In January of this year, my good friend Danae Lagoy started up a food blog/cooking battle with her mom called Because I Love Food. My favorite thing posted remains to be Danae’s Vegan Avocado Chocolate Cake. WOW. Try out the recipe below for springtime flavor heaven!

With each passing day, Philadelphia is becoming increasingly bike friendly. But, as a biker myself, I can attest to the fact that we still have many a need: bike lanes, clean bikes lanes and plenty of places where our unassuming units of transport can be secured following dismount, to name a few.
While the streets can

In the EPA’s ranking of cities with the most energy efficient buildings, Philadelphia doesn’t even crack the top ten. We’ve got work to do. Via the New York Times‘ Green Inc. blog.

The Atlantic's Food Channel has really been hitting it out of the park lately—covering everything from Spanish almonds to national food policy to the issues involved with local organics at Wal-Mart (check out this video for some of the most entertaining pronunciation you'll ever hear). 
Today, there's this story about a rooftop commercial farm in Brooklyn.

The urban ag movement is gaining steam—and getting supporters in high places. Here is a message from the City of Philadelphia:

Dear Urban Farming Entrepreneurs and the like, The City of Philadelphia is issuing a Request for Information to gather indications of interest and experience in operating and managing sub-acre commercial, chemical-free farming plots on a City

Hopefully the recent activity in Washington has gotten you in the votin' mood: The Philadelphia Orchard Project could use your support. Here is their message:

The Philadelphia Orchard Project needs your vote—we've been chosen a as Green Heroes Grant Program finalist! Out of a pool of 398 entries we were selected as one of five finalists

I have a particular interest in wheat (and flour!) these days, so when I saw this Atlantic story on the growing local flour movement I was excited. (Yes, excited about wheat.)
About 10 days ago, I spent the afternoon up at the Annville Mill learning about Daisy Organic Flour for an upcoming story in Grid. Dave

The sushi restaurant recently accused of selling whale has closed. Check out the original Griddle post here. 

Written by former (and future; spoiler alert!) Grid contributor Tenaya Darlington, the blog Madame Fromage reads like a love letter to all things cultured. This woman really digs her cheese, and is forever seeking out new and interesting varieties. Recent posts cover topics such as surface mold (yum), cheese packed in grape skins, cheesemonger defections

Today marks our first spring rain, and even though this weekend’s weather was far more pleasant, the wet weather does have its merits: What would our flowers be without water? That said, it's still hard to keep from getting the blues on days like this.
So how can we turn rainy days into happy ones? By