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Greenmarket Documentary: From Mountain Sweet Berry Farm To Manhattan (VIDEO)

Posted 09.12.2009 | New York

Read More: Video, Farmers Market, Greenmarkets, Cooking, Greenmarket, Greenmarket New York, Mountain Sweet Berry Farm, Documentary, Roscoe New York, Union Square, Union Square Farmer's Market, New York City Greenmarket, Rick Bishop, New York News

Greenmarket has been bringing fresh and local produce to New York's streets since 1976, long before the terms Slow Food, locavores, and "foodies" even...

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Memories of Julia Child

EllynAnne Geisel | Posted 09.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Julia Child, Chefs, Food, Julia Child Apron, Julie and Julia, Cooking, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Entertainment News
EllynAnne Geisel

As soon as Julia Child began talking about her husband, sadness misted her face, and no longer was I sitting across from an icon; rather, I was in the presence of a woman who'd lost the love of her life.

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Get Your Grill On: Fruit on the Barbie

Neil Zevnik | Posted 09.11.2009 | Style

Read More: Food, Organic Food, Cooking Recipes, Outdoors, Health, Cooking, Steak Compose, Nectarines, Goat Cheese, Style News
Neil Zevnik

Nectarines provide the usual benefits that fresh fruit has to offer, in a delectable form. Now's the time to start enjoying this delicious riff on the peach as often as possible!

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Seeing Through the Food Industry's "Personal Responsibility" Smoke Screen

Rob Smart | Posted 09.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Consumer Food Expenditures, Retail, Conventional Food, Personal Responsibility, Family, Cooking, Food, Food Retail, Community, Home Cooking, Business, Innovation, Food Preparation, Triple Bottom Line, Pro Food, Eating, Industrial Food, Sustainable, Supermarkets, Food Marketing, Local, Consumers, Real Food, Grocery Prices, Walmart, Unhealthy Food, Food Politics, Cheap Groceries, Healthy Food, Healthy Eating, Cargill, General Mills, Food Policy, Family-Meal-Time, Healthy Eating Habits, Grocery Shopping, Family Meals, Unhealthy Eating, Local Food, The-Food-Revolution, Grocery Stores, Green News
Rob Smart

"Personal responsibility" is used as a smoke screen to cover the tracks of industrial food, tracks that run roughshod over the mirage of choice and personal responsibility.

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Lessons to Learn from 'Julie and Julia'

Srinivasan Pillay | Posted 09.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Julie and Julia, Srinivasan Pillay, Exercise, Butter, Sex, Cooking, Eating, Srini Pillay, Beauty, Love, Death, Six-Pack, Living News
Srinivasan Pillay

I was surprised that a movie about an American chef whose famous French cuisine was cooked in her Cambridge home, was one of the most moving movies I have ever seen.

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Is It True That People Don't Cook Anymore?

Maria Rodale | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Food, Michael Pollan, Recipes, Cooking, Healthy Eating, Organic Farming, Cooking Recipes, Cost of Healthy Foods, Farmers Markets, Healthy Foods, Cooking Tips, Family Meals, Local Farmers, Living News
Maria Rodale

I studied food and went to local markets wherever I traveled. I learned all on my own that simply prepared, fresh, local, and organic foods taste best.

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People Don't Know What Healthy Eating Is

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 09.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Weight Control, Healthy Eating, Shopping, Cooking, Nutrition, Weight Loss, Diet, Obesity, Processed Foods, Calorie Restriction, Whole Foods, Whole-Foods, Fresh Food, Calorie Content, Calorie Counts, Living News
Irene Rubaum-Keller

You do have to buy fresh fruits and vegetables. You can't rely on processed foods to be healthy. You have to cook, a little and learn the calories in the food you eat.

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Julie & Julia: When the World Writes You Back

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 09.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Blogs, Comments, New Orleans, Publishing, New Orleans Musicians Relief FUnd, Julia Child, ReDefine 8/29, Julie & Julia, Julie Powell, Movie, Meryl Streep, Nora Ephron, Food, Amy Adams, Eating Matters, Politics of Food, Cooking, Writing, Julie and Julia, Feminism, Food Politics, Entertainment News
Karen Dalton-Beninato

No matter what twists we see in Publishing 2.0, a love story running through Julie & Julia is that sometimes, after the solitary act of writing, the world writes you back.

