http://www.grist.org/kingdom/daily Grist News Feed Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:40:50 -0700 en http://www.grist.org/article/2009-07-02-GOP-ice-cream/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:40:50 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/2009-07-02-GOP-ice-cream/ School lunches are notoriously dismal—warmed over processed dreck. How depressing that state-level GOP politicians are rallying round the lunch-room status quo. Kurt Michael Friese cheers up with homemade berry ice cream.

]]> School lunches are notoriously dismal—warmed over processed dreck. How depressing that state-level GOP politicians are rallying round the lunch-room status quo. Kurt Michael Friese cheers up with homemade berry ice cream.

]]> http://www.grist.org/article/2009-05-29-oprah-kfc-hypocrisy/ Fri, 29 May 2009 08:03:07 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/2009-05-29-oprah-kfc-hypocrisy/ Everyone’s a little bit of a hypocrite, but the food industry takes the cake, says Kurt Michael Friese. The recent declaration that megabrand Lay’s potato chips are “local” send him to his kitchen to whip up some real local chips—plus an easy recipe.

]]> Everyone’s a little bit of a hypocrite, but the food industry takes the cake, says Kurt Michael Friese. The recent declaration that megabrand Lay’s potato chips are “local” send him to his kitchen to whip up some real local chips—plus an easy recipe.

]]> http://www.grist.org/article/2009-05-07-iowa-community-veggies/ Thu, 07 May 2009 07:10:37 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/2009-05-07-iowa-community-veggies/ Think of Iowa farms, and most folks get images of vast cornfields devoid of people. Things couldn’t be more different at ZJ Farms, near Iowa City.

]]> Think of Iowa farms, and most folks get images of vast cornfields devoid of people. Things couldn’t be more different at ZJ Farms, near Iowa City.

]]> http://www.grist.org/article/2009-04-23-zingy-herb-soup/ Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:30:12 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/2009-04-23-zingy-herb-soup/ Gardeners and gastronomes fawn over sorrel—and almost everyone else ignores it. That’s a shame; it’s is a powerful addition to soups and sauces, and tasty in salads when picked young.

]]> Gardeners and gastronomes fawn over sorrel—and almost everyone else ignores it. That’s a shame; it’s is a powerful addition to soups and sauces, and tasty in salads when picked young.

]]> http://www.grist.org/article/2009-04-09-stalking-leeks-of-spring/ Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:23:59 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/2009-04-09-stalking-leeks-of-spring/ What could improve a forest walk in early spring? Spotting a bunch of that delicious wild relative of the leek known as the ramp.

]]> What could improve a forest walk in early spring? Spotting a bunch of that delicious wild relative of the leek known as the ramp.

]]> http://www.grist.org/article/Think-Outside-the-Lunchbox/ Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:21:32 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/Think-Outside-the-Lunchbox/ http://www.grist.org/article/A-Chicken-in-Every-Plot/ Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:34:57 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/A-Chicken-in-Every-Plot/ http://www.grist.org/article/Menu-for-a-New-Day/ Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:13:32 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/Menu-for-a-New-Day/ http://www.grist.org/article/Recycles-of-Life/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:19:21 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/Recycles-of-Life/ http://www.grist.org/article/seasons-eatings/ Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:02:13 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/seasons-eatings/