Jeanne Kelley is well known for inventing easy recipes that frequently appear in magazines like Bon Appetit and Cooking Light. So it was a bit of a surprise when her first cookbook, Blue Eggs and Yellow Tomatoes: Recipes From a Modern Kitchen Garden (Running Press, 2008), turned out to be largely [...]

Cat lovers know the sound–that hacking, coughing, retching noise that means Fluffy is about to heave up a hairball. For many kitty caretakers, this purging ritual is simply a necessary evil of having cats. But it needn’t be. With a few simple changes to your cat’s diet and lifestyle, you can minimize or even prevent [...]

I absolutely love beets - but I used to hate them, because I’d never eaten them fresh. There is such a difference between the flavor of food that comes directly from the farm to you than when it’s been shipped from three thousand miles away to your [...]

“I am convinced, both by faith and experience, that to maintain one’s self on the earth is not a hardship but a pastime- if we live simply and wisely.” Henry David Thoreau Franklin D. Roosevelt is most famous for his statement “there is nothing to fear but fear itself.” He uttered these words in a scratchy [...]

Bath products can contain unsavory chemicals: from skin irritants to more serious substances linked to hormone disruption, even cancer. And such chemicals can be especially harmful to children. Here’s how to ensure your kids are using safe products. Look beyond labels. The FDA doesn’t require safety testing of personal-care product ingredient. A 2007 Environmental Working Group [...]