Recipe: Anita’s Honey Nut Bread

Ingredients 1 cup milk (dairy, cashew, almond, flax, etc.) 1 cup honey (or brown rice syrup, date syrup) 1/4 cup soft butter (or coconut oil) 2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour 2 eggs, beaten (or 2 flax eggs) 1 tsp salt 1 tbs baking powder …

Our New Guest Column: Pro-Pollinator

From January until the fall of this year, we’ll be hosting a monthly collaborative column with the good people of Climate Action Coffee featuring information on native plants, Takoma Park-specific gardening, pollinators, birds, and the processes of our planet. To kick things off, we have …

Interview with a Vendor: Dallas from True Pop

1. How would you introduce yourself? The Renaissance Holistic Healer – transforming your mind, body and spirit as a Naturopathic Doctor, Ordained Minister, and Professional Fitness Speaker, or in other words, your healing servant. 2. What is the back-story behind your business? Life by Dallas …

2023 Holiday Gift Guide

  2023 Holiday Gift Guide (holiday limited edition) Loacker Gingerbread Waffle Cookies, $4.79 Kija’s Textile Dresses from Tanzania, $49.00 Licking Creek Bend Farm Hoody, $40.29 Palden’s Nepali Pashmina Shawls, $26.00 Sangha Peace Meditation Cushion, $39.99 Divine Chocolate Coins (milk + dark), $2.59 / bag of …

Recipe: Spicy Delight

Ingredients 1 cup mung beans 1 cup brown rice 10 cups water 2 onions, chopped 2 carrots, sliced 1 green pepper, chopped 1 – 2 stalks celery, sliced 1/4 cup oil 1 tsp pepper 2 tbs turmeric 1/2 tsp cayenne 1 tbs ground cumin 2 …

Interview with a Vendor: Meira from Chocotenango

1. How would you introduce yourself? We are a small ‘mom and pop’ bean to bar chocolate business with a genuine passion for food and flavors. ‘Pop’ Ismael is a professional chef who developed a passion for chocolate while living in Guatemala, where his wife …

Recipe: Bharta (curried eggplant)

Ingredients 2 lbs eggplant, peeled and chopped 4 medium ripe tomatoes, peeled and coarsely chopped 2 tsp ground coriander 2 tsp ground cumin 1 tsp turmeric 1/4 tsp ground hot pepper or cayenne, optional 1/2 cup ghee, butter or oil 1/2 cup onion, finely chopped …