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Raspberry-Lavender Pie and the Lavender Fields

I am obsessed with raspberry and lavender. It didn’t just start with my visit to Greysmarsh Farm, a raspberry/lavender farm in Sequim, WA this summer. But that visit certainly helped. Out of all the farms I toured for my Real Food project, this is the one place where I didn’t do any interviewing or even […]

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Homemade Ketchup

I say ketchup/You say catsup…Ready to call the whole thing off? You can end the debate with a special homemade ketchup that’s sure to charm even the pickiest eater. Ketchup is a favorite condiment for many kids; for some it might even be its own food group. But one of the concerns about many store-bought […]

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Banana Waldorf Salad – And All About Bananas

Can you eat bananas in a salad? Sure, if it’s this Banana Waldorf Salad. This “salad” is really more like a fruit salad, with heartier components. Think walnuts, raisins, grapes, and Greek yogurt. But why bananas? Let’s take a look. All About Bananas First things first: Bananas are one of the first foods we eat […]

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Real Food: Making Chocolate at the Theo Factory

Chocolate?!? Sure, we’ll happily eat it, but does it belong in our “real food” series? The good news: Yes – if it’s made the real way. To get the scoop on real, pure, honest-to-goodness chocolate, we visited the Theo Chocolate factory in Seattle. Theo is the first organic and Fair Trade chocolate company in the […]

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Real Food: Honey and Urban Beekeeping

Sure, you’ve seen plenty of bee hives out and about, but how does urban beekeeping really work? To answer this question, we took a visit to an urban bee farm in Seattle. Where Does Honey Come From? The idea for visiting a bee farm came from a perfectly innocent question. When one of our kids […]

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Inside Knott’s Berry Farm

A look at new menu items at Knott’s Berry Farm.

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Dodger Stadium Treats

When people go to a baseball game, they eat hot dogs and maybe some peanuts and Cracker Jacks, right? Well, sure, but Dodger Stadium treats are so much more than that. In fact, Dodger Stadium is one of the Major League stadiums leading a revolution toward better, healthier, and more varied foods. When the L.A. […]

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