So, when I find true corn, corn with history, sweet, imperfect corn from smaller farms, who have put their foot down, who have held fast to purity, all I want to do is celebrate! And while the absolute best way to eat corn is still just a simple slathering of butter and a sprinkling of salt, it wouldn't be a proper ode if I didn't begin to experiment.
An afternoon exploring Chatham University's Eden Hall Campus, near Pittsburgh, PA, where academia and farming go hand in hand.
Scenes from Hazelwood Urban Farms and the early summer harvest that formed our salads, picnics and more! I'm a pretty lousy farmhand. I probably should be fired, but for some…
"The Urban Farmer" has a nice ring to it. I saw his eyes light up the first time I referred to him as that in writing- his passion and his…
I'll never forget the look on the the Urban Farmer's face that one particular night when I asked about his bees. His flannel shirt wrinkled as he slumped into the chair.…
If teachers, aunts, uncles and even parents can (and do!) have favorite kids, then farmers can most certainly have a favorite fruit of their labors. For the Urban Farmer, I…
What we offer as Harvest & Gather will be different than any other series in Pittsburgh. We're moving the farm dinners away from the farm, inviting guests to overlooked spaces with transformation potential. We're calling attention to the aged bones of our city, to the storied layers and the past, through design, food and storytelling. My sentiments for architecture preservation run parallel to my sentiments for farms. There are lessons in bricks and in seeds that we risk losing.
"Hold fast that which is good." I used to recite this every Sunday. It was the highly anticipated signal that the sermon had ended. It was the signal that it was…