Elaine Lipson “What’s for dinner?” is just too simple a question for anyone to ask these days. How about, “What’s for dinner, where did it come from, who grew it, and did they use toxic and persistent pesticides or genetic modification?” No matter how we rebalance gender roles, women’s lives and health — and those [...]

People who enjoy growing healthy food often enjoy preparing and preserving it, too. I don’t. In fact I hate anything to do with cooking, resembling cooking or reminding me of cooking. That doesn’t mean I don’t cook. I live alone so I have to, and I’m quite capable in that department. But any advice from [...]

Let worms eat your organic waste! They will happily turn it into some of the best fertilizer on earth – worm compost, otherwise known as worm castings or vermicompost. This is a fascinating, fun, and easy way to recycle your organic kitchen wastes. Worm composting, or vermiculture, requires very little work, produces no offensive odors, [...]