Food

  • Let’s Eat!

    by Dennis Machicao

    Summer is almost here and one of the rituals of summer and the up coming holidays is eating outdoors and having a good barbeque. Yes picnics are nice but you can’t beat a good old barbeque with family and friends.…Read More

  • Roasted Red Peppers

    by Sue Taggart

    These are so easy to make and so expensive if you buy them ready made—so make your own now that BBQ season is here! Serves 6-8: 4            large red peppers 3 tbsp   extra virgin olive oil 3 tbsp  …Read More

  • The Rare, The Unique and the Expensive

    by Nick Livermore

    There is a big difference between an artisan good and something of a very finite nature. Take coffee for instance. There are an endless number of coffee farms across the globe. Many tout to be small-batch, the greenest or the…Read More

  • Organic Restaurants in Your Neighborhood

    by Lauren Verini

    Nothing tastes better than a homemade meal made with love and created with fresh, high quality ingredients, and the meal tastes even better if you use produce from your own vegetable garden. While this is the ideal option, a close…Read More

  • Eco-Friendly Distillers Doing Their Part

    by Nick Livermore

    If we could turn back the hands on time and revise our 2012 trends, we would make just one change! Well, we wouldn’t because that’s cheating, but you get the idea. We identified that Green Buildings and LEED certification are…Read More

  • Baked Zucchini and Tomato

    by Sue Taggart

    This versatile vegetable dish is great with fish, chicken and lamb, or on it’s own! So simple to make and it looks very colorful on the table. Serves 2: 1 large zucchini washed and patted dry then cut into 1/4″…Read More

  • Color Your Plate Orange

    by Sue Taggart

    Orange is such a happy, vibrant spring color—it makes me smile! Orange food has the same effect. It looks great on the plate as well as delivering some tremendous health benefits. As I was shopping for this past weekend, I…Read More

  • A Cascadian Farm® Organic Picnic

    by Nick Livermore

    When we received a basket full of goodies from Cascadian Farm®, the Eco18 team immediately thought – picnic!! Well, lots of work and cold weather did not allow for us to have a grand adventure. We did, however, have an…Read More

  • Tomato and Vidalia Onion Quiche

    by Sue Taggart

    I really love quiche. So easy and so versatile, you can use all kinds of different fillings depending on what you have in the fridge, or what takes your fancy. A really good friend of mine in England use to…Read More

  • Black Bean Brownies

    by Trish Weese

    More and more these days you hear about “gluten free” diets. I hear about it, read about it sometimes…but never really gave it much thought. One day, I was searching for a black bean soup recipe online, and in the…Read More