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Happy Belated Birthday, Bobby Burns, January 23, 2011. Haggis for all.
Happy Belated Birthday, Bobby Burns, January 23, 2011 Last night I went to a gala Bobby Burns birthday party. His 215th I believe. The hosts, Jane and David Cates, throw this shindig every year, complete with much Scotch whiskey toasting, David plays the top half of the bag pipes, and Jane co...
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Sunday Cooks to get you through the work week: Recipe: Mama’s Beef Pot Roast and Roasted Root Vegetables Redux
When I was a child, my mother made pot roast for dinner every Sunday. Made in a big blue roasting pan and surrounded with carefully scraped carrots, potatoes and onions. There was no garlic (unheard of), no parsley or mushrooms (ditto), and no fancified vegetables like parsnips. It was jus...
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Bottoms Up Friday, and the damn snow is back. Again.
Bottoms Up Friday, and the damn snow is back. Again. On with the snow boots, button up the coat, out into the cold to shovel yet again. But after this ghastly deed, I’m taking my lead from Anthony Bourdain, whose new tell-all book Medium Raw, (ecco, Harper Collins 2011)about the food bu...
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A Crack of Light Under The Door: Walmart Moves To Healthy Products
While Walmart issued its latest “5 Year Plan” edict, those of us interested in sustainable foods, take a wait and see attitude towards their good-for-you plans. We usually think of countries like the U.S.S.R., China, and Argentina, with sweeping “5 year plans”, but Walmart just keeps co...
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recipe: Warming Winter Cannellini Soup with Kielbasa and Kale
Just the sort of soup Italian Grandmothers kept on the back burner for cold and hungry children, this is a recipe that tastes good the first day, even better the days after. Our friend Gene, served a version of this soup as the centerpiece to a dinner party that included 18 people and four hun...
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Resveratrol Benefits Questioned
Questions Rise Over Anti-Aging Drugs Does red wine, with its natural resveratrol contribute to anti-aging? What about creating supplements named "resveratrol"? Doubts grow over resveratrol and other compounds under development at the GSK company. Earlier this year, a group at Pfizer p...
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So How Do You Make Clean Water?
Cleaning Your Tap Water of Toxins Has Toxic Consequences by: A.K. Streeter, Tree Hugger, Alternet January 14, 2011 In replacing chlorine as a disinfectant in drinking water, we now have something turning out to pose possibly more serious health risks. This recent NPR story headline,...
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Dr.Mercola Reveals Contents of the Chicken MacNugget
Did anybody ever think they should eat fast food? I was marched, with a group of food writers, to the very plant in Arkansas, where Tyson makes the infamous chicken mac nuggets. As if the following illuminating piece by Dr. Mercola isn't enough to steer you and your family away from this dreadfu...
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Bottoms Up Friday Comes on Thursday. Recipe: Jamaican Tea Toddy
OK. I had to go out and shovel the snow this morning, all right? It was hard work. When I came back in the house, I felt as if I'd spent an hour at the gym. Well, in fact, this kind of hard work is like a session at the gym. So, what did I do? I made myself a nice warm toddy. Yo...
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Best Diet Tips for The New Year
Reading around the web, I find that many diets offer great advice. Here's some of the best I could find. Best diet tips Best Tip: Pick a range for your ideal weight instead of fixating on a particular number. You’ll feel guilt-free when faced with the small fluctuations that occur natura...
