Growers and Grocers

We recently got the opportunity to try a hybrid red sweet corn that a colleague of ours, John Wilson, grew for the first time this summer on Old Stonehouse Farm, which he and his wife Sarah’s family operate. Although I live in Pennsylvania now, which admittedly has its own fine summertime produce offerings, I am […]

“You do that one egg thang,” said Carol Ann, in reference to a vendor at the Fredericksburg farmer’s Market (FFM) who came in the first market day with less than a dozen eggs. Carol Ann of Boggy Creek Farm in Austin, Texas, was referring to the idea that the best way to start selling in a […]

Punk Rock Cabinet de la Meridienne, Alison Nelson’s Chocolate Bar – located on the third floor atrium of Bendel’s – is the perfect respite for fair trade organic tea and single origin fair trade truffles.
After an exhibit at MoMA, a visit to the polar bears at the Central Park Zoo, or window shopping at Tiffany’s, […]

Let’s say that your five-year-old is deep in the throes of a chest cold, coughing her poor little head off in the middle of the night (when most of these rib-cracking, neighbor-waking hacking fits seem to occur). Miraculously, your husband appears to be sleeping through the crisis (”appears” being the operative word). And as much as […]

London-based singer KT Tunstall is perhaps best known for her breakout hit, “Suddenly I See,” but did you also know that with her recent success she decided to redo her London apartment to be more environmentally friendly?  She shares the space with her drummer boyfriend Luke Bullen and the redo features solvent-free paint, recycled radiators, […]

Not familiar with the name? Neither was I. Chad Pregracke, from East Moline, Illinois, is known as a river clean-up crusader, which is a pretty self-explanatory title. Growing up on the banks of the Mississippi River, he was saddened by its condition, and decided to do something about it. Working tirelessly […]