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Pretty much every Sunday we eat some version of this meal for dinner. Mashed potatoes, golden gravy, a fresh vegetable and some kind of protein. Braised chard and turnip greens, pan fried quorn (vegetarian) patty, mashed potatoes and golden gravy It’s been awhile since we’ve made tempeh or seitan cutlets so we’ve been cheating [...] The other day, I pulled open my vegetable drawers and saw: two bags of greens, half an onion, garlic, a pile of sweet peppers, cilantro, basil, some sweet potatoes, a couple of eggplants, carrots, green beans and okra. Only one word came to mind, Curry! I had an hour until dinner, so I got right to [...] Last summer I didn’t shed my winter weight. I carried it with me right into the next winter and into the spring. My clothes were tight and I was four pounds over my “red alert” weight of 150 and threatening to add on some more. I caught sight of my butt on a video and [...] Earlier this month, Bob and I took a couple of weeks off for our annual road trip north to visit family and friends. Those 1500 miles on the road in Blanche, our Mercedes 300TD “Hoopty Ride” wagon gave us plenty of time to chew on things. It wasn’t long before our conversation turned to food and [...] Sometimes you have to try something just to see how it comes out. Great cooks and gardeners are fearless, or quote a gardener, “There are no gardening mistakes, only experiments.” This week Bob and I found ourselves with a couple of pounds of parsnips. I wasn’t sure what to do with them but decided to give [...] “Guantánamo” was closed down last week, and it’s residents were transported to a new facility, in Moncure NC. There were no injuries, nor loss of life, and both the residents and new neighbors were thrilled to have it relocated to their community. Guantanamo – Summer 2008 – Moncure, North Carolina “Guantánamo” was the name I chose [...] The minute we entered the Chatham Marketplace, we smelled it. Kentucky Fried Chicken! Our stomachs rumbled in anticipation. A second later, our vegan brains slammed on the brakes. Vegans don’t eat Kentucky Fried Chicken! Regardless of how many buckets they may have consumed in a previous life. But wait, it was okay! The little sign on the [...] Worrying about food is not good for your health. Check out the latest from Michael Pollan, author of “Botany of Desire.” Here is the opening paragraph. Our National Eating Disorder Carbophobia, the most recent in the centurylong series of food fads to wash over the American table, seems to have finally crested, though not before sweeping [...] |
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