Apartment Therapy: Sustainable

31 Ways to Celebrate Fair Trade Month

Happy Fair Trade Month! Whether you're an avid supporter of Fair Trade or are curious to know what it all means, there's a new Web site offering daily doses of food talk, impact stories, events, and g...

Update from Black and White: Patterned Cork Kitchen Floor
Country Living

We love the classic look of black and white, diamond-patterned kitchen floors. They're very 1950s diner but can look clean and modern, too. Well, this is an eco-friendly riff on that idea, with sustai...

Chicken Bog from a Sustainable Farm in Georgia
The New York Times

Never heard of chicken bog? It's a traditional South Carolina dish made from chicken, sausage, onion, and rice—the whole thing a bit soggy and stewy (hence the "bog"). This version is a souped up on...

Grow Your Own: MinifarmBox
Los Angeles

We don't know many decor and gift shops with a patch of lettuce and tomatoes just out the door, but LA's ReForm School is committed to many aspects of sustainable design. Since last month, shop owners...

Conscientious Cook: What Should You Buy Organic?

Here's the scenario: you're trying to stick to a pretty tight food budget, but you're also conscientious about the food you buy. You can only afford to buy one or two organic items a week. What do you...

Fishing in the City: Boston Ponds Stocked for the Season!
Boston

Bostonians, you don't have to travel far from home if you'd like to do a little fishing this summer! Many lakes and ponds right in the city are annually stocked with fish by the Division of Fisheries ...

Massa Organics: California Whole Grain Brown Rice

We have almost 500 people signed up for The Kitchn Cure and Week One's assignment has them cleaning out their cupboards. I was wiping my shelves down last night and remembered how much I love my brown...

Grass-Fed vs. Grain-Fed Beef: What's the Difference, and Why Does It Matter?

If you are a meat eater, then you may have wrestled with this question (or at least wondered about the wording) before. What's the deal with grass-fed beef? It's a subject we've written about it brief...

How Far Does Your Food Travel?

It's easy to talk about eating foods grown and raised locally, yadda yadda yadda, but sometimes sourcing fresh, local produce is not so easy to actually do, especially in the dead of winter. Air-freig...

Urban Homesteading: What Does That Mean to You?

"Urban Homesteading" is a term we've been hearing in the news and around the web more and more often. What does this concept mean to you? Would you describe yourself as an urban homesteader?...

Holiday Tip: Cushion Your Packages With Popcorn

As you prepare to pack and ship fragile gifts to your loved ones for the holidays, here's a sustainable alternative to bubble wrap and foam peanuts; popcorn! Economical, sustainable, and efficient, p...

DIY Peppermint Patties
Un-Gift Guide 2008

Whether you're planning on making candy for the holidays or want to make your own candy in general, it's a great idea. Candymaking is both economical and fun, and since you're choosing your own ingre...

Summer in Review: How Was Your CSA?

Most CSAs and farm-shares have sent their last boxes of winter vegetables and closed up shop for the season. Now that we've had a chance to catch our breath (and finish eating our leafy greens!), we t...

Dungeness Crab Season Opens November 15th in San Francisco!

One thing that San Franciscans look forward to every November is the start of the Dungeness crab season. For many of us, the steaming pots of crab mark the start of the holiday season the way the fir...

Wallet Guide to Ocean-Friendly Sushi

Having a sushi-making party? Blue Ocean Institute, the folks who bring you one of the most useful and frequently updated wallet seafood guides, now has a pocket guide to ocean-friendly sushi that you ...

Seasonal Spotlight: Rose Hips

At the end of the year, when the petals have long since withered off the roses, bright red berries emerge where the flowers once were. They remain through the fall and in the winter, their color peek...

Conscientious Cook: WastedFood.com

A reader recently emailed me after he came across a post we ran in March about not wasting food and told me it was actually the topic to which he devotes his entire blog. "It's a topic near and dear ...

Look! Heirloom Pumpkins At Whole Foods

Spotted at my local Whole Foods in San Francisco: heirloom pumpkins! Yes, I bought several in various sizes and colors. They look so cool lined up on my front stoop right now....

MyFarm - Urban Gardening and CSA From Your Backyard
San Francisco

MyFarm is a group in San Francisco that is interested in turning residential backyards (and frontyards) into a collection of urban farms. If you want to have some vegetables grown in your yard, but d...

Survey: Do You Cook With Induction?

Yesterday I attended The Greener Home, a showcase of "sustainable products" for the home hosted by the International Housewares Association. As you can probably guess, there was a lot of bamboo (both...

Heirloom, Heritage ... What Does It Mean?

These days, shoppers have the option of choosing heritage or heirloom foods. But what do these words mean and how do they affect you? You may be surprised to learn it isn't just a frivolous fad; our...

Fallen Fruit: A Collaborative Community Project

Remember our quinces? You'll be happy to know they're still present and accounted for! Cross your fingers for jam-making next week. In the meantime, we'd like to share an organization we came across i...

Conscientious Cook: Which Foods to Buy in Bulk

Whether you're looking to save some pennies, save some packaging, or save the gas it takes to drive to the store, buying food and kitchen supplies in bulk is a great idea. Here are a few of the things...

Creative (and Cheap) Kitchen Ideas from College Students

Our colleagues over at AT:New York already mentioned the great series in today's Home & Garden section of the Times that features young college students and their cheap, creative, and stylish ways...

Straus Family Creamery
Sonoma County, CA

If you've shopped at Rainbow Grocery or Bi-Rite Market, you've probably seen those glass bottles with the cream-top milk and creamer. Most likely, they came from Straus Family Creamery in Sonoma Coun...

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