Category Archives: Field trips

Places I’ve been, places I want to go

How to rock the thrift store, part one

Posted on January 31, 2009 by Ali

Today, and on a few other days in the near future, we’ll be talking about thrift stores. If you have any lingering unease over shopping at a place where everything is pre-owned, it’s time to get over that. Just let … Continue reading →

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Farm in winter

Posted on November 24, 2008 by Ali

This weekend, I went to the farm. It was cold. I knew the kids would complain, so I went alone. It is so different there when the weather is cold, so different from how I have come to know the … Continue reading →

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Finally some good news: small food saves a small town

Posted on October 8, 2008 by Ali

I’ve been thinking lots about the economy, and about how we as a nation, perhaps as a globe, have traded  local economies for Wall Street, and what we gained by doing so, and what we lost. As the Dow dips … Continue reading →

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Beautiful, bountiful, and very blurry: A report from Berkshire Grown's Harvest Supper

Posted on September 18, 2008 by Ali

Tonight, I’m not going to tell you about my own recent culinary disasters, like my attempt to reinvent James Beard’s chicken with 40 garlic cloves, a disaster that literally burned the throat and chests of everyone who took even a … Continue reading →

Posted in Field trips, In the kitchen, The widening gyre | 12 Comments

Searching for real food…in Hershey Park

Posted on September 3, 2008 by Ali

We parents love our children. Oh, how we love those little buggers. And if there was ever any need for proof, here it is: Hershey Park, in Hershey, Pennsylvania, the self-declared “sweetest place on earth.” We spent a day and … Continue reading →

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