Author Archives for Carrie Havranek

Junk Mail + YouTube = Humorous Enlightenment?


You remember junk mail, right? It’s that stuff that comes in the mail that you don’t want—the credit card offers, the catalogs that companies send you based on similar purchases and buying your name off a list, and other assorted postal flotsam and jetsam. Sometimes we’re so inundated by spam and more careful about our […]

The Bounty of Stonewall Kitchen: Lemon-Blueberry Squares


We recently returned from a trip to Maine with new foodstuffs, thanks to a stop at the Stonewall Kitchen headquarters in York, which is a cute town right on the water with at least three candy stores. If you’re a fan of condiments — dips, dressings, jellies, jams, sauces, salsas, marinades and mustards — then […]

How to Make Dish Soap, and Other Green Do-It-Yourself Tips


Anyone who has watched Al Gore’s documentary film An Inconvenient Truth knows that it can seem incredibly disempowering to witness the massive destruction that global warming is inflicting upon the Earth. And the whole problem seems overwhelming when confronted with said inconvenient truths, but Mr. Gore gave us some actionable advice at the end of the […]

Wegmans Roasted Salsas


As I pine for spring, it’s only fitting that my first post for Growers and Grocers is about a series of salsas available from the award-winning supermarket Wegmans. I love the store, but my only complaint about Wegmans is that because the company regularly introduces its own branded products, this process limits shelf space and […]