Grist | Topics | 26 Results

RESULTS		Results 1 – 25 of 26
Page:1 2
Headline	Author	Published	Section
Mad Flavor: Wine and chocolate More ideas for Valentine's Day bliss	Tom Philpott	14 Feb 2008	Gristmill
In "Mad Flavor," I describe exceptional culinary experiences from small artisan producers. Showing my usual absolute devotion to the interests of Grist readers and disdain for my own, I attended a tasting last night of wine and chocolate pairings. I made this sacrifice to give you, dear readers, more ideas for a festive Valentine's Day. The tasting took place at 3 Cups in Chapel Hill, a cafe fanatical about sourcing and serving excellent coffee, wine, ...
Topics: green living, holiday, food (all these topics)

The gallery of gingerbread photos is up	Roz Cummins	04 Dec 2007	Gristmill
Click here if you want to see details of the gingerbread eco-house.
Topics: food, green building, holiday (all these topics)

The Gingerbread Diaries Building an eco-home from a favorite holiday sweet	Roz Cummins	29 Nov 2007	'Tis the Season
When my friend Deanna told me that she wanted to make a gingerbread house this year -- and, in particular, to do so on Black Friday, aka Buy Nothing Day -- I immediately asked if we could make an environmentally sound house. The chances of my ever being able to afford the real-life eco-house of my dreams are slim unless I win the lottery, but I figured I could at least afford the gingerbread ver ...
Topics: food, green building, green living, holiday, recipes, Tis the Season (all these topics)

Gobble Head Have an organic, free-range, local Thanksgiving		21 Nov 2007	News
Posted at 11:29 AM on 21 Nov 2007 If you've waited 'til the last minute to buy ingredients for your Thanksgiving feast, allow us to suggest that you seek out turkeys of the organic, grass-fed, free-range, local, and/or heritage variety. Because no one's thankful for pesticides in their gristle (or for butylated hydroxytoluene, for that matter). Apples, celery, and potatoes are all high on the best-to-gobble-organic list. And don't forge ...
Topics: food, holiday, news, organic food (all these topics)

What Price Thanksgiving? In which we attempt to calculate how much an organic feast would cost	Roz Cummins	16 Nov 2007	Grist Feature
There's something about Thanksgiving that seems to prompt people to think about where their food comes from. Maybe it's all the cornucopias and sheaves of wheat depicted in supermarket circulars, or maybe it's the focus on the harvest. Visions of farmers bringing in the crops may lead people to think about how food gets to their table, and whether it would make sense, or even ...
Topics: food, green living, holiday, organic food, shopping (all these topics)

Thanks for the Recipes Readers share instructions for tasty Thanksgiving treats		16 Nov 2007	Grist Feature
Try your hand at reader recipes. Photos: iStockphoto A couple of weeks ago, we asked you, dear readers, to send in your favorite Thanksgiving recipes. We got a smorgasbord of replies, from Dilly Dip to The Best Pressed Pie Crust In the World -- and nary a hint of tryptophan in sight. We've collected your scrumptious ideas here, and welcome more from the rest of you in the comments section below. Bon appet ...
Topics: food, green living, holiday, recipes (all these topics)

Giving Thanks A recipe for no-boil pumpkin lasagna	Roz Cummins	15 Nov 2007	'Tis the Season
For most of my adult life I've been anti-lasagna. It's not that I refuse to eat it. Quite the reverse! I love to eat lasagna. I just refused to make it. The idea of boiling giant, unwieldy sheets of pasta always got on my nerves. It didn't seem worth it, no matter how delicious the result. For years, a little depiction of a pan of lasagna superimposed with one of those internationally recognized "No!" cir ...
Topics: food, holiday, recipes, Tis the Season (all these topics)

Send your best Thanksgiving recipe Cranberries? Tofurky? We'll eat it all up	Roz Cummins	07 Nov 2007	Gristmill
It's that time of year again. In between taking down Halloween decorations, excavating coats, hats, and mittens from last year's pile of never-quite-got-washed-or-put-away outerwear, and putting up holiday lights, Thanksgiving sneaks up on us. Once I smell the smoke from my neighbor's woodstoves and hear the crunch of leaves under my feet, I know that the time to savor pumpkin, squash, and sage is just around the corner. This year we're asking readers to ...
Topics: food, green living, holiday, recipes (all these topics)

Global warming's Halloween horror Extreme weather wipes out pumpkin crop	Joseph Romm	29 Oct 2007	Gristmill
Global warming threatens our 4th of July celebrations with droughts that have forced communities to scrap plans for fireworks displays. And it threatens our White Christmases with winter heat waves. And our Arbor Days with record wildfires. Now it imperils our Halloweens. In a story headlined, 'Rain, Drought, Wipe Out Pumpkin Crops Across U.S.,' Fox News reports the frightening news: Scorching weather and lack of rain this summer wiped out some pumpkin crops fro ...
Topics: holiday, agriculture, food (all these topics)

