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A reintroduction and a new name
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Oct 24, 2025
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How Not To React To The New Food Pyramid
Please don't make 80% of your diet ultraprocessed foods like some Slate writers
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Dry Salad (v, gf)
AKA Dressed Up Kale Chips
Jan 4
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The Problem With Recipes
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The Secret Ingredient: Alicia Kennedy on Coconut Oil
Feb 18, 2024
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Eat For Your Season
Aug 4, 2024
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Baking with Za'atar
Aug 3, 2025
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Summer at the Market
Today is my final farmer’s market of the season!
Oct 26, 2025
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If the Word for World were Forest...
On Tree Crops and Resiliency
Oct 12, 2025
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A Society of Plants
"I like to welcome chosen weeds into my life"
Sep 14, 2025
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August is CSA Anxiety Month
And a recipe for trail bite cookies
Aug 17, 2025
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Baking with Za'atar
What does it mean to bake in my corner of the world?
Aug 3, 2025
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The Catastrophe of a Broken Cake
How do we eat our fears?
Jun 29, 2025
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Dry Salad (v, gf)
AKA Dressed Up Kale Chips
Jan 4
6
1
Almond Cardamom Sugar Cookies (v, gf)
And labor thinking
Dec 21, 2025
5
Chestnut Buckwheat Waffles (v, gf)
Waffles with flavor
Nov 17, 2025
3
Market Table Recipes
If you’re in the area, I have a bunch of popups coming up: I’ll be at The Local Saugerties next Saturday with sandwiches and snacks, Nut Fest at Rose…
Nov 2, 2025
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Chestnut Coffee Cake (v)
"Like if a tree was a soft and sweet and you could bite into it"
Oct 19, 2025
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Chestnut Focaccia (v)
Try it at the Big River Chestnut Festival next weekend!
Oct 5, 2025
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Chestnut Mochi Donuts with Maple Glaze (v, gf)
Next week I’ve got a market double-header: On Saturday I’ll be at the Fall Vegan Market at Whitecliff Vineyard in Gardiner, NY (they make delicious wine…
Sep 28, 2025
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Salted Caramel Apple Cookies (v, gf)
Hardcore fall
Sep 21, 2025
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