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Julie and Julia, Madhur and Me

Sandip Roy | Posted 09.07.2009 | Style

Read More: Food, Indian Cooking, Madhur Jaffrey, Julie and Julia, Cooking, Style News
Sandip Roy

My Julia Child was Madhur Jaffrey, doyenne of Indian cooking in the West. Instead of a rather self-absorbed blogger, I was a clueless momma's boy immigrant, loose in middle America, barely knowing how to boil an egg.

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Michael Pollan, Julie & Julia, Top Chef -- and Your Health

Waylon Lewis | Posted 09.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Food Network, Julia Child, Alice Waters, Movie, Walk the Talk Show, Cook, elephantjournal.com, Slow Food, Top Chef, Michael Pollan, Cooking, Health, Hosea Rosenberg, Foodie, Green Talk Show, Food, Waylon Lewis, Elephant Journal, Living News
Waylon Lewis

I do like to eat, but (as an uncivilized bachelor) I don't know how to cook or much care about cooking. That is, until Michael Pollan, told about the key to saving the food situation.

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How Important Is Cooking In Keeping the Marriage Flame Burning?

Jill Brooke | Posted 09.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Nora-Ephron, Julie & Julia, Thomas Wolfe, Garrison Keillor, Marriage, Home Cooking, Relationships, Cooking, Relationships Cooking, Living News
Jill Brooke

Instead of consulting the Kama Sutra, I leaf through Ina Garten's Barefoot Contessa and my husband is served something hot and steamy.

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The Last Chinese Chef

One For The Table | Posted 09.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Nicole-Mones, The Last Chinese Chef, Chinese Cooking, Chefs, Gourmet Cooking, Home Cooking, Beach-Reading, Cooking Recipes, Cooking, Chinese Culture, China-Mao, Mao, Chinese Food, Chick Lit, Living News
One For The Table

As I prefer a well-prepared meal with beautiful, whole ingredients, I prefer a well-written book with beautiful, thoughtful ideas. After consuming either of these, I am well nourished.

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Pursuing Salmon: It's Gotta Be Wild

Neil Zevnik | Posted 09.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Salmon, Recipes, Sustainable Food, Cooking, Wild Salmon, Omega-3-Fatty-Acids, Sustainable Eating, Alaska Salmon, Fresh Food, Green News
Neil Zevnik

The omega-3 essential fatty acids make salmon one of the brightest of superstars in the food firmament, offering myriad health benefits to people young and old.

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Put a Lid On It: Learning to Can

Jenna Woginrich | Posted 09.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Organic Food, Cooking, Urban Farming, Green, Sustainability, Food, Green Living, Organic, Local Farmers, Farmers Markets, Eating Locally, Green News
Jenna Woginrich

It helps the organic farmers in the summer and helps you throw together a quick healthy meal on a cold night when fresh veggies are only being shipped from Chile.

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Julia Lite, Coming to a Stove Near You

Michele Kayal | Posted 09.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Summer Movies, Recipes, Meryl Streep, Cookbooks, Cooking, Juliette Powell, Associated Press, Julia Child, Amy Adams, Cooking Tips, Movies, Living News
Michele Kayal

The publishing industry has anticipated the latent need-to-feed that's likely to surface in even the laziest among us as we watch the upcoming Julie and Julia.

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She's Gotta Cook It: Julie & Julia Gets Rich

Gregory Weinkauf | Posted 09.03.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Douglas Adams, The Hours, Stanley Tucci, Talking Heads, Alex Prud'homme, Meryl Streep, Nora Ephron, My Life in France, Julia Child, Scott Rudin, Amy Adams, Bruschetta, Julie & Julia, Doubt, Julie Powell, Cooking Recipes, Cooking, Cooking Tips, Entertainment News
Gregory Weinkauf

if you like food, friendship, romance, sex, comedy, Paris or New York, you'll probably love Julie & Julia.

