Can Organic Agriculture Feed The World? Cooking Up a Story For supporters of our industrial agriculture system — the mistaken belief there's no other way to feed the world. The post Can O...
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Beekeeping Basics- Beehive Placement -Mobile Minute Cooking Up a Story Where are the best places to locate a beehive in your backyard? The post Beekeeping Basics- Beehive Placement -Mobile ...
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How the Cows Led the Way and Saved the Farm – Mobile Minute Cooking Up a Story It's a remarkable personal story of triumph and perseverance in the face of dire circumstances. The post How...
Hash + Escape = Hashcapades – Mobile Minute Cooking Up a Story Hash and its gregarious companion— hashcapades— are a joyous romp and a satisfying culinary adventure. The post Hash + E...
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A Chocolatier’s Story – Alma’s Chocolate – Mobile Minute Cooking Up a Story It’s an unusual story. A chocolatier who makes religious icons out of rich, dense chocolate. And the resu...
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How to Make Fresh Chocolate Cream Pie – Mobile Minute Cooking Up a Story Kate McMillen of Lauretta Jean’s demonstrates how to make chocolate cream pie using fresh made dough and a filling...
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little t american baker Cooking Up a Story Tim Healea, renowned for the quality of the breads that he makes at his Little t American Baker shop in Portland, Oregon, said he never dreamed he�...
Alan Kapuler – Scientist, Organic Seed Breeder and Modern Artist Cooking Up a Story There’s another side to Alan Mushroom Kapuler that may surprise you. He’s also a modern artist who ha...
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Growing Winter Vegetables – Mobile Minute Cooking Up a Story Winter is a challenge for farmers who grow during this season. It also can have it’s rewards in the form of extra sweetness. S...
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Expert Beef Breakdown Workshop- Butchering a Forequarter Cow Cooking Up a Story This video of a 2-hour beef butchery workshop is intended for those interested in learning how to butcher a cow...
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How to Make Irish Coffee Drink – Mobile Minute Cooking Up a Story In this mobile minute, bartender David Shenaut, from Raven and Rose, demonstrates how to make his version of an Irish Coffe...
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The BBQ Jones Letter Cooking Up a Story The idea for the documentary began with this letter that Scott Jones reads in this video. The post The BBQ Jones Letter was originally published on ...
The BBQ Jones Motivation – Why? Cooking Up a Story The BBQc Jones "Why" clip above offers a tiny window into this mysterious world and what some competitors say about what motivates them to...
The BBQ Jones Trailer Cooking Up a Story This is the trailer for The BBQ Jones documentary, focus on Scott Jones and his quest to win in championship barbecue. The yet to be finished document...
The Myth of the Self Made Man Cooking Up a Story The Republican National Convention theme "We Built It" is a beautifully crafted slogan; if it only provided the full story. Joel Berg discusse...
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How to Pot Up Tomatoes (video) Cooking Up a Story Avid gardner Jean Ann Van Krevelen show us how to pot up tomatoes to produce healthier and stronger tomato plants. She also explains why it's...
Garden Trellis Ideas for Tomatoes and Other Crops Cooking Up a Story Here are some seasoned garden trellis ideas to enable your plants to climb as they grow, and to provide the necessary supp...
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Raising Backyard Chickens (video) Cooking Up a Story Naomi Montacre, co-founder of Naomi's Organic, shares some of her expert knowledge on raising backyard chickens. The post Raising Backya...
Organic Dairyman – The Farmer (video) Cooking Up a Story Jon Bansen believes that since he converted his farm over to being organic and sustainable, he's becomes a much better farmer. The...
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Artisan Cheese on the Farm (video) Cooking Up a Story This story is about an artisan cheese producer who raises goats on her farm, and produces cheeses from the goats milk. The post Artisan...
Commercial Composting: Why One Restaurant Recycles (video) Cooking Up a Story One restaurant chooses to participate in a city-wide recycling program, turning food waste into reusable garden c...
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Organic Dairyman- Part 1: A Family Tradition (video) Cooking Up a Story There is an unique rhythm to life in being a dairy farmer. Jon Bansen, a third generation farmer, it was his grandfathe...
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Joan Dye Gussow Extended Interviews with a Food Pioneer Cooking Up a Story Extended interviews with Joan Dye Gussow, one of the true pioneers and visionaries in the food movement from previou...
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An Urban Goat Farmer Makes Decorative Goat Pillows Cooking Up a Story Nancy Arcement talks about her goats, both the real ones she and her husband (Ed) raise and the decorative goat pillows s...
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Tranquility on an Urban Homestead Cooking Up a Story How do cats, a rabbit, a flock of chickens and a nest of honeybees all get along in an enclosed backyard? Urban homesteader Charlyn Ellis,...
