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September 06, 2013

Family Flavors and Culinary Traditions

Michael Pollan somewhat famously advised us in his 2009 book In Defense of Food , “Don’t eat anything your great-grandmother wouldn’t recognize as...
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December 20, 2012

Bringing Back The Art of Fermentation

What do yogurt , sauerkraut, bread and wine all have in common? All of them depend on fermentation for their existence. Fermentation — one of the...
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March 20, 2012

Forty Salads Later...The Salad Sisters Return!

Back in January, the Salad Sisters – my colleague Sarah Dwyer and I – reported on the salad alchemy that was inspiring us to share our greens and...
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November 11, 2011

Soup's on - A Tribute to Our New African Heritage Diet Pyramid

We are always involved with exciting food issues here at Oldways and the past months have been no exception, as we prepared for the introduction of...
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November 01, 2011

Got Milk? Calcium and the Mediterranean Diet

When we think of the traditional Mediterranean Diet, we’re much more apt to picture its delicious foods accompanied by a small glass of wine rather...
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October 28, 2011

Parsnip Hummus: A Seasonal Recipe for Fall

Our local farmers market offered up a crate full of lovely, freshly dug parsnips last week, along with a recipe for Creamy Parsnip Hummus. I bought...
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October 20, 2011

Farro Facts and a Recipe

Whole Grains Month may be over but those of us here at Oldways and the Whole Grains Council are always in search of new and exciting recipes to test...
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October 11, 2011

The Mediterranean Diet: A Personal Journey

Since starting my job at Oldways (approximately a month ago), I have been trying to decide what my first blog post would entail. I am so excited to be...
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September 29, 2011

"Glamorous Whole Grains," a Q&A and of Course a Recipe!

As the celebration continues in honor of Whole Grains Month we thought it would be a wonderful time to have a Q&A with a great friend of Oldways...
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September 26, 2011

Good Food: Cheap and Delicious

Illustrating that good food doesn’t have to be expensive has always been a prime objective at Oldways (some of you may remember Cindy’s boisterous “...
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September 20, 2011

Great Minds Think Alike

When the USDA unveiled its MyPlate in June of this year, The Whole Grains Council and Oldways responded immediately with official comments and...
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September 13, 2011

Gardening Guidance from Ellen Ecker Ogden

Cookbook author and garden designer Ellen Ecker Ogden and I met when we were still teenagers, starting out at William Smith College in Geneva, New...
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