Tag: Fruits &Amp; Vegetables - Page 12
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Ketchup is Not a Food Group in Children's School Lunches in France
In fact, they are trying to ban it from schools where les élèves are
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Most Popular Articles of September: Sleepbox in Moscow, Spicy Raspberry Sangria, and More (Slideshow)
Two years ago, Lloyd wrote that he liked the idea of the Sleepbox, but wasn't convinced it would work, due to concerns about its...misuse. But now it's a big hit in a Moscow airport.
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Hurricane Irene and Extreme Weather Killed the Northeast's Pumpkins. So No Halloween?
The effects of Hurricane Irene are still being felt long after the storm's passing. As we start gearing up for Halloween, it turns out there's a major glitch in the plans, the AP reported: a severe
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Allotment Gardens Have Lessons for All
This delightful little model allotment garden in the middle of London's busy Kensington Gardens has something to teach all gardeners.
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9 Healthy, Low-Sugar Fruit and Vegetable Juices (Slideshow)
The most eco-friendly juice is the one you squeeze by hand after plucking fresh, ripe fruit from the organic trees growing in your backyard.
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9 Healthy, Low-Sugar Fruit and Vegetable Juices
The most eco-friendly juice is the one you squeeze by hand after plucking fresh, ripe fruit from the organic trees growing in your backyard. But if you don't have the space, time, or knack for making your own apple, cranberry, carrot, or tropical juices
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A Philosopher Farmer Defends Monsanto Tomatoes (Video)
I've said it before. But from trapping and killing feral pigs, to hunting and eating roadkill, the best thing about The Perennial Plate's ongoing road-trip across America is their quest to hear all voices in the debate
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The Week in Pictures: Camping Trailer is also a Boat, Cats Nap in TVs, and More (Slideshow)
Wouldn't it be nice if you could just take your car from road to lake? Well now you can, and while camping to boot: This wild design morphs a trailer from a tent into a boat.
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Weekday Vegetarian: Tomato Zucchini Tart
My garden is still providing me with a huge bounty of tomatoes and zucchini, in fact, there are still zucchini blossoms on the plants. Here is a recipe that uses both, to great effect. I should have overlapped the tomato and
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Summer In A Mason Jar: 3 Simple Recipes and Tips for Getting Started with Preserves
Photos by Jaymi Heimbuch Two Jams and a Pickle I decided this month that it is high time I learn to make preserves, and just in time since the fruits of summer are starting to dwindle in the farmers' markets. Last Sunday I grabbed my camera and spent
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The Week in Pictures: Greenland Disappearing, Floating Pod Hotels, and More (Slideshow)
Despite protests from climate change deniers, proof that the world's glaciers are melting keeps piling up. In just two years, large stretches of Greenland have disappeared into the ocean, and the comparison of photos from 2009 and
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Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Goes Guerrilla Gardening
Guerrilla gardening has gone mainstream. Yesterday Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall aka the wife of Prince Charles, was at it. And she even took a red double decker bus to get there.
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Weekday Vegetarian: Pasta with Cherry Tomatoes and Breadcrumb Gremolata
If you are like me, you have a glut of tomatoes in your backyard right about now. Either that, or you've been seduced into buying too many of those red beauties from the market. In any case, I've had a lot of tomatoes to use up
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The New Agtivist: Lisa Gross Is Covering The City With "Civic Fruit Trees"
A great interview on Grist with Lisa Gross, an artist and urban food activist who heads up a budding coalition called the Boston Tree Party, which plants fruit trees in urban areas. Hoping to one day create a network of citizen-owned fruit to be
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From Custard to Cocktails: 10 Unexpected Recipes for Squash and Pumpkin
Technically summer still has a few more weeks to go, but it might not seem that way at your farmers' market, where summery zucchini, melon, corn, and beans have given way to an autumn lineup that seems heavy on two specific vegetables: squash and pumpkin.
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Most Popular Articles of August: 13-Year-Old's Science Project, 121-Year-Old's All-Natural Diet, and More (Slideshow)
The long Labor Day weekend (for our American readers, at least) is a bittersweet moment; the extra day off also signals the end of summer. In honor of another season gone, here are the 10 most popular stories we covered in August,
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The Week in Pictures: Hurricane Irene, Vacation at "Farmland World," and More (Slideshow)
Hurricane Irene, which we covered in a live blog, was one of the larger storms to hit the northern United States in recent memory. Aerial footage showcases the massive flooding in Vermont.
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From Custard to Cocktails: 10 Unexpected Recipes for Squash and Pumpkin (Slideshow)
Technically summer still has a few more weeks to go, but it might not seem that way at your farmers' market, where summery zucchini, melon, corn, and beans have given way to an autumn lineup that seems heavy on
