We don’t use fancy electric cooking gadgets in our food appreciation classes because I want kids to know what it feels like to make food by hand. You might say our stone age approach to food preparation is a bit behind the times. But I think kids learn more about food when they see, feel […]
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Over the years we’ve lost many of our tomato seedlings to birds. That’s right. For some reason, birds during spring nesting love to nip the tops off our little tomato plants. Starlings seem to be the worst culprits. They just leave the foliage lying on the ground, the plants to wither and die. Maybe they […]
We started a new year of “food appreciation” classes this week and I thought I’d begin the year with something easy and seasonal. Tomatoes are still going strong, and I have a thick patch of basil in my garden. Add a little red onion and you have the makings of a wonderful tomato salad. I […]
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