During the month we have feature delicious Lebanese recipes ideas. Today we feature a recipe from Turkey. In last week’s recipe we introduced Bulgar wheat’s as a healthy inclusion to our daily diet. I love using bulgur wheat to make dumplings (kibbeh or kofte). As we attempt to add more leafy greens and grains, we [...]
Continue reading...21. May 2013
Newark, NJ – May 15, 2013 – Mayor Cory A. Booker introduced New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglass Fisher to the City of Newark’s Urban Agriculture and farmer’s market initiatives with a tour of two urban farms and an urban garden that have received funding from the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), yesterday. Mayor Booker [...]
Continue reading...17. May 2013
This month, we continue to the follow Mediterranean diet month with more recipes, and tackle the benefits of looking and feeling better by consumption a more green base diet. This recipe below come’s to us by our middle eastern duo, which we feature last week Gina& Fadia from abeautifulmaison.com. This is another past down family [...]
Continue reading...10. May 2013
With summer rapidly approaching, we’re all looking for ways to slim down and get beach ready. Recent reports published by The New England Journal of Medicine concluded a plant-based Mediterranean diet resulted in lower incidence of heart disease, cancer, Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease. Moreover, May marks Mediterranean Diet month-a celebration of healthy eating! It Keeps [...]
Continue reading...7. May 2013
NEWARK, N.J., May 6, 2013 – Join Greater Newark Conservancy staff and community members at the Conservancy’s Urban Environmental Center, 32 Prince Street (between Springfield Avenue and South Orange Avenue) in Newark for the annual Spring Block Party on Saturday, May 11, 2013 from 10:00 a.m. till 2:00 p.m. In addition to the annual plant [...]
Continue reading...19. April 2013
This is part two of a two-part series. Make sure to read part one here, Urban Foraging for Food Under the Cherry Blossoms. As part of their spring exhibition S’Long As It’s Yours (February 23 – May 31, 2013), Gallery Aferro invited several artists to create performances and interactive events. One of these artists, Moira [...]
Continue reading...12. April 2013
This is part one of two parts about this event, foraging at Branch Brook Park with Gallery Aferro. The second part will be about the food preparation. Look for it next week! Now that the Cherry Blossoms in Branch Brook Park are blooming, it is starting to feel like Spring. Sponsored by Gallery Aferro, an [...]
Continue reading...12. April 2013
Jersey Buzz, a Newark-based startup selling raw honey and honey-related products, is just one of the vendors who will participate in the 2nd Annual Ballantine Green Festival this Saturday, April 13th from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm, (rain date: April 27th) in the parking lot of the former Ballantine Brewery complex, located on Ferry Street, [...]
Continue reading...4. April 2013
Newark has just launched its first comprehensive sustainability plan to make the city healthier, greener, and more vibrant. The City of Newark Sustainability Action Plan is available online at www.sustainablenwk.org. On Thursday, March 28 at City Hall in Newark, Mayor Cory Booker gathered with the Deputy Mayor for Economic Development Adam Zipkin, Newark Municipal Council [...]
Continue reading...29. March 2013
We introduced Vonda’s Kitchen sometime ago as a part of the Lincoln Park Coastal Music festival outstanding food vendors last year, featuring a healthy salad demonstration. But sometimes we need to revisit these tasty places. Vonda’s Kitchen has been around for a little over a year, and has become prominent restaurant serving southern cuisine in [...]
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24. May 2013
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