Went to the store today with two things on my mind: Buying necessities before the predicted snowstorm. Buying extravagances for Christmas baking. I went at about 2 p.m., one of the luxuries that self-employment allows, and was startled to find the store full of other people shopping. The nerve! Anyway, the trip was a success, [...]
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‘Report’ examines the way people eat
December 7th, 2007 · No Comments · Food selection, General, Healthy eating
A friend sent me a link today to a slide show on the Time magazine website, and that link led me to discover a whole “special report” on The Way We Eat. It’s worth reading, and the slide show of families’ food around the world is worth watching. (It’s from Peter Menzel’s book Hungry Planet: [...]
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Oh, nuts; holiday crush has begun
December 2nd, 2007 · 1 Comment · General, recipes
A look at the newspapers this weekend—and attendance at my first holiday event—tells me I should be talking about holiday foods here. I’m not sure I’m entirely in the mood, but maybe some holiday-ish cooking will bring me around. To that end, I offer up for your consideration a tried-and-true, easy and delicious (albeit a [...]
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Cookbooks sale (and me) at KC library
November 29th, 2007 · No Comments · General
If you live in the KC area and are near the Plaza on Saturday (Dec. 1), stop by the Kansas City Public Library’s Plaza branch at 4801 Main Street (telephone 816-701-3481) for the friends organization’s first fund-raising cookbook sale. The sale runs 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and a reception at 1:30 precedes my talk [...]
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Selling out?
November 20th, 2007 · 4 Comments · General
As you may have noticed, I have Amazon ads on this blog, but I’m pretty ambivalent about them. On the plus side, they’re a convenient way to tell people about products I like or discuss, and they have the potential to throw off a little income to compensate me for the time and expense I [...]
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Announcement: I’m an Ethicurean
November 16th, 2007 · 2 Comments · General
I’m the proud wearer of an Ethicurean virtual apron. Ethicurean.com, in case you’ve missed it, is a blog operated by Bonnie Azab Powell, whom I’ve met only online but who I can tell is clearly a person of Significant Energy. Several people contribute blog entries to Ethicurean.com. I’m very pleased to be included in their [...]
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