Libby's Luncheonette

Looking to make something different for your Thanksgiving celebrations?  Don't miss spectacular sides, delightful crafts and good cheer.  And, you'll love leftovers the second time around with these creative ideas.  Then jump in the car and go to the destination Shady Brook Light Show.  

When disaster, crisis or other diruptors of our food system strike, how do farmers and communities respond?  Speaking with Henk Hobbelink of Grain.org we campare wester food systems with small scale global family farms in rural communities to learn more.  And find a grain for every culture, as we spek with Kelly Toups, the Oldways Director of Nutrition.   

Could what you eat affect how long you live or your risk for cardiovascular disease, and diabetes?  Don't miss answers that could change what you have for dinner with my conversations with Andrew  Julius  Wyrobek, Senior Staff Scientist; Medical Biophysics, Genetics, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, now retired, and Pediatric and Metabolic Registered Dietitian Debora Marie Geary Hook.

Halloween costumes, candy, trick or treating, parties and haunts and Halloween-themed foods, where did it all begin and what do our modern-day celebrations mean? As the darkness of Halloween surrounds us, Marnie Mills owner of Yoga in Sedona and Monsoon Nectar joins me to bring light to some of the darkest mysteries of Halloween. And cauldrons, bubbling brews and spells, good-witch Dannon Elderhil...

Crisp fall air, the cruch of leaves and th streets of West Chester.  Expolre fall comforts and what you need to know to pick, choose and carve your halloween pumpkins with co-host Marnie Mills ( Yoga in Sedona and Monsoon Nectar )  Recipe idea galore!  Don't miss the Fiorenza's Food for Friends West Chester Chili Cook-Off recap and 3rd place winning chili from WCHE 95.3 FM 's team.  

It's Chili season!   From the New York Times to the streets of uptown West Chester Pennsylvania, bold, flavorful, hearty chili is on the menu.   Co-host Marnie Mills (owner of Monsoon Nectar and Yoga in Sedona ) joins me to talk all things chili and support our WCHE 1520AM 95.3 FM team Barry D, Steve and Erick who will be competing in the Fiorenza's Food for Friends 2025 F4 West Chester Chili Cook...

If you love food, the 44th Annual Chester County Restaurant & Food Truck Festival is where you wanted to be.   To get a taste of food sun and fun, Marnie Mills ( Yoga In Sedona and Monsoon Nectar ), cohost and field reporter reports live from the streets of West Chester.   And later, a culinary trip to Poland takes center stage, …and if your looking for some instant fun, as they say, "just add wat...

The act of hunting and gathering food, ingredients and medicine seems so ancient, yet we still have to hunt and gather every day…or at least once a week when we do our weekly shopping.   For most people, finding aromatics like 🌿herbs and garlic, 🍄gathering mushrooms for a cacciatori, or 🍵selecting a tea for a scratchy throat…. is a drive to the local supermarket.   But for foragers, these ingre...

We think we are cooking healthy, but is our cookware be as clean as our food choices?  Learn what the differenc clean cookware can make and why it might make a difference.  And impressinve that the small community of Kennet Square Pennsylvania and the surrounding areas produces about half of the nation's mushrooms, you have to hear my conversation with Tim Page of Lmabert Spawn.  Have fun! If you...

Curious, learning or committed…experience the vegan lifestyle through two sisters celebration of Vegandale, Philadelphia. Music, art and innovative animal-free   foods came together, and vegans and non-vegans from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland and New York, Washington DC brought high vibes to the Philadelphia Navy Yard.   Experience the excitement, diversity and food through our Vegandale rec...

Don't miss Vegandale August 23, 2025 in Philadelphia!  Ticket available here . Alexandra Allred, first U.S. women's Olympic bobsled champion, 4th degree black belt and now author of Damaged Goods talks about air quality and health. And, Joan McGregor, Professor of Philosophy at Arizona State University explains how food choices reveal your ethics. And Tonya McNabb celebrates the flavors of Belize.

As I look back on my summer pictures…digging the garden and capturing the progress of the herbs I grew from seed…first the little sprig poking through the soil, their first leaves …all that growth just to get to their first harvest… Pictures of family together, the grilled veggies—zucchini, corn, onions, eggplant on the grill… That salad I made with the white peaches—blushed with rose colored ripe...

During the hot, sticky Dog Days of Summer, nothing cools you off better than a tall refreshing glass of iced tea. Black, green or herbal tea, Steve Smith reads the tea leaves for the best glass of iced tea. And, if you are waiting for the sun to go down along with the temperature outside, find out why some people are looking up to the sky instead.  Anthony Nicastro, Professor Emeritus at West Ches...