Happy Cow Creamery Cooking Up a Story This short video is the story of farmer Tom Trantham and how his on-farm Happy Cow Creamery and bottling plant got built in 2002. The post Happy Cow Cr...
A Closer Look at GMOs with Alan Kapuler – video Cooking Up a Story In this video, molecular biologist and organic public domain plant breeder, Alan Kapuler shares his personal views on GMOs...
Preserving Ancient Grains: A Farmer’s Tale Cooking Up a Story Anthony Boutard, of Ayers Creek Farm, shows us some of the ancient grains (wheat) that he grows on his organic farm. The post...
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How to Can Marinated Red Peppers (video + recipe) Cooking Up a Story Marisa McClellan, of Food In Jars, shows us how to can marinated red peppers. These red peppers are great in sandwiches, s...
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Tree Hive Bees- Scientific Research to Save the Honeybees Cooking Up a Story In an effort to save the honeybees, a veteran researcher, Lynn Royce, looks at tree hive bees to uncover the clues...
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Alan Kapuler: Kinship Garden and Greenhouse Tour Cooking Up a Story Research scientist and public domain plant breeder, Alan Kapuler, takes us on a tour of his greenhouse, he refers to as Kin...
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Marisa McClellan: More About the Canning Process (video) Cooking Up a Story Marisa McClellan, of Food In Jars, talks about the canning process. High acid foods & the purpose of adding sugar. ...
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Eggs 101: What Do Those Confusing Labels Mean? Cooking Up a Story What do those labels and third-part certifications on egg cartons really mean? All-natural, cage-free and pasture raised. An ...
Farm Your Yard Kitchen Garden Tour Cooking Up a Story The Farm Your Yard Kitchen Garden Tour showcases 3 urban farms that grow a wide diversity of food crops in a town near Portland, Oregon. ...
A Lavender Farm in Full Bloom – video Cooking Up a Story The Woodland Lavender Farm in Yamhill, Oregon contains an acre of lavender, grown for their oils and flower display. It's an amazing...
Temple Grandin: Humane Treatment of Livestock (video) Cooking Up a Story Dr. Grandin talks about her approach to helping livestock handling facilities become more effective and humane. The ...
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An Interview with Katrina Blair: The Wild Wisdom of Weeds Cooking Up a Story An interview with Katrina Blair, author of The Wild Wisdom of Weeds talks about the 13 wild weeds she says are ess...
Starting a Recreational Marijuana Business: CannaMan Farms Cooking Up a Story We visit with one entrepreneur’s emerging marijuana business, CannaMan Farms, to glimpse first-hand a new...
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Running a Small Scale Dairy Farm Cooking Up a Story Gianaclis Caldwell, cheesemaker and author of The Small Scale Dairy and Mastering Artisan Cheesemaking talks about running a small scale da...
Profile of an Urban Homesteader Cooking Up a Story Charlyn Ellis talks about her 21st Street Urban Homestead in Corvallis, Oregon and the ways she increases her self-sufficient food lifest...
Documentary Stories Playlist Cooking Up a Story This documentary stories playlist contains some of our popular videos from the Cooking Up a Story library. The post Documentary Stories Playl...
The Mushroom Hunters: An Interview with Langdon Cook Cooking Up a Story In this interview with Langdon Cook, author of The Mushroom Hunters, we discuss his book and his first-hand encounters ...
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Culinary Breeding Network: Variety Showcase Cooking Up a Story At The Culinary Breeding Network showcase event in Portland, we sample an exotic array of fresh vegetable varieties and learn mo...
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Preserving Endangered Heritage Breeds of Livestock Cooking Up a Story Boondockers Farm is a working farm dedicated to protecting rare species of heritage livestock and heirloom vegetable seed...
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The Gaza Kitchen – An Interview with Laila El-Haddad Cooking Up a Story The Gaza Kitchen, a cookbook celebrating the life and recipes of a remarkable Palestinian people living under harsh p...
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The Road Ahead For Cooking Up a Story Cooking Up a Story As we begin the new year, Rebecca and I are excited for some of the changes on Cooking Up a Story for 2015 that we would like to share...
Squid Ink Pasta Recipe Cooking Up a Story When Toro first opened, a purveyor brought me an Italian anchovy syrup called colatura, which is basically a fish sauce made in Italy that’s simila...
Toro Bravo: a Cookbook Potluck Dinner Party Cooking Up a Story Friends get together in Portland, Oregon for a cookbook potluck, sharing recipes from the Toro Bravo cookbook of Spanish inspire...
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Bacon-Wrapped Dates Recipe Cooking Up a Story The first time I had bacon-wrapped dates was in Barcelona, where they were stuffed with cheese. At Toro, we wrap dates in bacon, iron the bacon j...
Featuring Ayers Creek Farm Organic Preserves Cooking Up a Story A great preserve faithfully captures the essence of the fruit and magnifies its flavor. Organic farmers Anthony and Carol Bouta...