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Michael Pollan On "Julie & Julia," The Kitchen Stadium, And Cooking For Yourself

nytimes.com | MICHAEL POLLAN | Posted 08.31.2009 | Green

Read More: Eating Matters, Michael Pollan, Julie/Julia Project, Cooking, Food Politics, Food, Julia Child, Julie, Green News

But here's what I don't get: How is it that we are so eager to watch other people browning beef cubes on screen but so much less eager to brown them o...

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Secret Revealed! The Quest for the Secret of Really Green Pesto, Part 2

Maria Rodale | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Green, Pesto, Recipes, Cooking, Basil Recipes, Living News
Maria Rodale

Making pesto can be a slightly messy job. Making two separate batches of pesto is a very messy job--especially since I was trying to get them both out on the table at the same time.

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ReThink Review: Food, Inc. -- Food as Political Unified Theory

Jonathan Kim | Posted 08.31.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Organic, Locavore, Sustainable, Movie Reviews, Michael Pollan, Jonathan Kim, Politics of Food, Food Inc., Cooking, Fast Food, Food Safety, Documentary, Rethink Reviews, Diabetes, Health Care, Movie Critic, Eric Schlosser, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

I'm sure most Americans have no idea how truly screwed up our food system is, and when they find out, they'll start looking for alternatives.

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Woman "Bakes Herself Out Of Financial Ruin" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 08.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Mortgage Apple Cake, Angela Logan, Ann Curry, Cooking, Business News

TODAY's Ann Curry talks to Angela Logan about how her cake, known as the "Mortgage Apple Cake," helped her keep her home. Visit msnbc.com for Breakin...

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Spiritual Toolbox: Meditation, Including the Kitchen Sink

Anne Dilenschneider | Posted 08.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthy Eating, Sinkies, Conscious Eating, Hospitality, Consciousness, Cooking, Meditation, Spirituality, Spiritual Practice, Thich Nhat Hanh, Living News
Anne Dilenschneider

Here are two ways to allow everything -- including the kitchen sink -- to be an invitation to notice and be thankful for our lives. Even lighting a candle can be meditative.

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Ladies Who Lunch

Victoria Amory | Posted 08.23.2009 | New York

Read More: Dining, New York, Cooking, New York City, Lunch, Upstate New York, Food, Fresh Food, Southampton, Eating, Entertaining, New York News
Victoria Amory

If you are looking to have a few sleepless nights, invite forty swell ladies for lunch at home. The Ladies from the Garden Club came to taste my food and receive a copy of my new book.

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Should Killing Lobsters In Boiling Water Be Outlawed? (VIDEO, POLL)

Huffington Post | Barbara Fenig | Posted 08.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Poll, Killing Animals Humane, Animal Rights, Sustainable Food, Crustaceans, Animals, Lobster, Killing Lobsters Inhumane?, Shellfish, Lobsters, Politics of Food, Cooking, Food Politics, Humane Cooking, Food, How to Boil a Lobster, How to Kill a Lobster, How to Cook a Lobster, Green News

It's summer, and as many head to the beach with hopes of enjoying fresh seafood, the practice of killing live lobsters in boiling water is drawing new...

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What is Work? La Dolce Vita at Dinnertime

Sharon Glassman | Posted 08.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Slow Food, Italy, Friends, Organic Food, Cooking, Food, Mediterranean Diet, Happiness, Happiness Tips, Family, Living News
Sharon Glassman

By turning a chore into a focused effort of passion and intention, we can cook our way out of the week's professional frying pan and into something deliciously higher.

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I'm Happy When I Have the Blues

Ina Pinkney | Posted 08.11.2009 | Style

Read More: Blueberry Pancakes, Blueberries, Peaches, Freezing, Buttermilk Pancakes, Oatmeal Panakes, Cooking, Pancakes, Flavor, Style News
Ina Pinkney

When the explosion of blueberry flavor in my mouth is the perfect combination of firm, sweet and tart, the moment has arrived.

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