When I first asked Rachel Cole about her kitchen, her whole face lit up. "I love my kitchen!" she said with a big smile. Rachel has one of the best jobs in San Francisco for anyone interested in foo...
"I'll have mine straight up - and green." Times have changed and the choices keep growing. With all the newly available organic spirits on the market, the eco-conscious drinker now has plenty of s...
We've been celebrating color this month in The Kitchn and it's been a blast! But as the month draws to a close, I find myself ready to turn towards the simplicity of cool white porcelain. The handma...
In the fast paced world of food, organic companies and products seem to be taking the largest leaps forward. That means they also have the greatest appeal for larger parent companies looking to snatch...
That may look like grilled cheese, but it's something completely different: a coconut custard-filled street food from Singapore called Kaya Toast. Find more on that recipe below, plus Avocado Fries an...
Eating with the fullest pleasure--pleasure, that is, that does not depend on ignorance--is perhaps the profoundest enactment of our connection with the world. In this pleasure we experience and celebr...
News of alfalfa sprout recalls prompted us to call our mother. Why? Because when we were in kindergarten, she came and taught everyone how to grow their own sprouts in a jar. It seems like a good idea...
It's obvious by now that we are as passionate about supporting our local farmers' markets as the majority of you are. They're an amazing resource, but depending on the city in which you live, it isn...
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...
Is there really a difference between a product that's labeled "organic" verses "100% organic"? Just like the labeling on a carton of eggs, we think the labeling on organic products can get downright c...
It’s the holidays, a time for special parties, feasts and fetes, and lots of good cheer. For some, it's helpful to have a non-alcoholic bottle on hand that still captures the feeling of celebration...
Eatwell Farm has just started to harvest and mill their own organic flour. This lovely bag of whole wheat flour was ground just the day before and costs five dollars for the three-pound bag....
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...
We've heard it all, so don't be shy. We're taking any burning questions you may have for our resident cheesemonger and will start answering them in the following weeks, every Tuesday. Just leave your ...
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...
This week in cheese, in honor of our garden month, we're exploring the backyard diet of the ruminants that make the cheese we love. What exactly does grass-fed mean? And if a product is made from gras...
With Earth Day upon us, we find it only appropriate to devote this week's Cheesemonger contribution to one of the fastest growing sectors of the food industry and how it relates to cheese. What is org...
As we've said before, we're not too keen on overly-processed foods, and we have a stubborn resistance to cake mixes, but there are sometimes exceptions. We're curious to know what you think of the Or...
With Easter coming up, we've started thinking about where to buy Easter ham from sustainable-raised pigs. We did some research and found several farms that raise their pigs without hormones or drugs,...
We've missed the lectures that Owen Taylor, city farms training and livestock coordinator at Just Food, has been giving about raising chickens in NYC. Twice, actually. But we had to know more about th...
Every so often, we're too tired to go to the market. But, we still want to eat healthy! Salvation comes in the form of Westside Organics, one of the many home produce delivery companies in San Franc...
We feel like proud parents. We watered, swished, rinsed, and nurtured our little alfalfa seeds, and look how grown up they are! At only 6 days old, no less......
When it comes to the Park Slope Food Coop, unbelievers are everywhere. They say that there are too many rules, which are too stridently enforced. They complain about crowded aisles and long lines. The...
What if you could buy all the organic goods you loved in one spot, and you knew the profits were going to a good cause? Welcome to Equal Exchange, one of our favorite web shops. Organic coffee, tea,...
Can the canned cranberries, Brooklyn. We discovered a couple from DeNike Bogs in Plymouth, MA selling organic cranberries at the Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket last weekend. We heard some people waxing...
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