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In the prequel, I mentioned I thought I’d pickle the extra okra I had in my CSA bag. Well, today, I did it. Maybe.
First I read recipes, none of which, you’ll be shocked to know, was designed to make one half-pint of pickled okra. The recipes also puzzled me a little. Some recommended celery seed. [...]

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When I picked up my bag from the Rolling Prairie Farmers Alliance this week, I scored a couple of real treats—okra and raspberries—along with the unsurprising (and always welcome) tomatoes and green peppers and “salad mix” (mesclun), a sign of the changing season.

I was very excited about the raspberries. I didn’t expect to get any [...]

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Been thinking about foodperson.com all weekend. Wasn’t happy with that last post about the fruits and vegetables. You could have read it anywhere.
Here’s the problem: Due to my long newspaper experience it’s sometimes easier when writing here to fall into general-interest-newspaper mode than into blogger mode, which by its nature is best when there’s a [...]

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So you know you’re supposed to eat more fruits and vegetables, but even folks who have good food consciousness sometimes say it’s hard to do. People, eating five servings of fruits and vegetables is easy, at least as long as you have breakfast.
Here is my handy guide to five fruits and vegetables a day in [...]

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Maybe most people really do want to eat healthier after all. That’s at least one conclusion you could draw from the Hannaford grocery chain’s year-long nutrition labeling experiment recounted in today’s New York Times.
I have to admit I’m surprised, but maybe that’s because I’ve been paying attention to nutrition information for a long time. I’ve [...]

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If you love and make pesto—more than you can use at one meal—you know that storing it can pose problems. The miracle of zipper-lock plastic bags comes to the rescue.

Here’s how it works: Put your pesto in a bag (I use a jar funnel to ease the task) and flatten it out to remove the [...]

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