Trick or tort Does this Halloween skepticism make me a curmudgeon?	Carl Flatow	29 Oct 2007	Gristmill
In a few days doorbells will ring and door-knockers will clack all over America. Our neighbor's children will appear in and out of costume with a bag pulled open or an upturned hand outstretched. Our reputations will be on the line, but what's the right thing to do? Shopping for treats to give the future of America has turned into a lose-lose proposition, in my humble opinion. Most of the stores are promoting bite-sized candy. These so-called treats come in tamper-evi ...
Topics: holiday, food (all these topics)

Neither trick nor treat Pumpkin production is down for second year in a row	Sarah van Schagen	02 Oct 2007	Gristmill
Halloween may still be four weeks away, but this story's already got me spooked: Scorching weather and lack of rain this summer wiped out some pumpkin crops from western New York to Illinois, leaving fields dotted with undersized fruit. Other fields got too much rain and their crops rotted. It's the second year in a row that pumpkin production has been down. First we're losing our woolly turtlenecks and now our jack-o'-lanterns? Scary. Good thing no on ...
Topics: agriculture, climate, food, holiday, severe weather (all these topics)

Time to find that special turkey Thanksgiving isn't just about the food; it is about relationships	Carl Flatow	24 Sep 2007	Gristmill
The Thanksgiving holiday serves to focus our attention on man's relationship with nature. In a celebration of the fall harvest, we express our appreciation for the bounty we have received. In American tradition, the Pilgrims' survival in the New World was enabled by the Native Americans, with whom they joined in a great feast of thanks. Every year Americans set aside a day to hold their own feast of Thanksgiving which features traditional foods that are native to the ...
Topics: food, holiday, local food (all these topics)

'Tis the season (to celebrate our ties to the earth) A sampling of recipes for Passover	Roz Cummins	30 Mar 2007	Gristmill
Over the next few weeks, I will be writing about meals that express our connection to and appreciation for the earth. In keeping with this theme, I'll start with Marge Piercy's new book, Pesach for the Rest of Us: Making the Passover Seder Your Own. My interest in seders (the meal served at Passover) started when I was in high school and worked as a 'hostess helper' for families who were hosting seders. Having been raised Catholic, I had never experienced a seder befo ...
Topics: food, green living, holiday, recipes (all these topics)

'Tis the season (for a romantic dinner ... for eight!) Roz Cummins whips up Valentine vittles	Roz Cummins	14 Feb 2007	Gristmill
I don't know about you, but sometimes it just seems like more fun to have dinner with a group of friends -- those who are single and those who aren't -- on Valentine's Day than with just one person. Why? Well, let me put it this way: having dinner with just one person, no matter how beloved that person is, does not guarantee that your evening will be a romantic one. Case in point: A few years ago I called a former beau to ask if he wanted to go out to dinner, as we we ...
Topics: food, holiday, recipes (all these topics)

Valentine's day alert! It's coming, and it can't be stopped	Sarah K. Burkhalter	09 Feb 2007	Gristmill
Ah, Valentine's Day -- are we still pretending anybody likes this holiday? Single people feel insecure and excluded; people in relationships feel guilt-ridden and obligated to consume items blingy or fluffy. I say, if you love someone, tell 'em today, and on Feb. 14, obstinately refuse to wear red. Yet, knowing that obsessive marketing and the power of tradition are likely once again to outweigh my exhortations that we all just fuhgedaboutit, I would be remiss ...
Topics: consumerism, food, green living, holiday, sex (all these topics)

'Tis the Season (for recycled desserts and Napoleon as locavore) Make your leftover Xmas sweets into something yummy	Roz Cummins	02 Jan 2007	Gristmill
In my experience, even a calm and pleasant holiday results in a house strewn with bits of paper, empty boxes filled with styrofoam peanuts, a guilt-inducing list of thank-you notes to be written, and a fridge full of leftovers. Here are three recipes for 'recycled' holiday desserts that turn less-than-enjoyable ingredients into actual treats: Deanna Dement-Myers' Boxing Day Trifle My friend Deanna explained Boxing Day Trifle (the day after Christmas is known as Boxin ...
Topics: food, holiday, recipes (all these topics)

What is Moby doing for Thanksgiving? The pop star shares his holiday plans	Sarah van Schagen	22 Nov 2006	Gristmill
Ever wonder what celebrities do for the holidays? Are they sipping Cristal and nibbling foie gras, or throwing back eggnog and turkey giblets like the rest of us? During a phone chat with pop star Moby this week, I got the chance to ask that very question. A strict vegan, Moby hasn't touched anything close to eggnog for 20 years, so what is he chowing on this weekend? You might be surprised by what's on -- or off -- his menu. The following is a snippet from a ...
Topics: celebrity, food, holiday, interview, vegetarianism and veganism (all these topics)

