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Radical homemakers or old school housewives?

I think about food issues a lot, and the roles of women and men in feeding their families and in society at large. Reporting a few years ago, I spoke with Shannon Hayes, of Fulton, New York, who had written a book, “Radical Homemakers,” about...

Local butter gets cultured

Farmstead cheeses and premium ice creams are already mainstream, and now some butters are going artisanal. A small number of Vermont farmers and food producers have started making high-end butter. Vermont baker Heike Meyer wanted butter reminiscent...

Monday kickoff: maybe a healthy diet isn’t so expensive

It’s been a good couple of weeks for the Mediterranean diet. A study in the New England Journal of Medicine confirmed what seems like a no-brainer at this point: a diet rich in whole grains, fruits, vegetables, nuts, and olive oil is really...

Why spinach is better eye-food than carrots & other news

Hump day is a good time to rifle through some cool reads and links in the farm and food world. We’d love you to recommend some of your own in the comments section. Grist calls out First Lady Michele Obama for too much “good cop”...

NPR explores what happens between school and bedtime

NPR’s new 8-part series about “crunch time”, the time between when kids get home from school and when they get to bed, should spark a great conversation about how we help our children eat and exercise right. We hope...

News stories tagged with "cooking"

Wanted: Tasty Apple Recipes

by Martha Foley

Mar 11, 2003 — Adirondack Life magazine is looking for the region's best apple recipes. The apple cookoff follows an earlier call for maple recipes that drew scores of entries. Martha Foley talks with Adirondack Life editor-at-large Betsy Folwell about the apple recipe contest. Go to full article

TAUNY Cookbook Wins National Award

by Martha Foley

Feb 02, 2001 — The Traditional Arts In Upstate New York's cookbook, Good Food, Served Righthas won first place in the 2000 Tobasco Community Cookbook Competition. Martha Foley has more. Go to full article

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