Jamie Oliver

In the glossy, glistening world of celebrity chefs, the 36-year-old food revolutionary stands out for doing well by doing good. But will that be enough to transform our basic biology?

Pain Relief in a Pickle Jar

Pickle juice has a reputation for curing hangovers, easing sunburns, and alleviating muscle cramps. The drink’s provides a shock and that just might explain its effects.

Rob Tod

Allagash beers take on the characteristics of the atmosphere—a sort of “air-oir”—imparted from the indigenous, airborne yeasts. In their beers, you can taste Portland’s wild side.

Saltwater Farm

In late August, five Brooklyn chefs descend on Annemarie Ahearn’s Saltwater Farm. On the schedule: how to make sausages, how to make headcheese, and how to pickle cucumbers.

Maine Potato Blossom Festival

Maine Potato Blossom Festival. On the wide-open stretch of farmland around the french fry factory grows a harbinger of hope for the fall harvest: millions of potato blossoms. (Listen).

Farm life within city limits

Urban farmers: A couple blocks from Northampton Coffee, a flock of runner ducks putter around inside a pen. Welcome to Northampton’s Town Farm.