Mia’s first apple pie made by her Nanna.
Author: unitedinfood
Pepper is a food blogger, explorer, traveler and wanderer based in New Mexico. She and her cousin, Pixie Miller, based in Maryland, founded United In Food to expand their food horizons and link their respective communities through food.
I Love My CSA
What is a CSA? Community Supported Agriculture started to become popular in America and Europe in the 1980s with roots that go back to the 1960s when consumers in Switzerland and Japan realized the importance of supporting their local farms directly by essentially joining into a partnership. In a traditional CSA, the consumer enters into…
Expectations
Certain expectations are made when you are a food blogger. An invitation to a potluck, or to bring a dish to a dinner party, comes with high expectations that I’m going to bring a show-stopping dish: something exotic, something new and exciting, something very different from anything else on the table. No store-bought dips and…
Fennel and Friends
Herbs! How dull our lives would be without herbs. Surprisingly, many people are averse to using them or dangerously flirt with some of the more mellow herbs. Such a shame! Herbs are a low-calorie, low-sodium way to add a flavor boost while providing extra nutrients, texture, color and interest to any dish. Most people like…
Breakfast – What Are You Having?
Breakfast. First meal of the day. Some have said it is the most important meal of the day. That was proven not to be true for everyone. (Plus how much faith can we put in something that originated as a marketing tagline from the 1900s mainly to sell cereal.) But I like to think about…
So Many Books, So Little Space … Time for an e-Reader?
I recently saw a great cartoon in The New Yorker. A man and a woman are standing in front of floor-to-ceiling bookshelves and he says, “I never have time to read but if I did these are the books I’d read.” Yep! I can totally relate to that! I also have multiple bookshelves throughout the house…
2022 So Far – Reasons for Hope and Despair
The year has brought us both hope and despair. Just three months into the “new” year, we see new life and also the attempt to destroy a culture that has existed for centuries. There is a lot to stay updated on and informed about. These are what are on UnitedInFood’s heart and mind. On the…
Stocking Pantries for Our Afghan Friends and Neighbors
In her roles as an Ambassador for Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (https://www.lirs.org), Pixie created a list of food-related items to assist our Afghan neighbors and friends as they resettle to life in the United States. These items will help to continue the connection our new friends have with their homeland. Spices & Herbs: whole…
Pixie’s 2022 Summer Garden Plans
I am hard at work planning my summer garden, are you? What are you going to plant? Do you have all your seeds, are you still ordering them from catalogs, or will you use starter plants and seedlings that you get from your local farmers market and garden stores? And me, you ask, what am…
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