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This Month’s Specials

We feature 100s of items on sale every month in our flier. See what’s on sale this month.

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What’s Cooking

25+ years of recipe archives from our newsletter

S3: Simplest Squash Soup My wife makes a pot of this probably 3-4 times a month all during the…

Florentine Lace Cookies Florentines, a.k.a. “Lace Cookies,” are my favorite unhealthy sweet. Meltingly crisp with just a hint of…

Crimson Cranberry Cobbler This is a very easy – even foolproof – dessert for your holiday table. And…

1 Oven / 2 Sheet Pans When the weather starts to get colder, on Sunday nights, I load two sheet pans…

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A Healthy Dose

Adaptogenic Herbs (and Common Sense) to Survive the Holiday Season Let’s start with one true thing: the real holistic approach to intense stress isn’t to…

In Praise of Herbal Antivirals ‘Tis the season when our beloved customers descend upon us in droves, asking after herbs…

Herbs Against Acne (2024 edition) We cover this same topic every decade, but it’s always new, because there’s always a…

Bergamot & Artichoke for Cholesterol Bergamot is a citrus tree, native to Italy. Its fruit is green and wrinkly and…

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Staff Picks

Three Twins ice cream novelties | Dave C. “I’m excited about these new organic sundae cones and ice cream sandwiches from Three Twins…

Big Spoon Roasters Pistachio Crunch Butter Likes “This is an almond butter with pistachio chunks in it. It’s a G.O.A.T. food. That means…

Ruby recommends: Organic Bulk Dried Jaq Fruit: “It has a really interesting taste, it tastes almost caramel-y to me, like a cross…

Rakhi Recommends: Sunrise Energy Bites “They’re a very good breakfast, they’re also a snack… no, I don’t have them for…

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Of Note

WHAT IS A HEALTH FOOD STORE (IN 2024)?

When my mother opened Debra’s Natural Gourmet in 1989, “Health Food Store” was code for “No chocolate, gluey spaghetti, bitter fake meats, joyless Halloween, and weird birthday cake probably made”.