Food Matters: A Guide to Conscious Eating With More Than 75 Recipesby Mark BittmanSimon & Schuster; $24.95
Mark Bittman has been many things in the world of food: chef, traveler, writer and, now, advocate. With Food Matters, Bittman has come around to the sustainable food movement and offers a book with a mixture of the stick
Taste the homestyle flavor at this open-kitchen eateryby Stephanie Singer
On the evening that his grandmother, Estelle, passed away, Marshall Green told her that he would open a restaurant and name it after her. That promise was fulfilled on November 1, 2007, when Café Estelle opened its doors. Located between Spring Garden and Callowhill Streets, the
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Edible Schoolyard: A Universal Ideaby Alice WatersChronicle; $24.95When Alice Waters used to drive by the Martin Luther King Jr. middle school near her neighborhood in Berkeley, CA, she thought it was deserted. The schoolyard looked abandoned, overgrown with weeds and cracked concrete. After mentioning the use—or rather, misuse—of vacant land in a newspaper article about
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photos by Marco Roldan/styling by Camille D'Attilio
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photos by Marco Roldan/styling by Camille D'Attilio
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by Reesha GrossoThere’s no right or wrong way to sew a button. As long as the button stays put, you have done your job. If you have lost your button, check the hem for extras, remove one from somewhere less conspicuous, or buy a button of the same size (look to the other buttons on
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by Samantha Wittchen
Even in the world of landfilling—a world created by unwanted and discarded items—mattresses are unwelcome residents. They’re bulky and difficult to compress, and they frequently damage landfill machinery. Nearly 40 million mattresses are discarded each year, and with each mattress occupying up to 23 cubic feet, that’s over 900 million cubic feet of
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Philadelphia’s new director of the Office of Sustainability has an important goal: Make ours the greenest city in the U.S.by Natalie Hope McDonaldIn some ways, she has it easy. As the city’s new director of sustainability, Katherine Gajewski has walked into one of the most progressive posts in the mayor’s office during a time when
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The Philadelphia Eages tackle sustainabilityby Einav KeetWhen Christina Lurie, wife of Eagles owner Jeffrey, started chanting “Go green!” a few years ago, she wasn’t just cheering for a McNabb-to-Westbrook screen pass, but also heralding the organization’s ramped-up effort to reduce waste and energy use on and off the football field.
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A local shoe designer gets LEED-certified by Natalie Hope McdonaldWhen it was time to expand its headquarters, shoemaker Dansko put its best foot forward and went green. The footwear designer may be best known for its comfortable clogs, sandals and shoes inspired by traditional Danish design, but as of this year, this suburban Philadelphia-based company
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