Chef Dave Pedinotti of The Mouzon House recommends this great early summer Salad. It brings together the two best flavors of the season - Strawberries and Arugula. The Mouzon House on High Rock Ave., is just up the street from...
Kim Klopstock – Sustainanable Restaurateur
By Wendy Hobday Haugh Imagine a restaurant that recycles its glass, cans, and paper products, uses biodegradable take-out containers, purchases all its green produce locally, composts every kitchen scrap imaginable, serves only fair-trade coffee and made-from-scratch, cooked-to-order food, uses no...
Sustainable Eating for Health, Happiness and Less Cost
Mary Beth McCue RD, LDN, CDNIntegrative NutritionistThere are many methods and opportunities to eat healthy while being penny-wise and "green" during this time of positive reflection on how we impact our environment, our pocketbooks, and our health. Convenient and...
Greener Than Grass
By Drew Monthie of Ecologic Consulting I have never been a fan of turf grass. For starters I hate mowing and on top of that all 3 species of grasses used in lawns (Bluegrass, Rye and Fescue) are native to...
Sweet Weekends for Spring Fever
Looks like the long Winter has finally broken and Spring is here. One sure sign that Spring has Sprung is the return of the Maple Weekends. We are fortunate to have the producers of the finest sweetener on the...
WHAT NAIS MEANS TO SMALL FARMERS AND RURAL AMERICA
By Shannon Hayes On Wednesday, March 11th, the U.S. House Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry will hold a hearing on the proposed National Animal Identification System (NAIS). On the surface, NAIS is a marvel of technological wizardry whereby...
Destiny of Your Health
By MaryBeth McCue The need to practice personal responsibility to acquire and maintain health may be at an all time high, even while the new Obama administration in Washington is working to "improve" our Health Care model. Chronic illness...
March Maple Madness
March Maple Madness in the Town of Thurman By Persis Granger It all begins on one of those special days in late winter, when snowmelt hammers on the porch roof, the sun seems higher in the sky, the air has...
Winter Localvore – Eating “green” When the Ground is White
By Mary Beth McCue RD LDN CDNIntegrative NutritionistThe thought of eating local sustainable foods can be quite daunting to many people. So when I recommend this to my clients during the winter months, it can seem impossible to some. But...
From India, with Love
By Stacey MorrisContributing WriterGLENS FALLS - It's a Friday evening and Red Fox Bookstore is in the midst of hosting what is probably one of its more fragrant book signings. Celebrated chef, cookbook author, and restaurateur Suvir Saran is on...