Recipes

The current issue (July 2019) of Consumer Reports (CR) includes a "Health Alert" article on Tick Protection: Top Repellents + Advice  by Kevin Loria which includes advice on how to protect against ticks (1) before you go outside, (2) when you get inside, and (3) if you find a … [Read more...] about Herbal Bug Spray Recipe

Special occasions call for a delicious and indulgent dessert even for folks who closely watch their sugar calories. My preference is for a dessert like a fruit crisp or pie where the spotlight is on agriculture's sweet bounty, carefully cultivated. In early May in upstate New … [Read more...] about A Delicious Coffee Cake For A Mother’s Day Brunch: Red Tart Cherry & Poppy Seed Yogurt Cake

In a recent article in the New York Times, What's the Secret to Reaching 111? 'Avoid Dying,' but 'Porridge Is Helpful,' (3/31/19), Palko Karasz reports that there are more than 14,000 centenarians living in Britain according to the most recent statistics. The oldest person on … [Read more...] about Dietary Aid For Longevity: Porridge Is Helpful According to Scotsman Alf Smith, Age 111

Using the very finest ingredients, including homemade sauerkraut, which used up two cabbages included in the final winter box of veggies in a CSA farm share from Roxbury Farm in Kinderhook (Columbia County), New York, to smother all beef hot dogs was a surprising meal for this … [Read more...] about Fermented At Home Sauerkraut Smothering The BEST All Beef Hot Dogs

For nearly a dozen years, a full vegetable farm share from Roxbury Farm in Kinderhook (Columbia County), New York has meant 24 weeks of biodynamic veggies during the season, running from early June to mid November. Next year, in 2019, the full vegetable share at a cost of $630.00 … [Read more...] about Farm Share Red Beets Used To Sweeten Up Apple Cakelets