Earthstone Tile Works, a new South Philly tile shop, will be featured in our upcoming November issue. But, before you read all about this family-run business, pencil their Saturday Mosaic Tile Workshop into your schedule. Earthstone owners Tiffany and Jason Ferraro, along with a group of friends, started a community garden by their homes in South

Though the weather has been a bit deceiving of late, fall is here. On that note, this post from Food in Jars made me happy. Marisa tackles homemade applesauce and makes me drool—as usual.

I've been meaning to mention this story from Sunday's New York Times because I think it says a lot about America's effort to "go green."
Detergent companies have been forced to radically reduce the phosphates in their products due to new environmental regulations. This is causing some problems with consumers:

“Low-phosphate dish detergents are a waste of

Pawpaw Paradise in Lancaster Co.I spent Wednesday morning in the woods of Lancaster County, foraging for pawpaws with Casey Spacht (of Lancaster Farm Fresh Co-op). Compared to our previous, quite challenging morel-finding expedition, this trip was all giggles and snacking, as the “Susquehanna Bananas” practically rained down from above. This afforded us extra time, and

Yup, Obama was at the Fair Food Farmstand.