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A great article at Incharacter.org by Bill McKibben. We’re used to independence as the prime virtue — so used to it that three quarters of American Christians believe the phrase “God helps those who help themselves” comes from the Bible, instead of Ben Franklin. “Love your neighbor as yourself” is harder advice, but sweeter and [...]

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I won’t link to their website, because that’s actually good for them, but the Snickers website has 1) a homophobic ad they aired during the Super Bowl; 2) three more even worse ads that they’re inviting people to vote on for airing during the Daytona 500; and 3) bigoted reactions from pro football players. So, [...]

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I recently finished Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma (which I’ve reviewed for UU World. Many of the concerns Pollan takes up regarding food production have also been addressed by the Guardian. Today, for instance there’s this article: Will the organic dream turn sour? We now have millions of people buying organic in a committed way. [...]

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Adapted from the basic pancake recipe in The King Arthur Flour 200th Anniversary Cookbook, page 32. Dry ingredients: 2 cups flour (I used 1c unbleached white, 1c whole wheat) 2 1/2 tablespoons sugar 1/2 tablespoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon baking soda pinch ancho chile powder cinnamon allspice Wet ingredients: 1/2 cup mashed [...]

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Today’s version for the contra dance potluck: 2 sweet potatoes, 2 carrots, 1 beet, cut into chunks large handful dried apricots small handful dried nectarines juice of 3 oranges large dollop of honey cinnamon, cayenne, minced ginger, salt put in buttered casserole dish, cover, and bake at 350

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Julie Powell’s blog fame has been transmuted into a book, Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, and 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen. It captures not only the joys and sorrows of cooking (and blogging) her way through Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking, but also life as a secretary in New York on [...]

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I’m making a debut appearance as a guestblogger over on the wonderful Bakerina‘s blog with this entry: I’m not, nor have been, Jewish, but I find the Pesach holiday very meaningful. Pesach is the commemoration of the Exodus story and the creation of the Jewish people, but it can also be a universal story of [...]

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M.F.K. Fisher. What a wonderful, idiosyncratic writer! In one chapter she remembers making eggs in little ramekins while drinking champagne at three in the morning before going to bed; in another she suggests that one leave the grease from mixing up meatloaf on your hands for a while as a moisturizer. This in a book [...]

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By Andrew Weil. Typically genial and radical opinions on healthy living.

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By Dean Ornish. Sigh. My weight really is just too much. This is one of the low-to-no fat diets. Very badly written (and/or edited), with repetitive paragraphs as well as chapters. I’ve lent it out already.

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