Napkins? Give Me Two, Please
How do busy families instill table manners, and what happens when the mom herself is a food-dropping klutz? Farm and Family Living columnist Laurie Marlatt Steeb confesses to always needing a napking or two.
Celebrate the first silent night
(Note: This column first appeared in Farm and Dairy 16 years ago. I offer it here again this year, because its message never dims....
Catullo Prime Meats: Where the old meets the new
Danny Catullo, of Catullo Prime Meats in Youngstown, joins us this week Around the Table as our Dinner Guest.
Warm yourself with soup
Soup is high in liquid, which means it usually is lower in calories than other foods.
In whatever way you’re connected to agriculture, ‘thank you’
Pennsylvania's Secretary of Agriculture, Russell Redding, offers heartfelt thanks during this season of thanksgiving: 'Thank you for your commitment to agriculture, in whatever way you are connected.'
Supper Club brings friends together
Janet Cassidy shares her Supper Club idea — a way of entertaining and socializing with friends.
Even with technology and so much food, most are ‘food ignorant’
Even with technology, this next generation is borderline clueless of what it takes to produce food, and even more clueless at what it takes to feed 7+ billion people on a daily basis.
In Ohio, locally sourced food is just minutes away
From our Dinner Guests Hank and Joli Fichter: "Having sources of locally produced food has changed the way we live... The resources are most likely within miles or minutes of your home."
Keepin’ it fresh: How to store garden produce
Proper storage of produce keeps it fresh and ripe until you are ready to eat or preserve it. Storing produce in ideal conditions also improves its taste, texture and appearance.
Your food? It’s about to get ugly
Consumers are slowly becoming more willing to buy "ugly fruit," which are seconds or cull produce. And retailers are jumping on the bandwagon, says Editor Susan Crowell in her commentary.
