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From Farm to Fridge

March 26, 2018 by Chia Messina

They say that behind every successful man is a surprised mother-in-law.  Not this one. I knew from the time I met my daughter’s future husband...

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March 26, 2018 /Chia Messina

Blue Marble Ships Ice Cream Dreams from Brooklyn to Haiti and Rwanda

February 19, 2018 by Chia Messina

Blue Marble Ice Cream is delicious. Their stores are charming and warm, serving coffee in the mornings and ice cream all day...

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February 19, 2018 /Chia Messina

You’ve Been Doing Store-Bought Dressing All Wrong—Meet MOMO

December 12, 2017 by Chia Messina

I normally don’t ooh and aah about salad dressing. It was one of the first things I learned to make for myself. More than just a drizzle of...

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December 12, 2017 /Chia Messina

Lead into Gold, Leaves into Love: Lady Jayne Is an Alchemist in a Barn in the Woods

November 14, 2017 by Chia Messina

My nose was already buried in a jar of smelling salts when my boss caught me sniffing around a shelf stocked with new potions and elixirs...

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November 14, 2017 /Chia Messina

This Displaced Syrian Couple Bakes Sweet Refuge in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn

October 10, 2017 by Chia Messina

“In America, the baklava is not very good. That was our life in Syria, making sweets.” When I enter the modest home...

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October 10, 2017 /Chia Messina

What’s in your spice cabinet? Rockerbox makes pure, pulverized spices from local ingredients

August 29, 2017 by Chia Messina

Discovering real, honest-to-goodness flavor isn’t easy. Unfortunately, most of the spices we use to stock our pantries come overloaded...

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August 29, 2017 /Chia Messina

How Fast Did She Chop the Eggplant: A Heritage Recipe for Romanian Eggplant Spread

July 24, 2017 by Chia Messina

Someone recently asked me how I got into food. She is a long-time friend of the family—the kind of loosely-related Italian...

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July 24, 2017 /Chia Messina

Bug juice booze: How this product design duo is making their name in the alcohol game

July 12, 2017 by Chia Messina

Bug juice is a real thing. Skeptical? So was I when I first tried Critter Bitters, the aromatic....

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July 12, 2017 /Chia Messina

So Yummy She Wrote About It

September 30, 2016 by Chia Messina

By Lyla, age 12.

Recently I tried this new cake that my mom made. It's called olive oil cake. It's basically a cake that uses olive oil instead of butter. 

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September 30, 2016 /Chia Messina

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