• Summer is for frying (tomatoes)

    by Tonia

    Red is good. Yellow is even better. But by far my favorite tomatoes are green, as in not fully ripe.
    In fact, farmers at my local market are often surprised when I negotiate with them early in the season.
    “I’ll pay you red tomato prices if you’ll pick some for me when they’re green,” I say.
    Tomatoes [...]

    Filed in: Foodways, Home cooking on September 1st, 2008

  • Getting ‘back to basics’

    by Tonia

    By Tonia Moxley
    The Roanoke (Va.) Times
    June 15, 2008
    BLACKSBURG — Goldenseal. Jewelweed. Motherwort. Dandelion.
    The names of healing plants call across continents and through the millenniums, up and down the spine of the Appalachian mountains, echoing even today along the paths of a terraced hillside off Jennelle Road in Blacksburg where herbalist Lauren Cooper helps keep the [...]

    Filed in: Farming, Foodways, Health and nutrition on June 17th, 2008

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