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Posts tagged “Sustainable”

San Francisco: Victory Garden Project

Starting yesterday, Slow Food Nation has begun stripping up the sod in front of San Francisco's City Hall in preparation of planting a large victory garden. With food prices rising and arable land sh...

Living the DIY Wedding: The Cake

We've finally reached dessert in a series of posts about making my wedding a couple of weeks ago. I've already written about the main dishes and the accessorizing of the fish. Even though I knew it wo...

Living the DIY Wedding: The Food

I got married a week ago. Instead of the usual fears -commitment, weather, stepkids' sabotage - I spent the weeks leading up to the event wondering if I was capable of cooking a meal for 50 hungry peo...

Rehabilitated Dishware by Sarah Cihat

Artist Sarah Cihat likes to take old dishes and give them a new life. ...

Good Product: Eco Ware

We love these biodegradable dishes made from 85% bamboo (with some coconut and rice by-products) by artist Tom Dixon. ...

Celebrate Seafood: Dinner at the New England Aquarium

Sustainable seafood? Seasonal ingredients? Cooking demos from top Boston chefs? Yes, please! We recently had the chance to attend the latest of the Celebrate Seafood dinners at the New England Aquar...

Jamie Oliver Kills Baby Chicks on TV

Whoa. Have you seen this yet? It's slightly old news, but still very timely. Last January Jamie Oliver invited guests to a dinner with cute centerpieces: baby chicks. He separates the males from the f...

Hey, New York! Has Your CSA Started Yet?

We've heard the cool spring has made for slim pickins early on, so some CSAs have delayed their first delivery. Ours starts next week. So, what are we looking forward to the most?...

How to Start a Green Roof Garden

Garden-lovers without backyards, go vertical! Such is the cry of a Park Slope resident who recently showed a crowd of New Yorkers (including yours truly) how to start a green roof garden. Since star...

What Is In Season Now? May

May and Garden Month can be slightly agonizing. All these growing things, but nothing to show for it yet. What can we eat now? Here is a brief list of in-season fruits and vegetables that we enjoy thi...

Survey: Have You Ever Toured a Farm?

E-i-e-i-oh my. Last night, Sara Kate and I went to a Gastronomica forum on Faith and Food at the Astor Center. Zaid and Haifa Kurdieh spoke about the challenges of farming while holding to their re...

Gardening Questions for Jennifer: How Can I Plant a Variety of Herbs and Vegetables in a Container Garden?

We asked for gardening questions for kitchen gardening expert Jennifer Bartley. Here's an answer to two of your questions. Susmita asks: I have always had a brown thumb, but I would like to grow so...

NYC CSA News: Has Anyone Tried Farm Share?

If you want the benefit of CSA produce but don't have time to pick it up every week, Farm Share may be your solution. We had never heard of it and are curious if anyone in the New York Kitchn communit...

Is That Grass Fed Beef In Your Pocket?

Has anyone bought meat from La Cense Beef? We're asking because the construction site across the street from the Apartment Therapy offices is covered in these posters directing passers-by to winagra...

Blogging the NY Times: Confusing Reports on Commodity Crops

With rising food costs, subsidized US corn glutting the market, and the dollar becoming further devalued, we've all been getting a crash course in Economics 101 these past few months. But the New York...

How Did You Celebrate Earth Day?

After urging everyone to get outside, take their own bag, and do something generally good for the planet yesterday, we feel compelled to report back. It was a gorgeous day, literally scented with cr...

What Are Your Gardening Plans This Year?

Look at those beautiful tiny seedlings! We saw this photo by Flickr member paul goyette and we were reminded of what a miracle it is every year when new things sprout and grow. Do you have similar spr...

Happy Earth Day 2008: Twelve Activities to Celebrate Earth

Happy Earth Day! What is Earth Day, anyway, and is it anything more than a marketing excuse to sell lots and lots of ostensibly green products? (Celebrate Earth Day! Buy a new set of "green" cookware....

More Grocery Gloom and Doom: Organic Sticker Shock in the New York Times

Another article today on rising food prices, this time in the New York Times Business section. Sticker Shock in the Organic Aisles tells us that organic prices are rising rapidly, and the premium that...

Food on Film: King Corn, The True Cost of Food, Black Gold, and More

Last fall, when the documentary King Corn was showing in a NYC theater, we really meant to go see it. Really, we did. But it was only there for 2 weeks, and it closed before we got there. That's why w...

Not in Season: Watermelon

Photo by Flickr member pcarpen Do you ever just get a mad craving for something not in season? For some reason we've been seeing watermelon everywhere, and that sweet, drippy juiciness sounds like t...

Boston-Area Farmshares and CSAs: Going Fast So Sign Up Now!

The weather in New England has only just started to show a softer side, but we already want to leap ahead to summer. And we're not the only ones--farmshares and CSA's around Boston have been filling u...

Hot Trend: Bamboo Towels and Textiles for the Kitchen
International Home and Housewares Show 2008

Bamboo has been used in sheets and other home textiles for a while now, but it's just making its way into the kitchen mainstream. We found these towels, above, in the Green Showcase at the Home and Ho...

Backyard Gardening: Grow Indigenous Corn!

While scientists and food economists aren't all in agreement, there is a growing concern about the dangers of genetically engineered plants or GMOs (genetically modified organisms). Whether it's simpl...

Good Question: Earth Friendly Kitchen Trash Bags?

I was wondering what you recommend as a good kitchen trash bag. Right now I use grocery store bags. I like to bring my own earth friendly bag shopping with me, but then I am out of trash bags! What...