REAL FOOD

How to find fresh, seasonal, sustainable foods, plus delicious recipes.

By Barbara Pleasant

Growing strawberries is fun and easy, and strawberries grow well in many regions. You can grow strawberry varieties that set fruit early in the season, late in the summer, or even all season long.

Traditional Scottish Shortbread Recipe, Featuring Homemade Butter

By William Rubel

This lovely, flaky dessert is associated with Scotland. This recipe, with the flour, butter and sugar in the ratio of 8:4:2, dates from the early 19th century, and is still the classic formulation. The butter you make at home has more fat than butter you buy, and results in a lighter, crisper shortbread.

Easy Cheesy: 4 Super-Simple Recipes

By Tabitha Alterman

If you’ve never tried making cheese, you’ll be amazed to learn that it can be as fast and easy as baking a pie. The only equipment you need is a stainless steel pot, measuring spoons, cheesecloth and a dairy thermometer.

New and Exciting Picnic Recipes

By Tabitha Alterman

The following recipes offer bright new twists on good old fashioned picnic favorites. Why not retire that boring hamburger for a tasty homemade lentil burger or free-range lamburger instead? Or snack on freshly made tortilla chips and zesty salsa instead of the usual packaged fare?

Best Brands of Organic Milk

By Alison Rogers

The ever-growing popularity of all things organic has encouraged a boom in organic and hormone-free dairy products. While this trend gives us more healthy and affordable options at the grocery store, it also has given rise to a number of dairies willing to bend the rules for a share of the profit. But the Cornucopia Institute, a nonprofit small farm advocacy group, has developed a way to enable consumers to identify the best dairy brands.

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