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What the heck is mead? Cooking Up a Story I was on a personal quest to find out about mead. I began to see tastings and classes pop-up. I knew it was an ancient beverage made from honey - but...
Debbie Dean-the Artist Cooking Up a Story Cooking Up a Story introduces its new online store with a story about Debbie Dean, one of the exciting artisans whose products they are now featuring...
The Annual Verboort Sausage Dinner Event: Making Sauerkraut Cooking Up a Story These are behind the scenes images from the upcoming Verboort Dinner that draws scores of people to this unusual...
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Pumpkin Popper Photos From Old Halloween Fun Cooking Up a Story Farmer Don Wachlin of Schlichting Farms was quite a character. In October of 2010 around the halloween season, we filmed one la...
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How to Roast Chestnuts Cooking Up a Story Cut a small opening in the raw chestnut skin, roast, peel, and eat! Chestnut season runs between October and December so you’ll find organic farmer...
A Low-Tech Organic Chestnut Farmer – video Cooking Up a Story For chestnut farmer Chris Foster, providing his community high quality, organic chestnuts with lesser impact on the environment...
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The Remarkable World of Winter Squash and Pumpkins Cooking Up a Story Farmer Vicki Hertel knows her pumpkins. She offers great information about how to cook them, bake with them and also shar...
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How to Make Chile Rellenos (video) Cooking Up a Story Gloria Vargas demonstrates how to make chile rellenos using Anaheim peppers, which often have a nice ‘kick’ of heat. The post How t...
Creating a Pesticide Free Neighborhood Cooking Up a Story Mulysa Melco seeks to transform her Portland Overlook neighborhood into a pesticide free neighborhood zone to protect the health of h...
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How to Hold a Chef’s Knife Cooking Up a Story Chef Melinda Casady, co-founder of Portland's Culinary Workshop, demonstrates how to properly hold a 10 inch chef knife for safety and ease of ...
From the Film Vault on YouTube-Tons Of Tasty Tomatoes Cooking Up a Story From the film vault, a story about the Portland Tomato Festival that draws growers from around the area to compete. ...
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An Evening with Sandor Katz: Fermentation, Beer and Q & A Cooking Up a Story Author and fermentation guru, Sandor Katz, kicked off the 4th Annual Portland Fermentation Festival with a sh...
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An Urban Homestead Tour with Justin Tiret Cooking Up a Story This video tour of an urban homestead with Justin Tiret shows us his farm in Portland, Oregon. Tiret is able to grow and raise muc...
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How to Make Honey-Sweetened Apricot Lavender Butter Cooking Up a Story In this video, Marisa McClellan—from her new book Preserving By the Pint— demonstrates how to make a apricot lavende...
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Our Growing Collection of Wine Videos Cooking Up a Story An ongoing library of CUPS videos featuring local artisan wine producers and growers. The post Our Growing Collection of Wine Videos...
Frikeh, Freekeh, Fereek: Green Wheat Wonder (video) Cooking Up a Story Frikeh is a middle-eastern dish made from immature (green) wheat whose natural development is permanently arrested by a ...
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How to Make Sorrel Soup Cooking Up a Story Culinary educator and food activist, Michele Knaus, demonstrates how to make a homemade Sorrel Soup from sorrel gathered from her own backyard garde...
Wes Jackson Speaks Out for Sustainability Cooking Up a Story This is a speech that Wes Jackson, president and founder of the Land Institute, gave at The Monterey Aquarium’s 2009 Cooking For...
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The Third Plate: Interview With Dan Barber Cooking Up a Story In this interview with Dan Barber, we talk about his book, The Third Plate, his passion for sourcing the finest ingredients, sust...
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Traditional Dip Net Fishing: The Yakama Nation Tribe Cooking Up a Story Scott Spino, a Yakama Nation tribal member explains the importance of the Klickitat River and fishing as providing both...
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Designing Modular Garden Blocks For Raised Beds Cooking Up a Story it was a MBA course assignment that inspired them to create a set of interlocking garden blocks to make a raised garden bed....
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How to Make Small Batch Strawberry Jam (video) Cooking Up a Story Marge Braker, a retired home economics teacher, demonstrates how to make small batch strawberry jam using fresh strawberries,...
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Transplanting Vegetable Starts for Your Garden Cooking Up a Story Weston Miller, Oregon State University’s Community and Urban Horticulturist, demonstrates best practices for transplanting ...
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Copper River Salmon In Cordova, Alaska Cooking Up a Story Bill Webber and Bill Bailey are two longtime residents of Cordova, Alaska, whose livelihoods and way of life revolve around the Coppe...
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Counting Copper River Salmon at Childs Glacier Cooking Up a Story The returning Copper River salmon are counted at the Childs Glacier monitoring station as they complete their ocean migration...
