Remember last year’s Penny-Wise Challenge? The rising cost of food this year causes me to look back to what I learned then — and to cook from my pantry more and more.
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Dancing with the starches
The high-starch vegetables play an important role in our winter diets, giving us the extra nutrition and energy we northerners need to stay warm and well-fed when the snow flies. But you’d better believe that we’re counting down the days until the start of this year’s farmers market -– and the first fresh leafy greens and other spring vegetables!
No harm, no fowl: Vegetarian Thanksgiving favorites
Since becoming a vegetarian, I’ve been more inclined to celebrate Thanksgiving according to its original intent: to give thanks for a successful harvest by eating the results of that harvest. I like to look to the garden or the farmers market and celebrate the rich bounty of vegetables available at this time of the year — as well as the stories behind them — to celebrate a 100-Mile Thanksgiving, at least in part.
Acid trip: the joys of local cider vinegar
When apple harvest time comes around, look for cider vinegar, too, and find new ways to incorporate it into your cooking.
The grape taste of Ohio wines
I am not a wine connoisseur by any stretch of the imagination. In fact, when it comes to wine, I can generally take it or leave it. I’ve nothing against it, mind you, and I’ve found that the right wine can often make a good meal even more blissful. But I can also leave a […]
Saving seeds for the future: Barton Organic Farm
Over the Labor Day weekend, I visited one of my favorite farmers at her Barton Organic Farm and talked to her about the ups and downs of organic farming while helping harvest seeds for next year.
Thanks a melon!
Labor Day weekend means one thing in particular to those of us raised in proximity to Lake Erie: the Milan Melon Festival. Throughout the year, Milan is famous for being the birthplace of Thomas Alva Edison, but as the summer winds up, the area around Milan bursts into color and fragrance as the bumper crops of watermelon, honeydew, and cantaloupe are harvested.
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