Earth Eats: Real Food, Green Living

June 6, 2023

bright pink dip in a white bowl with thin yellow strips of lemon zest and parsley accents

Earth Eats live cooking demonstration at the new public libary branch

We'll help the Monroe County Public Library celebrate their teaching kitchen at the new branch on Friday June 9, 2023.

March 28, 2023

If you want to up your yogurt game, this Iranian cookbook will show you the whey

Just in time for the Persian New Year, Homa Dashtaki has published the Yogurt and Whey cookbook -- nearly 100 recipes, old and new, including some surprising ones, like whey cocktails and popsicles.

January 19, 2023

Left: Mona Grandbois and her sister Doris Adeline Grandbois Ray. Right: Tourtière, a French Canadian pork pie.

A bit of mystery surrounds a family's tourtière recipe, but it's a holiday favorite

They aren't sure where this version of the French Canadian meat pie came from, but one thing is clear: It isn't Christmas without tourtière.

December 13, 2022

Oh, sweetie! Bubaleh is a pancake to celebrate freedom. And it's a term of endearment

A sweet and savory pancake for Passover can also be eaten year-round. And Alan Mishell learned the recipe from his grandmother, whose family escaped Poland ahead of the Nazi German invasion.

December 13, 2022

A family phot beside a plate of scallion pancakes

A scallion pancake recipe is layered with thoughts of family, China and a tiny secret

A daughter recalls her immigrant parents and her father standing by the stove making scallion pancakes on Sunday mornings. Her siblings now make the pancakes for their children.

December 7, 2022

Right: A family photo of their grandparents' restaurant, Odd's Sombrero in Wickenburg, Ariz.

A surprise breakfast ingredient pulls this quick taco meat recipe together

A young woman's family recipes transformed the menu at a restaurant in Arizona where she worked. Decades later, the business is gone but the owners' granddaughter still makes the taco filling today.

December 2, 2022

close up of a beige-colored dip in a bowl with capers scattered over it and lemon wedges

Fava (Greek yellow split-pea dip)

Chef and anthropologist Nafsika Papacharalampous shared this comforting dip.

December 1, 2022

Left: Jordan Harrison with her grandmother, Judy Greene. Right: Freshly made butter mints.

Zoom and a butter mint recipe bring a mother and daughter together

A long-distance video lesson from Mom also offered a chance to write the recipe down. Cold weather and a marble slab work best to cool this homemade confection, which has helped the family bond.

December 1, 2022

Love chili but trying to eat less meat? 'Morning Edition' tests a plant-based version

Jack Bishop of the PBS television show America's Test Kitchen walked Morning Edition host A Martínez through a recipe from the kitchen's new vegan cookbook. Texans beware: This chili features beans.

November 29, 2022

Her father's fudge recipe brings back childhood memories of the Midwest

A young Jan Kincaid Clifford wasn't even tall enough to reach the stove. That didn't stop her from stirring the pot. And stirring. And stirring. Her dad's recipe requires patience, but it pays off.

November 28, 2022

All jokes aside, this fruitcake is legendary. It was even served at a wedding

Parents, kids, aunts and a cousin gather on Black Friday to make a big batch to mail around the country. It's shared far and wide at Christmastime and was featured on a bike ride across Iowa.

November 25, 2022

The 'human cannonball' is gone, but his lasagna recipe lives on

A circus performer known for being fired out of a cannon liked to make dinner for the people he worked with. One of them still makes his inspired lasagna today, and it has some surprising ingredients.

November 23, 2022

Melissa Clark's Sheet Pan Thanksgiving recipe

This is the one-pan recipe to make your Thanksgiving easy

NPR's Michel Martin speaks to New York Times columnist Melissa Clark about cutting out the stress — especially if it's your first time cooking for the holiday.

November 21, 2022

It took clever thinking to write a recipe for this Irish soda bread, a family favorite

Maureen O'Reilly wanted to make the treat for her husband, but first she had to watch his grandmother make it — and measure out each ingredient rather than just eyeballing it.