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(photo via Hashir ) Spices have been on our minds at Oldways (aren’t they always?). Recently, we’ve been writing a lot about them, specifically about...
We all have special rituals that mark the beginning of summer. For me, it’s sitting down at the table with my kids, my husband, and a huge bowl of...
(image via Toon Pool ) About a month ago, I graduated from college and began working at Oldways full time. Entering the “real world” is really not as...
You make him cook, that’s what! :) Meet Alessandro, the Oldways intern for the next month, brought to us all the way from Rome (and Spain too!) Sorry...
There are few meals more evocative of Normandy than Poulet Vallée d’Auge and Tarte Tatin – chicken and mushrooms in a Calvados cream sauce, followed...
I’ll admit I thought visiting an oyster farm might be as exciting as watching paint dry. As far as I knew, oyster farming consisted of getting hold...
The Whole Grains Council has chosen Amaranth as May’s “Whole Grain of the Month!” A-ma-what, you ask? Hopefully some of these facts will help you get...
We were on the trail of saltmeadow lamb, the French delicacy known as l’agneau de pré-salé and we had driven 90 minutes from Bayeux. Our bus rounded...
I like to think of myself as a smart food shopper. I know how to sniff melons and gently squeeze avocados in the palm of my hand to judge ripeness...
“I don’t know where I’m gonna go when the volcano blows…” The Jimmy Buffet song kept dancing through my head for most of a week, while that...
Ok, I admit it. I am a health freak. Yes, I watch what I eat, and yes, I could probably tell you how many calories are in that thing you are about to...
Monday is the 114 th running of the Boston Marathon, and here at Whole Grains Council HQ in Boston, we’re getting excited! Marathon Monday is always...

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