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Tag Archives: Great Ways to Connect to Your Kids

{Reflection on a Tragedy} Cooking for the Moment

December 17, 2012 | Alexis | 25 Comments

This post is about the powerful impact that allowing yourself to be present in the moment can have on your mental health, and on your family (and how your kitchen can help). On Saturday morning I had caught myself, for the hundredth time in 24 hours, glancing at my iPhone looking for information about the […]

{interview} Mark Izeman of the NRDC

June 25, 2012 | Erika T. | 0 Comments

A few months back Jillian and I got to participate in a webinar put on by Mark Izeman of the Natural Resources Defense Council and Laurie David, author of The Family Dinner, Great Ways to Connect to Your Kids, One Meal at a Time. The webinar focused a lot on food and the environment and […]

we are {making} food matter, together

We live within the Capital Region of New York State (Albany, Troy, Schenectady, Saratoga Springs) striving for a sustained connection to our kitchens, our gardens and our communities by inspiring people to jump back into the kitchen, their gardens and food communities as a daily way of life regardless of income, space & time. We host two food swaps a month, host a monthly podcast on iTunes, virtual food-focused book club on Goodreads and lastly, we run a DIY School: FSC Academy. The rest of the month we are here, on the blog, sharing stories, recipes, DIY projects, homesteading tutorials, kitchen tips & tricks and food policy news.