While most of our garden is yet to be planted, what's in the ground is doing well. We'll be eating lettuce any day. The leaves are about 3" tall. I'm sure you know you can cut lettuce and it …
Cuba’s “New” Food Model
In the early 1960s, the USA placed a trade embargo on Cuba due to the island's close ties with the Soviet Union. The embargo wasn't lifted when the Berlin Wall fell and, with it, trade between the …
Got the Right to Choose Your Food?
Individuals and communities are fighting for the right to make their own food choices. Isn't that a little backwards? How did this right get taken away from us in the first place? Slowly but …
Paleo Diet: Pros and Cons
Eating like a caveman has become a hot new diet trend. The Paleo (short for Paleolithic) diet sends us back to our hunter-gatherer roots for foodie inspiration. We're encouraged to eat grass-fed meat …
Tips for Baking with Honey
Interested in switching some of your baking to be sweetened with honey rather than sugar? Here are some guidelines for making the exchange. 1. Substitute 1 cup honey for 1 cup white sugar, but …
Why Honey?
What's so great about honey? Why not simply use sugar, as it's definitely cheaper and less messy to use? Well, there are a few good reasons: 1. Honey is much less refined than sugar 2. Honey is …
