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Dine on local food alfresco at Farm to City Dinner in York
York County Buy Fresh Buy Local, Healthy World Cafe, and Horn Farm Center for Agricultural Education will host a Farm to City Dinner on Oct. 6 on Beaver Street in York. The fundraiser will feature a...
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What’s the difference between yams and sweet potatoes?
Larry Frey picks a bunch of sweet potatoes at his home in Warrington Township. Frey and his family sell the potatoes and food made from the vegetable at small festivals. (Daily Record/Sunday News —...
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Wellness Wrap 10/4/13: It’s apple season; Kids on diets?; Recapturing that...
The weekly Wellness Wrap provides links to recent health and fitness news. Share your thoughts and links in a comment or email emccracken@ydr.com. Evening Sun photo; Apples sit in a bucket during the...
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10 creative, healthy ways to cook sweet potatoes
Blogger Katie Markey McLaughlin’s son digs sweet potatoes at the Sweet Potato Festival at Wellness Farm in Stewartstown. Sure you can bake, mash and put them in a casserole, but here are 10 creative,...
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Trying new foods: My first taste of Concord grapes
How delicious do these look? Well, they taste even better. (iPhone photo by Sarah Chain) I hate highways. If there is an alternate route — Susquehanna Trail South down to Brown’s Orchards & Farm...
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Students get to know farmers during National Farm to School Month
A basket of apples from Brown’s Orchards and Farm Market in Springfield Township.Only 2 percent of American kids eat the recommended servings of fruits and vegetables per day, according to the National...
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LettUsKnow offers salad bar at Central Market York
LettUsKnow, a salad bar, opened in September at Central Market York. Customers may choose their greens, four toppings, a crunchy topping and a dressing for $5. (Daily Record/Sunday News — Leigh...
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Healthy World Café looks to grow, find permanent location
Healthy World Café volunteer Marjorie Swartz helps Marcede Maria build her salad on Wednesday during the cafe s once-a-month operation at First Moravian Church. The community kitchen asks diners to pay...
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CSA Summer: Corn chowder and deep-dish Portobello pizza
We just picked up our latest CSA half-share from Miller Plant Farm today, but I’ll show you that bounty tomorrow. In the meantime, here’s what we did with last week’s goods. First, we used our corn...
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CSA Summer: Week 6, featuring cantaloupe, zucchini and beets
Last week, Jeff and I sorta dragged our feet through our CSA half-share. It didn’t help that I was sick for half the week. This week is an entirely different beast. We picked up our half-share from...
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CSA Summer: Roasted tomatillo-corn salsa, and beet brownies
Okay, so Jeff and I cheated a few times this week while using produce from our CSA half-share. On the grill: Corn on the cob, tomatillos, jalapeno and onions. Only one of these ingredients came from...
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CSA Summer: Week 7, featuring burpless cucumber and sweet cherries
We have a lot of green in our CSA half-share this week from Miller Plant Farm: Clockwise, from top left: Burpless cucumbers, bell peppers, potted thyme, corn (2 of 4), sweet cherries and tomatoes....
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CSA Summer: Fresh pasta salad, corn risotto, cherry soda
I love a good pasta salad. I know some people who are fundamentally opposed to the idea of cold pasta, but as long as the dressing has a bite and the vegetables have a crunch, I’m all in. So that’s how...
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Four WellSpan practices write “prescriptions” for fruits and vegetables
Adults in the area don’t eat enough fruits and vegetables, according to a study. FILE PHOTO It might sound like a message on repeat: Eat your fruits and vegetables. But according to a Community Health...
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CSA Summer: Week 8, featuring nectarines and cherry tomatoes
There was a point, earlier in the summer, when we struggled a bit with our CSA from Miller Plant Farm. We were getting a lot of cauliflower, cabbage, beets, and we’re still getting a lot of squash...
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CSA Summer: Grilled nectarine salsa, jalapeño-corn fritters
One of the main reasons why Jeff and I chose to register for Miller Plant Farm’s CSA, rather than the half-dozen or so other local farms, was sweet corn. I’m hooked on York County sweet corn, and...
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CSA Summer: Week 10, featuring all of the melons
Jeff and I were out of town last week (I bought my wedding dress!), but we’re back now. Which means it’s once again time to figure out how to eat this week’s CSA bounty from Miller Plant Farm:...
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CSA Summer: Southwestern stuffed squash, onion rings
Jeff and I weren’t terribly original with how we used our CSA share this week, and for that, I apologize. In our defense, though, half of this week’s share consisted of stone fruit or melons, and...
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CSA Summer: Week 11, featuring eggplants, golden beets, more melon
Jeff and I did a bit of arithmetic last night. Thanks to the 10-pound bag of peaches he bought last week and to our CSA half-share, we had 31 peaches that we somehow managed to finish yesterday. We’ve...
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CSA Summer: Sesame noodle salad, roasted chicken with tomatoes
Among other veg in our CSA half-share this week, we received some fresh sweet peppers. We get excited whenever we have fresh peppers, because it’s a good opportunity to make two easy salads that were...
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