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Ways to Extend the Growing Season in Your Garden Cooking Up a Story OSU's Community and Urban Horticulturist, Weston Miller, demonstrate ways to extend the growing season by planting earlier,...
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The Art of Fermentation: Sandor Katz Interview Cooking Up a Story In this video interview with noted author Sandor Katz, he talks about his latest book, The Art of Fermentation, and his passi...
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Transplant and Direct Seed Methods For Growing Early Season Vegetables Cooking Up a Story Oregon State University Extension Service Urban horticulturist Weston Miller, demonstrates two method...
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Annual Fermentation Festival Opens Up the World of Ferments Cooking Up a Story The Portland fermentation festival offers beginners the experience to taste first-hand a variety of fermented fo...
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Sourdough Starter: An Old Family Treasure Cooking Up a Story This sourdough starter has quite the story; it’s been passed down through the family for over 70 years. The post Sourdough Sta...
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How to Make Authentic East Coast Bagels (video) Cooking Up a Story Nicole Rees and Lisa Bell, demonstrate how to make authentic, East Coast bagels from basic ingredients. Give this recipe a t...
Choosing the Right Garden Tools for Your Vegetable Garden (video) Cooking Up a Story For those with little direct gardening experience, this introductory video will help you choose the right ...
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Trash Fish: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner Cooking Up a Story 4 top chefs team up as part of a national Chefs Collaborative fundraising effort to raise public awareness of overfishing, and cr...
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Why Eating Trash Fish is Good for Eaters, Fishermen, and Ocean Fish Cooking Up a Story Trash fish, or commercial bycatch, has far less value than targeted fish because their demand and recogn...
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12 Garden Planning Tips to Maximize the Growing Season – video Cooking Up a Story Weston Miller, an OSU Extension Service Community and Urban Horticulturist, shares 12 garden planning tips ...
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Pastured Pig to Plate: The BBQ Pork Roast Celebration Cooking Up a Story Kathleen Bauer hosts a celebration BBQ pork roast dinner to honor the life of Roger the pig, and to thank those who we...
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Pastured Pig to Plate: Butchering the Pig Cooking Up a Story Kathleen Bauer describes Roger's humane pastured pig slaughter, butchering the pig is the next step when the carcass is delivered ...
Pastured Pig to Farm: The Farm Cooking Up a Story After agreeing to purchase part of a pig from Clare Carver of Big Table Farm, food writer, Kathleen Bauer became involved in the whole farm t...
Twice Baked Irish Potatoes with Stout Onions and Kale (video) Cooking Up a Story Ivy Manning demonstrates how to create a wonderful Irish potatoes dish using kale, a winter-time favorite crop...
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Copper River Salmon, the Art of Fermentation, Pumpkins Cooking Up a Story A preview of upcoming episodes of Food Farmer Earth: Copper River Sockeye Salmon, the art of Fermentation, and pumpki...
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Trash Fish, Eggs 101, an Organic Chestnut Farmer: Previews Cooking Up a Story Upcoming episodes of Food Farmer Earth on Cooking Up a Story. Trash fish, learning what egg labels mean, and prof...
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From the Farmer’s Field: Lacinato Kale (video) Cooking Up a Story In an effort to learn where our food comes from, cookbook author Ivy Manning visits a local farm to find out more about Lac...
Visit to an Elk Farm, New York Style Bagels, a Food Writer and Her Pig, Roger: Previews Cooking Up a Story Upcoming episodes: A visit to an elk farm. 2 bakers make their own East Coast style ...
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Food Swap! (video) Cooking Up a Story A fun way of building a local food community - getting together with others for a food swap! The post Food Swap! (video) was originally published on C...
Community Egg Co-op (video) Cooking Up a Story An unusual situation resulted in a community coming together to care for a flock of chickens. The post Community Egg Co-op (video) was origin...
Seed Art (video) Cooking Up a Story Cathy Camper, a local Portland artist, makes interpretive portraits and images of nature from seeds. The post Seed Art (video) was originally published ...
How to Make a Homemade Pie Crust (video) Cooking Up a Story Catherine Schon, of Sassafras Catering, demonstrates how to make a homemade pie crust. The post How to Make a Homemade Pie Crust ...
Eau De Vie Pear Brandy: A Personal Quest (video) Cooking Up a Story Eau De Vie, the French word meaning "water of life", is a spirited drink produced from the distillates of fermented and mas...
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Among Largest Remaining American Chestnut Trees in North America Cooking Up a Story Organic chestnut farmer, Chris Foster of Cascadia Chestnuts in Portland, Oregon shares his first-hand knowl...
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The Farm Harvest Crop Picker Designed for Comfort Cooking Up a Story Normally, picking beans, strawberries, and pickling cucumbers by hand is demanding work. With this unusual device, that jo...
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