peas at a party

It’s been quiet here in Blogville.  We were travelling for a few days; then rushing around to catch up. 
As we were driving into Dallas, we were consulting by cell phone to choose a place to meet everyone for dinner.  The consensus of the group was a restaurant that is often described with statements such as “But their food is [...]

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Perhaps it’s not the explosion of information that makes our heads pound and inspires daydreams of a sunny terrace on Santorini.  Maybe it’s the explosion in opinions.
 At 5:33 p.m. yesterday, the Reuters folks in Washington reported:  “Researchers surpised so few kids take vitamins.”
But only 58 minutes earlier, the Reuters folks in New York had reported:  “Dietary [...]

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First, recipes can’t be copyrighted.  At least the ingredient list and instructions can’t, except for rare exceptions.  So this isn’t a legal issue.  It’s more an issue for Miss Manners.
This week’s newsletter had two recipes with very specific roots.  One, Cannellini and Italian Sausage, was from a favorite blog, Elise Bauer at Simply Recipes.  Her recipes [...]

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Manny Howard took the challenge to “eat locally” to heart.  Instead of defining “local” as within a 100-mile radius of his house, he decided to limit his own personal local to his own yard and garage.  The real kicker?  His yard is in Brooklyn!
The freelance food writer worked seven days a week, from six to 16 [...]

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School is now in full swing and the fall crazies are well under way.  So what better time to proclaim Family Day, a day for having dinner together as a family?  The new report by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, CASA, is even more startling than in previous years [...]

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