Reclaiming Thanksgiving America's national feast has seen better days, but remains well worth preserving	Tom Philpott	21 Nov 2006	Victual Reality
In every era the attempt must be made anew to wrest tradition away from a conformism that is about to overpower it. -- Walter Benjamin, "Theses on the Philosophy of History" Eat, drink, and be mindful. Photo: iStockphoto Does Thanksgiving suck? There's certainly a potent case to be made. In a land where communal eating is honored mostly in the breach, ...
Topics: agriculture, food, holiday, slow food, United States, Victual Reality (all these topics)

Thanksgiving advice: fermented grape juice How to pick wines that don't taste computer-programmed.	Tom Philpott	21 Nov 2006	Gristmill
How to choose wine for the Thanksgiving table? There will either be pressure, financial and otherwise, to grab big bottles of cheap plonk off the supermarket shelf, or conversely, pressure to consult Wine Spectator or some other 'expert' source and find bottles receiving high scores. Resist both impulses. Here's why -- and how. For people who insist they can't tell the difference between good wine and bad, or who drink for more medicinal than gustatory reasons, I supp ...
Topics: food, holiday (all these topics)

Thanksgiving advice: no fake 'micro' brews No need to serve gussied-up Coors with so many real craft beers available	Tom Philpott	20 Nov 2006	Gristmill
First bit of Thanksgiving advice: Prepare to be bombarded by bits of Thanksgiving advice. Second bit: When you're choosing beer for the holiday table, don't get hoodwinked into buying tarted-up swill from a corporate brewer. Here is a wonderful guide to pairing beer with holiday food. One caveat: I urge you to localize your choice. To that end, here is a state-by-state listing of legit microbrews throughout the U.S. In my home state of North Carolina, I give m ...
Topics: food, holiday (all these topics)

'Tis the Season (for extreme grocery shopping) Two non-turkey recipes for the Thanksgiving feast	Roz Cummins	19 Nov 2006	Gristmill
Thanksgiving is a funny holiday. It's a weird mix of frenzy and sloth, gratitude and greed. What should be a fun and peaceful time spent with relatives and friends is often preceded by the chaos of having too much to do and too little time in which to do it. If you are the person responsible for cooking the Thanksgiving meal, you know that Extreme Grocery Shopping is the hallmark of the holiday. Simply getting your groceries home can be the stuff of nightmares if y ...
Topics: food, holiday, recipes (all these topics)

'Tis the season to be healthy! Donate wild salmon instead of tuna	Andrew Sharpless	17 Nov 2006	Gristmill
It's hard to believe that the holiday season is already upon us. Despite the mall stampedes, fruitcake overload, never-ending traffic jams, and hideous reindeer sweaters, I'm looking forward to spending the holidays with my family. I can almost taste my mother's mince pie, and I am ready to play backyard soccer and touch football with my daughters and my nieces and nephews.As you know, this is also a time to give back to those less fortunate. One popular way to do y ...
Topics: food, holiday (all these topics)

Gobble It Up Three paths toward a green -- and tasty -- Thanksgiving	Tom Philpott	17 Nov 2005	Main Dish
Of all the crimes against nature Thanksgiving inspires -- SUVs clogging the highways, planes shuttling fliers around the country, factory farms churning out millions of frozen turkeys -- the most grievous may be culinary. First, the above-mentioned turkeys typically taste like sawdust; cranberry "sauce," a gelatinous goo that ominously retains the shape of the can it slipped out of, doesn't ...
Topics: Alice Waters, food, holiday, slow food, vegetarianism and veganism (all these topics)

Pan of Green Gobbles Sales of organic turkeys and Tofurky on the rise		24 Nov 2004	Daily Grist
Pan of Green Gobbles Sales of organic turkeys and Tofurky on the rise The organic turkey is the new Prius. If you're planning to carve one up for tomorrow's Thanksgiving meal, you're riding the latest wave of eco-chic. Organic turkey sales at Whole Foods Market have doubled this year, the upscale natural-foods chain reports. And that's building on i ...
Topics: animal welfare, food, green living, holiday, organic food, United States, vegetarianism and veganism (all these topics)

Now That's a Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown Pumpkins found to absorb pesticides from soil		27 Oct 2004	Daily Grist
Now That's a Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown Pumpkins found to absorb pesticides from soil Pumpkins are not only good for jack-o'-lanterns, pie, and carrying Cinderella home -- they are also extremely effective at drawing persistent organic pollutants like the toxic pesticide DDT out of soil, according to a new study by Canadian researchers. They tested rye grass, tall fescue, alfalfa, zucchini, and pumpkins, but the oddl ...
Topics: agriculture, food, holiday, toxics (all these topics)

Page:1 2		Results 1 – 25 of 26

Stories About: food AND holiday