exhibits will be returned and notably Art and Appetite, American Painting, Culture, And Cuisine (4/9/2014) that was nearly ten years in the making by the curators at the Art Institute of Chicago and included paintings on loan from more than 25 collections throughout … Continue Reading »
“No Mow May” 2023 Ending As Memorial Day & Traditional Start of Summer Approaches
With Memorial Day weekend 2023 on the horizon, the traditional start of summer is on hand. And it's also the time of year for this backyard gardener to "direct sow" some sweet corn seeds. Seed packages note that "corn germinates quickly in 65+ F soil" so waiting until Memorial Day weekend makes good sense in upstate New York, where frost last … Continue Reading »
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Unique Fast Foods: Springbone Kitchen’s Bone Broths & Bowls
Kristin Kimball, whose two memoirs The Dirty Life, A Memoir of Farming, Food and Love (2011) and Good Husbandry, Growing Food, Love, and Family on Essex Farm (2019) we’ve highly recommended, also … Read More
Union To Negotiate On Behalf Of GrowNYC’s Employees At Its 70+ Open Air Farmers Markets & Hopefully Without Upsetting The Apple Cart
GrowNYC, which operates 70+ open air farmers markets in the great metropolis was formed over 50 years ago with the inspiring mission "to improve New York City's quality of life through environmental … Read More
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Rummaging Through Old Cookbooks & Tasting Recipes: From An 18th Century Recipe For Pound Cake Using Rose Water To 1950s Cherry-Marshmallow Pie In Coconut Crust
Some brave souls at the New York State Library have been rummaging through its cookbook holdings to discover how American attitudes regarding the food … Read More...
Easy To Make Overnight Oatmeal Helps To Scale Back On Added Sugars From Supermarket Cereals
Consumer Reports, an independent and non-profit organization, maintains its praiseworthy integrity by paying for all the products it rates, and by not … Read More...
