• Food Stories

    Cool It This Summer

    The heat of summer is upon us. Growing up on the farm in Illinois, for me, July and August were centered around baling hay, harvesting oats, and then baling the oat straw. That meant spending those 90-degree-plus, extremely humid days…

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    Eats, Shoots, and Leaves

    Better-tasting food starts with having fresh, nourishing ingredients. A Chinese proverb has the right idea: “The field nourishes the people who live in it.” In other words, they use what’s available in the local village market because it’s fresh and…

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    The Potato Salad in Your DNA

    It’s finally summer in the northern climes. With hot nights, who wants to work over a stove inside? It’s grilling season, and that also means potato salad. Talk to almost anyone, and you can learn about their family potato salad.…