Lessons learned in the kitchen
I don't remember when I made my first cake or when my mother first gave me advice about cooking. As for my early experiences with baking, I remember the 4-H project on breads and pastries that I worked on the summer I was 7.
Why are calves separated from their mothers?
Brenda Hastings explains why calves are separated from their mothers.
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.
September is National Family Meals Month
Children who eat with their families tend to do better in school, eat more nutritiously and avoid risky behaviors.
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.
The language of love and table talk
From our Dinner Guest, Jennifer Kiko: "Time time spent at the table may change the course of someone’s life in ways we can’t even imagine."
The impact of family meals
The importance of family meals goes beyond parents ensuring their children are eating healthy diets. Family meals can affect various aspects of children’s lives, some of which may surprise parents.
Dinner Guest: Home is where the food is
By Sarah Cross
Everyone creates his own image when you think of “home.” For some, it may be their “home place,” where they were raised....
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."
When tracing beef gets out of hand
Single-origin cuts: Is the U.S. food market splitting into a premium niche that few consumers can afford and the place where the rest of us shop? Editor Susan Crowell isn't sure that's a good thing.
