
Writing fiction, consulting businesses and growing 3000 tomato plants in an apartment in Brooklyn seemed like a good idea at first, but then the tomatoes got really good and the rejection letters from journals kept on coming. (more…)






Writing fiction, consulting businesses and growing 3000 tomato plants in an apartment in Brooklyn seemed like a good idea at first, but then the tomatoes got really good and the rejection letters from journals kept on coming. (more…)
The long history of the Chesapeake Bay oyster was too strong a pull to keep cousins Ryan and Travis
“Grass-fed cows make the best burgers, period.” This is Ridgeway Shinn’s mantra. Ridge is on
Five old washing machines lined up outside a barn is a strange sight indeed. But when you look insi
Sitting at 1,500 feet above sea level with a view of the Sierra Nevada peaks that reach 13,000 feet is James and Dawn Birch’s Flora Bella Farm. The farm is located in the small town of Three Rivers, California (named for the forks of the Kaweah River–the middle, north, and south which feed James his fresh, untouched, snow-melted water), just outside of Sequoia National Forest. The rivers, the soil, and the cool evenings make for what chefs John Shook and Vinny Dotolo at Animal in Los Angeles call “the best arugula anywhere” as well as great kale, collard greens, and about 60 other varieties of fruits and vegetables. (more…)
The long history of the Chesapeake Bay oyster was too strong a pull to keep cousins Ryan and Travis
Sitting at 1,500 feet above sea level with a view of the Sierra Nevada peaks that reach 13,000 feet
Writing fiction, consulting businesses and growing 3000 tomato plants in an apartment in Brooklyn s
Five old washing machines lined up outside a barn is a strange sight indeed. But when you look insi