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The U.S. House passes a farm bill that keeps things pretty much the same where the big bucks are concerned, while throwing a few bones in the direction of people wanting a bill that promotes a safer and healthier diet.
Some American companies are starting to charge fat people more for [...]
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Warm, then cold, then wet spring weather destroyed most of the fruits here in eastern Kansas, as well as across Missouri, into Kentucky and parts beyond. Now, we have no raspberries, and I miss them. I’m already missing the apples I should be getting in the fall.
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Everybody seems to have a few summer food favorites. Mine include cantaloupe, tomatoes, ratatouille, Nicoise salad. What are yours?
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I haven’t posted for a little while as I’ve been involved with funeral arrangements and the like after a relative’s death. I thought I’d take a moment to thank the friends who have made sure I stayed well fed.
The cooks
Maxine would place high in anybody’s healthy-cooking contest. She keeps bountiful quantities of fresh fruit and [...]
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I’m fascinated by Mark Bittman’s Summer Express: 101 Simple Meals Ready in 10 Minutes or Less, which appeared earlier this week in the NY Times.
The Times’ primary audience, of course, is New Yorkers, but I nevertheless couldn’t help but read Bittman’s list in the context of a midcontinent denizen. About 35 percent of his meals, [...]
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In search of better food than I’d been feeding myself the last couple of days, I pulled from my refrigerator a bag of gorgeous green beans and another of new potatoes, all from my CSA bag. Then I threw together an entirely satisfactory salad. I suspect it’s also entirely unoriginal, since developing recipes really isn’t [...]
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