by Whitney Pipkin I bought buttermilk. I had a few things in mind when I did this, besides drinking it with a dash of pepper like I did as a kid (and have since lost the stomach for). I had elaborate plans to make homemade biscuits, like the ones my Atlanta-raised culinary champion of a [...]
Text and photos by Amanda West I’d heard about Flying W Farms in Burlington, West Virginia from my parents, who regularly bought butchered meat from them over the years. However, I’d never been to their store. This summer, I got that chance when my dad suddenly decided he wanted a lamb. Flying W is a [...]
by Sandy Johnson Turns out there is a museum for everything. I decided to blog about carrots and wanted a snippet of history so, of course, I googled “carrot history” and discovered the Carrot Museum. Now I’m wildly overeducated and can tell you, with some authority, that the modern carrot originated in Afghanistan 5,000 years ago [...]
by Amy Saltzman In my office, I am one of the designated birthday cake bakers. It all started when my officemate celebrated her birthday shortly after I arrived on the job. Wanting to make a good impression, and knowing the fastest way to make friends is to feed them delicious things, I offered to bake [...]
by Lise Metzger You know how life just seems to take over, and we all get so busy it’s hard to get together with friends? For many of us deep in the thick of working and raising kids and all that a busy life entails, social get-togethers often are hard to pull off, and when [...]
by Forrest Pritchard My heart goes out to my fellow farmers who live within the drought stricken region that now stretches almost nationwide. As you can see from the map, my own farm hasn’t been immune to the lack of rainfall (most of Virginia is currently experiencing ‘abnormally dry’ to ‘moderate drought’ conditions), but my [...]
by Sandy Johnson We didn’t plant any squash this year. It takes up too much room, the yield is either irritatingly small or aggressively large, yada yada. But in the normal course of events, Mother Nature gave us a volunteer. We watched it set blossoms for weeks, then months, before it finally revealed itself: Zucchini. [...]
by Whitney Pipkin The title of a new report by the Environmental Working Group could very well be my grocery shopping mantra: “Good Food on a Tight Budget.” But my favorite part about this new report, which features all sorts of user-friendly food tips and recipes, is that it attempts to make “good food” accessible to more [...]
by Amy Saltzman Oh, mid-August. Here in DC, Congress is in recess, tourists are heading back to school, the scorching heat has finally eased, my CSA is basically a weekly delivery of ratatouille waiting to happen, and I – I am preparing for winter. Going outside after work may still feel like walking into a [...]
by Sandy Johnson I confess, I never really knew Julia Child (ha). I was merely one of her millions of fans, enchanted with her ability to translate complicated French cuisine into approachable cooking. So I join the throngs wishing her a Happy 100th Birthday on Weds (Aug. 15). The tributes are amazing, from new biographies to [...]
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