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What do black beans, peer pressure, Finns, and 5 degree temperatures have in...
Running in below-freezing temperatures requires a combination of will-power, friendly challenge, and the expectation of a warm meal afterward.
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Snow White’s Poison Apple and Other Fairy Tale Foods
Have you fallen spell to modern fairy and folk tale retellings that have made their way to TV and the movies? Then this post is for you. Poisoned apples, tricky cabbage, and magic pumpkins each make...
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The bunch of big, beautiful, brilliant beets was tossed casually onto the table. Disregarded. Late afternoon sunlight warmed the leaves, leaving them languid. Raw beets? Yeah! Beets are one of the...
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Lemons? Think again. These are sweet Palestinian limes… When I went to the Mexican market the other day, I saw some for the first time. I picked one up and nonchalantly tossed it into my cart to try...
View ArticleGarbanzo beans pop, pop, pop – who knew?
Have you ever eaten a fresh garbanzo bean? Have you ever even seen one? I’ve eaten chickpeas for years dried and then cooked, but never, until this month, have I seen these wrinkly legumes in their...
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