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A Few of My Favorite Things

Love ya, December — just wish you were a little longer. How can it be December 8th — only the 8th! — and I’m already counting down my kids’ last 5 1/2 school days 2011? I think the mad holiday frenzy that’s been swirling around since the day after Thanksgiving — don’t get me wrong; it’s festive and

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A Pinch of Salt

So, what exactly is a “pinch of salt?” Anyone who reads this blog has every reason to ask this question and wonder why my recipes almost always call for such an incredibly vague measurement. I know it can be annoying, especially if you have a salt shaker sitting next to your stove.

So I wanted to use this post

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Are GMOs Really Bad for You?

Apparently no one really knows the answer to that question. And therein lies the rub, if you ask me. When I first read Robyn O’Brien’s book, The Unhealthy Truth — which convincingly argues that eating GM foods can be linked to all kinds of health issues, including cancer and the rise of childhood allergies and autism — I immediately decided that

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Not-So-Basic Pantry Staples

Coming home from a trip is when I most appreciate having a well-stocked pantry. Sunday night, after a brutal 4 a.m. (lucky us, we got to “spring forward” twice this year) wake-up call and a long day of security lines and heavy turbulence, it was nice to be able to cook a bowl of pasta with white beans, garlic, and a

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French Women Do Eat White Bread

My mom likes to tell the story of how, when I was a toddler and we lived in France, she would buy a baguette at the market and I would pull it out of the shopping bag and eat a good third of it before we even made it it home. I think the point of this story might be to show that as a child I was a bit

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Project Lunch Box: Bagging It

This topic falls into the “why didn’t I think of that?” category big time. Seriously, after feeling itchy about plastic bags (and especially about “baggies”) for years, why it never occurred to me to create and sell reusable sandwich and snack bags — cute ones at that! — is beyond beyond. But, luckily for the world, someone else’s synapses were firing, and adorable reusable bags exist.

Plastic bags take

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