thoughtful consumption

There are certain friends everybody’s supposed to collect. A doctor, a lawyer, a pâtissier-confiseur…. I’ve known Katia since middle school, and she’s always been smart and talented. (I’m not just buttering her up for chocolate, either. Or blackmailing her with middle school yearbook pictures.) We ran into each other at Trader Joe’s a few weeks [...]

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The Tardy Blogger strikes again…. This post dates to June 18. But just like stock, the best events need time to simmer, right? If you’d asked me last week who my favorite TV chef was, I would have said Gareth Blackstock. Now it’s a tie. Thursday evening Lucy and I made the voyage (there’s really [...]

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News from the Discovery Channel! Cows With Names Make More Milk And from The New York Times… In Kitchen, ‘Losers’ Start From Scratch This article underscores the importance of cooking at home from scratch for maintaining a healthy weight. And the best way to do that is to start with fresh and tasty ingredients and [...]

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Why should pumpkins have all the fun? Tonight we made our spaghetti squash into a squash-o-lantern. His name is Charlie. First we cut it into two uneven pieces – one with the top and the other just the back side. Then we scooped out the insides. Since the insides were raw, I put them into [...]

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