One week after 9/11, I boarded a plane for London to pursue a post-graduate degree. It was a strange time to be living abroad. I left my own country when U.S. Patriotism was at its peak, and was quickly surprised by the unpopularity of the US everywhere else. I had to explain multiple times that […]

Spring has arrived and my mouth waters when I think about a fresh salad of shaved carrots and quick pickled ramps atop a bed of baby spinach leaves. The crisp, colorful produce of spring is new and exciting but if you really want to support our local farmers, now is the time to buy up […]

For the past two years I have grown a popcorn patch of a variety called Robust Popcorn. In Autumn, I watched in wonder as a few kernels of popcorn I’d planted in May magically turned into a kelly green corn patch that glistened in the sunset. As the leaves turned golden brown and the ears […]