I was worried about this October's challenge, I must say. With a trip to the Outer Banks of North Carolina to navigate, I was not sure how I would locate local food. I tried looking for farmers markets on localharvest.org, but nothing showed up. No response for a query on Chow.com either. Things wer...

by Expat Chef What if we all woke up tomorrow and said, “Today is the day I will eat right.� Oh, and we actually did it. The first thing we’d figure out is that there is a massive food shortage for a healthy diet even in a country where two-thirds of us are overweight. Food shortage in the lan...

by Jen Maiser Amy Stewart's commentary on NPR's All Things Considered this week was a topic of conversation among ELC blog authors this week.  While Ms. Stewart believes that we should all "shut up and eat," I hardly think that many of us will be following her directive anytime soon.&...

by Expat Chef I can’t go home again, or at least not without a million memories good and bad flooding my mind and heart. After high school, I spent quite a bit of time seeking to be anywhere else but there. Even 22 years later, it still takes a lot for me to return to that small town community les...