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Taking the Garden Inside

Posted by Jamie Written by Tim Fetter, CEC, General Manager, Highmark Pittsburgh  With the popularity of “urban gardening,” many chefs are preparing plans to begin

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Honey from the hives

The Buzz on Bees

Posted by Jamie Written by Mark Hubbard, Executive Chef at Highmark Senate Plaza  There’s a buzz coming from more and more backyards in Pennsylvania, and it’s

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Jamie's Home Garden

Garden Primer

Spring is right around the corner, so we decided to put together a class to get everyone excited about growing food. Our friends over at Grow Pittsburgh, an urban agriculture nonprofit, put together a class that was held at our office in Pittsburgh on February 19, 2013.

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Farm Tour – Yarnick’s

One of the coolest things about summer is having the opportunity to eat a variety of local vegetables. Who doesn’t love corn on the cob in the dog days of summer? Well, our visit with the Yarnick’s on September 5th started off with eating freshly picked raw corn.

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Canning Tomatoes

Some of you might know that I enjoy cooking. I canned some tomatoes at my house, but I actually taught a canning class for members of Slow Food PGH, which I think is a little more exciting.

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