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Mini-Vegetables: A User's Guide November 5th, 2008
Go Mini With Your Veggies This Thanksgiving
Heading into the Thanksgiving season, mini-vegetables are one way to get some green on the table, while increasing the cute-ness factor. The Detroit News suggests steaming or roasting your mini-veggies (baby squash are especially good...more
Happy Berry Picking July 29th, 2008
Finally! Berries Are In Season
Berry season is here, with red juicy raspberries, tart blueberries, sweet strawberries, and more. Whether you’re picking your own or collecting overflowing green pints at the farmer’s market, take some berry advice from Donald Kotler,...more
Grill This! Part Two June 19th, 2008
Green Grilling Tips
Grilling season is now in full swing. Who knew the summer barbeque tradition could put off so many toxic fumes? According to The Daily Green, “grilling can be toxic, even downright polluting.” Burning charcoal produces...more
Saving The World One Plate At A Time June 10th, 2008
Reduce Carbon Emissions At Every Meal
Choosing climate-healthy foods at the grocery store, with never-ending aisles of packaged foods, overflowing bins of produce from around the world, and walls of stocked freezer cases, presents an obvious challenge. But, a new study,...more
The Gift of Local Fruit: One Jammin Hobby May 30th, 2008
Homemade Jam-Makers Embrace Fruit Puree
When Kristina Shevory needed a present for her dad, a known re-gifter, she opted for a exhaustive homemade gift that’s a far cry from plaster of Paris handprints or marker-decorated cards. She cooked up a...more
Maple Season Continues April 1st, 2008
Maple Mystery Solved; Recipe Included
It is still maple season here in Michigan. (To be sure that it’s maple season at all: http://www.riverwired.com/blog/march-maple-season.) I recently visited with my grandmother, a Vermonter who knows maple syrup, and she had an interesting...more
Thin Mints Win Again March 14th, 2008
Girl Scout Cookie Competition in Michigan Takes GS Cookies to New Heights
This has nothing to do with being green (unless you count the Thin Mints box that you can spot from a mile away during Girl Scout cookie season), but it is delicious news none-the-less. Today, the...more
Apple Pie News March 4th, 2008
Michigan Contest Honors Dad's Apple Pie
There’s not often local food news in the dead of winter, so I’m happy to say Congratulations! to Fred Burns who recently won the 3rd Annual Michigan’s Best Apple Pie Contest on Wednesday January...more
Irresistibly International February 22nd, 2008
Mini-Pineapple Cookies
It was the cutest thing I’d ever seen in a grocery store—a mini pineapple, not more than six inches tall, with spiky green leaves shooting out the top like an elaborate haircut. With a price...more
