Rachel's Food Rants, Raves, and Recollections

One of my favorite summer foods is basil. Basil is culinary ganja. I love to take a moment when I'm picking it to just breathe it in. I...

I first heard about Sandor Katz when The Sun published this interview with him this past May. I was instantly fascinated by his ideas ...

It was about a year and half ago that I wrote this rather critical post in response to Michael Pollan's piece in The New York Times M...

When I was growing up, my mom, my dad, my sister, and I had dinner as a family almost every night. Usually my mom cooked and included a prot...

Okay, so this was published on Defenestration back in July and I'm just getting around to posting on the blog now, but here goes. It...

My first exposure to compost was the small compost bin kept behind the cabinet door beneath the sink at my maternal grandparents' house....

I don't remember ever having honey cake for Rosh Hashanah when I was growing up or even round challah with raisins. In fact, I don't...