RECIPES: Vegan-ize Your Memorial Day BBQ
Whether you're a vegan yourself, are friends with one, or, like a lot of us, trying to eat more plant-based foods to support your health and the health of the planet, this may be the year to re-think the traditional Memorial Day BBQ. Let's be clear— this is not about...
RECIPES: Spring Veggies Are Here
There are lots of reasons to anxiously await the coming of spring. For us there's no better reason than the bounty of gorgeous fruits and veggies Mother Nature bestows on us at this time of year. Delicate ramps, tender and vibrant asparagus, seemingly impenetrable...
RECIPES: What to Make in Your Instant Pot
You have a slow cooker; do you really need an Instant Pot? The answer is...maybe. Depending on how you plan to use it, and for what. We are Instant Pot newbies, but have already had great success with a few dishes. What Instant Pots do REALLY well: Make legumes: They...
CHARITY OF THE MONTH: City of Glen Cove Youth Bureau
We are pleased to introduce you to our March Charity of the Month: Glen Cove Youth Bureau. Since 1981, the Bureau has been dedicated to providing a safe and welcoming environment to allow all youth, all families, and the entire community to achieve its potential. Each...
RECIPES: Valentine’s Day Desserts…No Refined Sugar!
If you've been trying to cut down on added sugars (yet you have a serious sweet tooth, like us!), you might wonder how you'll get through Valentine's Day. There are chocolates, and restaurant desserts, and the artificially colored-and-flavored-and high fructose corn...
Not So Sweet: The Truth About Sugar and Heart Disease
For years, the news on heart disease was all about saturated fat. Now, thanks in part to a 2014 study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), the focus has shifted off fat and onto another culprit: sugar. (As a side note, a recent...
Sip Soup for Weight Loss
January is National Soup Month! When it's cold outside, we tend to gravitate toward warm, comforting foods like pasta, stews, and the star of the show this month: soup! Low-calorie, high-fiber soups—especially those packed with vegetables and/or beans—are super...
Healthier Snacking for the Big Game
You're working hard to right the diet wrongs of 2017...why throw it all away with a game day menu packed with less-than ingredients that would never make the cut any other day? Here are a bunch of healthier, but equally delicious, options to share with friends and...
LOCAL FLAVOR: RT Speaks with The Piggery
With such a carefully curated meat department, we need to be super selective about which vendors we bring in to the store, and which products we feel will best serve our customers. The Piggery, based just a few hours north in Ithaca, NY, meets every single one of our...
RECIPES: Safe Food Dye Makes Holidays Bright
For many bakers, food coloring plays an important role in making holidays prettier, more festive and a lot more fun. If you hesitate to use commercial food coloring filled with artificial food dyes, you're in good company; consumer watchdog CSPI says artificial food...