No doubt everybody thinks this blog is just about perfect, and that’s why they didn’t say anything in my call for suggestions. That means Joanne Seiff, who offered the only suggestion, is the winner of my now out-of-print cookbook, Recipes Worth Sharing. (I have no idea why anyone is offering to sell these for the [...]
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Do you fear cooking? Admire it, perhaps—but shrink from the stove like a vampire from garlic? Well, pots and pans be praised! I’m here to say you can do it. Not only that, but doing it will make the world a better place. Really. You can do it If you’re reading this, you can read [...]
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Finally! Some good news on the food front: Red wine makes you live longer. Sort of. (OK, it’s not the wine but something in it, but why be picky?) Also in the news: socializing delays dementia. Probably, anyway. (Sometimes I wish these scientific studies were more definitive.) Put these two together, and you get wine [...]
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I went to the kitchen last night thinking I’d make myself a big, spring salad of spinach and I forget what else. Instead, I saw that in addition to all the good green spring stuff in my refrigerator I had some freshly thawed local, grass-fed and grass-finished ground beef from MJ Ranch. My plans changed. [...]
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Anybody who’s lived with me knows I love my popcorn—stovetop version, thanks, butter strictly optional. Well, I’m happy to announce that this habit bodes well for my good health. The Journal of the American Dietetic Association, in its May edition, reports, “People who eat popcorn have an approximately 250 percent higher daily intake of whole [...]
This week’s Rolling Prairie Farmer’s Alliance distribution included a big bag of mesclun. Oh, it’s pretty stuff, all those little bright green leaves with touches of purple and red here and there. It’s grown here by the Wakarusa Valley Farm (which finally has a website; yea!). But you may wonder what to do with it. [...]
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