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I was curious whether it would work, using brown eggs–especially straight from the farm. It did work, but we learned a few things. You probably already know to boil them starting with cold water, so they don’t crack. And after they boil for 10 minutes, to cool them fast, in cold water, so they’ll be [...]
It’s been a long while since I wrote anything here. Local food, whole, real food made of actual living things was really easy to write about at first, but after a while it becomes something like the platonic image of mundane. I mean, is there anything less interesting to talk about than taking a walk [...]
This year, we’re gardening. We’re growing food, which is as spiritual a thing as I’ve ever done. It’s really beautiful. As a result, though, the “trash” we create when cooking isn’t boxes and packaging. It’s food scraps. And I began to get really tired of throwing them away. Working hard to grow food, then cutting [...]
Now, Americans have a new option for a healthy snack. Diet Coke has introduced Diet Coke Plus, the first “enriched” carbonated beverage ever offered by the world’s most famous brand. Of course, you need calories to live, so consumers must be careful not to attempt to live on Diet Coke alone. “However,” says Becky Phlemming, [...]
Have I mentioned the connection between food and love? I’m in love with the Oregon wild rice I found at the Saturday Market this week here in Eugene. Here’s a news story about how it grows here. My brown rice has been coming from at least California. This stuff is yummy, and local, and it [...]
I recently discovered Oso Delicioso,* which looks like a particularly pretty drive-up coffee kiosk, but is actually more of a real kitchen, with local, organic food! How cool is that? My friend (who had been on the lookout for places that serve local, organic food, especially affordable ones) said she wasn’t interested because she’s avoiding [...]
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