You might recall that late last summer I realized that our ancient dining room chairs were likely filling our house and specifically my son’s lungs with PBDEs. Our dining room set was on its third or fourth family and really needed to move on. We sold the chairs at a garage sale and donated the [...]

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Humans have used naturally derived food coloring agents for thousands of years. Egyptians, various indigenous peoples, and even Elizabethan Britons were known for painting their faces with make-up. Humans also naturally prefer bright and colorful (presumably fresh and nutritious) food over less appetizing versions. For this reason, if offered a bright red jelly and a [...]

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I had a planned post on my local flour for today, but I’ve postponed that until Monday, because our Chicken Meeting hit the front page of the Longmont Times Call: Chicken fans praise backyard birds as fun, useful.
For a cold and stormy night I think our meeting fared pretty well. Not including our personal entourage [...]

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Last Friday my husband’s company had their annual party. For the last couple of years they’ve hosted it at the home of their sales and marketing rep, which makes for a very cozy and laid back get together. The party was catered with food trays from Whole Foods, so the food was all around fairly [...]

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As a kid we had chickens and we had fresh eggs. As far as I can remember, I always liked eating eggs, whether they be scrambled, poached, soft boiled, hard boiled, they were (and are) a tasty food. My grandmother also raised chickens from which she made the best scrambled eggs in the world. They [...]

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