by Lillian Lake | | Farms, Food, Stop Trafficking
While vacationing, I took advantage of opportunities to interview restaurant owners, chefs, and the owner of the only tea plantation in America, Bigelow Classic Tea. America’s soil is not typically appropriate for tea growing. Since 1987, Bill Hall, in partnership...
by Lillian Lake | | Climate Change, Coffee, Food
Well, good morning! At least it’s morning as I write this. If you’re reading this at another time of day, I hope your day has been manageable at the least and amazing at best. Sunshine and spring always make me nearly giddy with anticipation of summer months ahead. So...
by Lillian Lake | | Desserts, Food, Recipes
It’s the first full week of June, and we have three national food holidays in one weekend! June 9 is “National Rhubarb Pie Day,” June 10 is “National Iced Tea Day,” and “National Herbs and Spices Day. Last week I wrote about Laura Ingalls Wilder’s “Pie Plant,” more...
by Lillian Lake | | Farms, Food, Recipes
Brillat-Savarin said, “The discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery of a new star.” While I have been equally in awe of each, I would probably choose the new dish. This week as I gazed at my neighbor’s robust rhubarb patch, I pondered...
by Lillian Lake | | Caregiving, Food
I’ll jump right in today and first tell you that there was an important food summit in Milan. At the time, American media distracted us with local politics, so we didn’t hear much about it. It was an important summit, however, that holds possibilities of long-term...
