Use Local WA leeks featured this week to make this hearty vegetarian soup. It tastes even better when garnished with crispy fried leeks, or chopped bacon or ham! Serve in small bowls with multigrain crackers for a warming and welcoming appetizer course.

Since I won’t be baking with those outside of my household this season, I’m setting up a virtual cookie party with friends and family. I’m sending them the recipes and everyone will have their dough ready when the party begins….

DIY: Homebaked Gifts! Nothing says happy holiday quite like a homemade gift.

For each 5 lb. box you buy, The Food Co-op donates $1 to support Northwest Watershed Institute, the founder and coordinator of the Plant-A-Thon.

Our most elaborate traditional feast will need our patience and creativity this year. We must use our ingenuity to bring the spirit of the day to the table.

Caviar Anyone? Available now by special order in our meat department…

Who loves pie? Now you can have 21 savory and sweet recipes from local pie makers.

I want to put you in the mood for love — opening your heart to some root-zoned transcendence.

The Food Co-op offers small grants to qualifying, local nonprofits to grow our local food system and its impact.…

We’ve got some of our favorite soup recipes for you: Immunity Soup, Simple Pureed Soups, and Tortilla Soup!

Get to know your winter squash..

My green tomato investigation was an adventure, and now I know so much more about how to use green tomatoes. Read my summary here…

I did the family meals three times last week, each with a different theme and it relieved some day to day stresses so I could focus on other things.

Play by the Rules. Magic has rules and here are some good ones.

The last time I saw him was on 5 May 2010, when I was being inducted into the Cooperative Hall of Fame. I thought we’d have about 10-15 minutes with John, but he gave us over an hour, speaking about the South and his life working with cooperatives, sharing some of his stories about the Federation of Southern Cooperatives.

Savory hand pies are meals in themselves and good, warm or cold. Best of all, seasonal produce is what will make them shine. Our recipes feature gluten-free grain based doughs…

Classic American Potato Salad is a ritual food, because we eat it at certain times of year with other ritual summer foods…

The Food Co-op offers small grants to qualifying, local nonprofits…

Food Bank Farm & Gardens of Jefferson County has purchased and installed two freeze dryers at the Old Alcohol Plant in Port Hadlock, WA.