Have You Tried This Recycled Aluminum Foil?
According to Reynolds, this product debuted back in April or May, but we haven't noticed it in our local grocery stores. It's foil made from 100 percent recycled aluminum. We already recycle our alumi...
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How To: Make Your Own Kombucha
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Kombucha. Typically, when people talk about Kombucha, they fall into 1 of 3 categories: Love it! Hate it! Or, my favorite... what the heck is it?! Kombucha is a sweetened tea that's been fermen...
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Food Beware: The French Organic Revolution
We have been surprised at just how Food, Inc. has affected not just us, but folks around us. There's another film on the horizon, and Food Beware takes a different approach, giving viewers a success s...
Suggestions for Good Reusable Drink Containers?
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Q: I am wondering what other people do for reusable drink containers in the refrigerator. In the past I've tried (seemingly) dozens of plastic jugs and dispensers, all of which develop leaks or off sm...
New Sustainable Living Magazine: Urban Farm
The magazine publishing market is so rocky these days that we consider the launch of any new title an act of bravery. It is fitting, then, that one of the latest additions to newsstands promotes the...
Roundup: Our Favorite Food Saving Tips
We are huge fans of locally grown food, but as Cambria pointed out earlier in the week, sometimes the surplus of one type of seasonal produce can be overwhelming. Here are our favorite ways to use up ...
Weekend Project: Dealing With The CSA Surplus
We love our CSA. This is the 2nd year we've done the CSA in our Brooklyn neighborhood, and it's been great. But over the last few weeks, it got a little out of control. I think we were busy, and m...
10 Best Uses for Your Toaster Oven
We often get questions about cooking in small spaces. While recommending another appliance might not seem like the logical answer, a counter-top oven is actually a great solution for energy-conscious,...
October Colors at the Farmers' Market
Hollywood, California
In celebration of Apartment Therapy's color contest, we thought we'd highlight some the most spectacular hues seen at the Hollywood farmers' market this past weekend... ...
Tip: Make Butter By the Pound in a Stand Mixer
We are huge fans of making butter at home. Making your own butter is so fast and so easy that we often make small batches of table butter for maximum freshness and taste. But we've also been making ex...
From the Fall Garden: Many Uses for Butternut Squash
As we continue to learn to eat with the seasons, we're discovering more and more uses for various vegetables. Squash have proved to be especially versatile... ...
The Stand: Put Your Fruit On Display
We love showing off fall produce in our kitchens and on our tables; there's such rich color this time of year! We just showed you a few good fruit bowls, but then we found these pedestals, which giv...
31 Ways to Celebrate Fair Trade Month
Happy Fair Trade Month! Whether you're an avid supporter of Fair Trade or are curious to know what it all means, there's a new Web site offering daily doses of food talk, impact stories, events, and g...
The Way Milk Should Be: A Visit to Snowville Creamery
Farm Tour
We seem to spend a lot of time bemoaning the state of food in America. There's so much that isn't the way it ought to be that sometimes we forget to celebrate and appreciate places that are producing ...
Five Ways to Eat: Quinoa
Quinoa is one of our favorite quick-cooking whole grains. It's nutty and fresh, and it has a fine, fluffy texture very similar to couscous. It's wonderful in so many recipes, and it's packed full of p...
7 Food Certifications, Explained
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We try to eat well, but with the increasing number of “healthy,” “organic,” or “all natural” food labels, it can get a bit confusing on what’s important or even legitimate. Luckily Tre...
What Type Of Water Do You Drink?
Some of us are lucky enough to have great drinking water straight from the tap, but it's something we shouldn't take for granted. Some believe water quality across America is getting worse, so while...
Hot Tip: Find a Local Ingredient Substitute
Tomorrow's trip to the farmers' market will yield plenty of local poblanos for salsas, soups, and breads. Can't you just taste the heat? This will be in lieu of New Mexico's famous Hatch chiles. Why...
A Short History of Canning
GOOD magazine
In case you hadn't noticed, we're a little obsessed with canning here. It's a great way to eat local all year long ... and it's fun. But do you know where it all started?...
Simple Green: Cold Brew Coffee
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After biking to work on humid summer days, the last thing we wanted was a hot cup of coffee. But like most folks, we needed something to get us going in the morning. Making ice coffee the usual way ...
Paper Towel Alternative: The Skoy Cloth
I'm happy to report that my household is almost completely paper towel-free! I keep a roll tucked in the back of a cupboard for those rare, really awful situations, a roll which (luckily) I haven't ...
AT on... The Continuing Coffee Debate
Each morning as the trip to the office nears, we turmoil about stopping at a coffeeshop on the way in. For months, we brewed our joe at home, but over the hot summer that fell out of favor and the cof...
The Return of the Backyard Chicken
The New Yorker
We've had our own obsession with chickens on Re-Nest, and we found this week's New Yorker article on the resurgence of chicken keeping completely in line with our thinking on the matter. The author,...
Rooftop Farms: Urban Farming in Greenpoint, Brooklyn
Founders Annie Novak and Ben Flanner at the Rooftop Farm on Eagle Street 200,000 pounds of soil, 1,000 earthworms, and 6,000 square-feet of industrial rooftop in Greenpoint, Brooklyn: not a typical ...
Urban Homesteaders: The New Normal?
Popular Mechanics
There are all sorts of levels of urban homesteading. We'd argue that if you grow your own tomatoes and can the extras for winter, you're a bit of a homesteader. But then there are the more dedicated/e...
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