Some friends gave me Novella Carpenter’s book Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer. As a fellow Oaklander with a tiny garden who is always thinking about getting chickens, they thought I would be interested. I am. The book is about a women in Oakland who lives in the heart of the city and [...]

I love Mark Bittman. His recipe ideas are truly simple, practical and mostly fast. He seems to get what it means to put a healthy dinner on the table every night.
His 101 recipe articles in the New York Times are always a highlight. Last week he published 101 simple salads for the season. There are lots of [...]