Back in 1987, a tiny corner restaurant opened on slanted West State Street in Athens, Ohio. It was different from the other eateries in Athens in one very important way: the cooks, dishwashers, servers and hostesses weren’t just hired help at Casa Nueva, they owned it as members of the Worker-Owned Restaurant Corporation. Were they […]
The Turquoise Room at La Posada
Celebrating Southwest Flavors Winslow, Arizona · By Gary Paul Nabhan When you leave the noonday heat of the Painted Desert and come into the cool, colorful halls of the historic La Posada Hotel in Winslow, Arizona, it sometimes feels as though you are going back in time. Designed by pioneering Southwest architect Mary Colter at […]
North House Folk School
Preserving History for a Better Future “North House Folk School was created to promote and preserve knowledge, skills, and crafts of the past and present, and through them, to better understand the future and our role in it. The mission of the North House Folk School is to enrich the lives of individuals and build […]
Hell’s Backbone Grill
Food as Meditation Boulder, Utah · By Rose Houk At dusk on a summer evening, honey-warm light shines from the expanse of windows in the large timber and tin-roofed building. Kids tumble on the lawn out front, and horses graze in lush green grass in the pasture. While people dine in shorts and t-shirts on […]