Most of us think of food when we think about herbs. Folly Delgado thinks of medicine. Delgado, a volunteer for Gather New Haven and coordinator for the Clinton Avenue School garden, recently spoke at the Fair Haven Branch library about herbal remedies for common ailments, often holding up or passing around herbs from an inviting […]
Tag Archives: Edge of the Woods
Bringing It
With foot traffic dried up, local businesses are increasingly willing to meet customers more than halfway. (more…)
Hot and Cold
It’s beginning to feel a lot like winter. Yesterday we got dusted like a fancy old-fashioned dessert (see above). Today’s forecast is in the 20s and teens, feeling lower thanks to wind gusts up to 40 (more…)
Peas and Love
Eric Triffin is such a suit. Today he’s dressed like a pea pod, and he’s carrying a few actual snap peas for good measure. Peel away the pea getup and you’ll find a still-eccentric look: bright Hawaiian shirt and tie-dyed socks, with various accessories including a peace sign hanging from his neck. Triffin tends to […]
Making Moves
Change, it comes. Orangeside Luncheonette is now on Temple Street, opposite Criterion Cinemas. It’s still called Orangeside, even though it’s not on Orange Street anymore. Does anyone mind? The (more…)
Into the Woods
There are certain items the health-conscious may seek out on a regular basis—quinoa, for example—which can be slightly difficult to find in your mainstream grocery store. Then there’s Edge of the Woods, a market on Whalley Avenue in New Haven, where you’d be hard pressed to miss the quinoa. There are shelves of it. The […]
Have Bread? Will Travel
My family’s oven had broken down, and we had to wait more than a week for the replacement parts to arrive. I was crestfallen. I bake virtually all the family’s bread. Year-round. Even if it means cranking up the oven on a hot afternoon in the middle of summer. (more…)
Cool It!
After a tepid winter and long spring, summer is here with a vengeance. (In fact, 2012 is shaping up to be the hottest on record.) Here are ten Elm-centric ways to beat the heat: 1. A pitcher of Russian Caravan tea blend bought at Willoughby’s, brewed strong then cooled and iced. The tea, a mix […]
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