Hot, hot, hot…when it heats up, staying cool and hydrated is number one.  Water-slide back through summer memories with my sister and me, Marnie Mills, as we reminisce on how we stayed cool on hot summer days. How much water do you need? Test your water IQ and explore deliciously creative combinations for using peelings, trimmings, and fresh herbs for sugar-free tastes of citrus, apple, cucumbers,...

Looking for sustainable steps to celebrate 🌎 Earth Day everyday?   Let's Build a Healthy Earth Day Pantry!! Don't miss my conversations with Jessica Ball, RD with Eating Well Magazine and ✏️writer specializing on scrumptiously healthy meals on a budget 💵,  Milette Siler, RDN, LDN, CCMS (Certified Culinary Medicine Specialist), who has your personal how-to check list ✅for building an Earth Day P...

Celebrating the day brings attention to Cesar Chavez the American  labor leader and civil rights activist who co-founded the United Farm Workers (UFW) (formerly the National Farm Workers Association), and from box to plate National Crayon Day helps us color 🖍️our plates with a variety of delicious 🍎 foods 🥒and bring a close to National Nutrition Month, an annual campaign by the Academy of Nutrit...

Shhh!  😉 🍄 Long-time morel mushroom hunter and friend, John Argo, reveals family secrets to morel mushroom hunting.  Listen up first-timers or seasoned schroomers to tips for finding, cleaning, storage and cooking these mysteriously elusive fungi. 🍄 + 🐐🧀 = ⁉️ What can you make when morels is combine with goaty-great conversation—no kidding : ) at a goat farm with cheese making? Let your capri...

  Build your Agri-IQ!   Sustainability is not just local, it's global.  Green City Growers Chris Grallert is turning green spaces into our thriving future and shows how Agri-literacy will be a language you need to know. Discussing community gardens for refugee, preserving culture and narrowing community gaps, University of Michigan 's  Anthony Kolenic discusses a refugee Freedom Garden.  And, Fiel...

💰Put 40% more 💵money 💵in your pocket?  Easy!   Learn the three P's to quit putting 40% of your hard earned cash into the kitchen trash.🗑️ In the US, food waste accounts for 40% of every dollar earned.  If this doesn't make cents, get the waste-not strategies you need, it's as easy as 1, 2, 3!   ♻️My 3-Ps will get you started.  When food waste and hunger are happening in the same community, don'...

Get in on the action!   🌱Tedx talk presenter, Amazon best -selling author, award-winning innovator, educator and urban farmer…who wouldn't want Stephen Ritz as a keynote speaker?  No one knows better than Stephen how a seed, a classroom and serious enthusiasm can empower youth to better understand their curriculum, get excited about veggies and eat better!  🌱A small seed and tiny space can grow...

March is the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics' NNM  and this year's theme is Beyond the Table. From table talks, to who's at the table, what's on the table…here at Libby's Luncheonette we will be focusing on Sustainability.  What is it? How is  it shaping our local and global future? and What are easy actions that you can do—now. Food affects us all and is our future. You won't want to miss expl...

Your heart gives your 100,000 reasons to celebrate American Heart Month one beat at a time.  What we eat and how we stay active has a BIG role in taking care of this incredible organ!  This time of year, people as asking, "How can I eat heart healthy during American Heart Month and all year?" With prices on the rise and time always a premium, what better way to cook heart healthy than to have hear...

Check out my special Cheery Cherry Happy Birthday to my sister and celebrate National Cherry Month!  Discover Chester County's treasure Longwood Gardens in bloom with cherry blossoms with Anthony Aiello, Associate Director of Collections.  Tour one of the largest collection of heirloom stone fruit orchards with Andy Mariani, family farmer, contributing writer to the Oxford Encyclopedia of American...

Happy National Canned Food Month!!  And I'm celebrating in partnership with the Canned Food Alliance.   From field to processing plant, supermarket shelves to your table, you don't want to miss talking flavor, wholesomeness and sustainability with Brian Flood of Pacific Coast Producers, American cooking and eating trends and how canned foods can fit with Ellie Wilson Supermarket Registered Dietiti...

The Feast of Our Lady Guadalupe opens the kitchen door to Mexican history, culture, family and food. Tamales, pozole and arroz con leche-- these are just a few of the traditional Mexican foods served as part of the Feast of Our Lady Guadalupe celebrated December 12th.  Step into Hispanic family life, explore the ancient Mexican food culture including the Tamale, and learn the story of Our Lady Gua...