Growers and Grocers

After perusing the bookstore at my local mall, I strolled slowly and longingly past Yankee Candle Company. But because I made My Pledge to live a greener life, I’ve stopped buying my favorite candles. They smell good, but, let’s face it, they’re not exactly good for the environment.
But since then my house has been begging […]

I have a confession: I’ve always been a little wary of chard.  Maybe it’s because it looks sort of like a kind of weed that used to grow in my yard when I was a child.  Even the Rainbow or Bright Lights variety, that’s all shot with shades of red and orange, puts me on […]

In my continuing effort to find ways to go green, I came upon a website, Treehugger, that gives tips and ideas for going green in each area of your life.  The first one that caught my attention was how to “green your kitchen.”  They give 10 tips on how to do this, and I think […]

With summer barbeque season in full swing and everyone eating burgers and hot dogs on a regular basis, I was curious about a new organic ketchup by Wholemato.  This new product is a gourmet organic ketchup.  I just wasn’t sure something sweetened with Agave, which is a natural sweetener, would make me want to switch from […]

My current, conventional, digital bathroom scale is powered by one 9-volt battery, which I think I’ve changed twice in the 7 or 8 years that I’ve owned the scale. Now, two batteries over nearly a decade is not exactly going to create a landfill problem, whereas ditching my current scale to buy a new one might. So although I won’t be replacing my […]

With the opening of a new Whole Foods store in Orlando, they will also be selling a new line of chilled soups by Wild Veggie.  Wild Veggie’s line of chilled soups are all natural and contain no preservatives.  These soups are known for their fresh picked flavor and they are prepared using seasonal inredients. 
Flavors available […]

In a whirl of muddling and shaking in a Boston Shaker, a barman at The Institute of Contemporary Arts in London taught me to make an iced tea using only fresh mint. 
The arrival of organic black mint at the Union Square Greenmarket provides an experimental update on the recipe. 
With a sublimely refreshing taste, and soothing […]