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Community Profile: Tony Sapia
The smell of baking bread and the clatter of bakers working in the kitchen creep up to the still empty, sunlit front room of the Gemelli Bakers, where owner Anthony Sapia drinks his morning coffee on a wooden stool.
“I say I’ve been retired since I was 26 because I wake up with the same question as a retired person. What am I going to do today? If I want to watch birds I watch birds, if I want to drink 10 cups of coffee I drink 10 cups of coffee,” Sapia said, lifting his cup.
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Posted by Jessica Illuzzi on 11/15, 2012 at 09:52 PM
The State of Local Food at the Harvest Fest
Mount Nittany Winery was a busy place last Saturday as guests enjoyed the annual Harvest Fest. The main room was packed full of people moving from one table to another, sampling and purchasing local foods and beverages.
The festival is hosted by the winery each year and features local vendors selling cheese, honey, salsa, pumpkins, and even soap. Many of the vendors in attendance said they have been unaffected by any problems with the economy.
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Posted by Jessica Illuzzi on 10/25, 2012 at 03:31 PM
Plow to Plate Harvest Festival
Guests of the first annual Plow to Plate Harvest Festival on Wednesday, October 10th enjoyed seasonal dishes and fall-inspired decorations at Mount Nittany Winery in Centre Hall.
More than 25 vendors from the Boalsburg Farmers Market supplied produce to the region’s best restaurant chefs, who prepared delicious dishes for guests to sample. The festival was organized to thank community members, customers, and vendors of the market for their support throughout the year.
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Posted by Jessica Illuzzi on 10/18, 2012 at 02:09 PM
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Seasonal Recipes
- At the Dinner Table with French Penn State Graduate Student Sandra Rosseau
- Recipe: Spinach salad with bacon and smoked cheese
- Hearty Chorizo, Kale and Potato Soup
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Food Stories from NPR
Nutrition Group Says Chocolate Milk Is OK, No Need For Aspartame
May 21, 2013
The nation's largest group of nutritionists is urging the FDA to reject the dairy industry's petition to change the definition of milk. The petition aims to allow aspartame or other alternatives to be used to sweeten milk in an effort to boost consumption in schools.
African Cities Test The Limits Of Living With Livestock
May 21, 2013
Hipsters may just be discovering the joys of backyard chickens, but in African megacities, people have been bringing their animals into the slums with them for decades. That's creating a new ecosystem of animals and huge numbers of people living closely together like never before.
Vertical 'Pinkhouses:' The Future Of Urban Farming?
May 21, 2013
Architects have come up with spectacular concepts for vertical farms that would grow crops in city skyscrapers. But many horticulturists think the future of vertical farming isn't in skyscrapers, but rather in large, indoor warehouses lit up magenta by superefficient LEDs.
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