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can’t we all just get along (and eat potato pancakes)?

Posted in general on June 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I have never had a recipe for potato pancakes. My mother has made them since I can remember and it was always a some-of-this-and-some-of-that affair. I don’t know if you could call them German or Polish or what—I spent about five half-hearted minutes online and there doesn’t seem to be a clear difference. Jewish latkes? [...]

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dream label

Posted in general, tagged on June 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »

If only all ingredient labels could be like this one. This is Tom’s shaving cream from Tom’s of Maine. We almost boycotted them after the acquisition by Colgate-Palmolive, but the purchase terms kept all original policies (and Tom and Kate Chappell) in place. So if we like the products and approve of their practices, we [...]

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the food that won’t fall victim to your labels

Posted in general, tagged on June 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Don’t even see the chocolate chips, do you? I’ve gotten pretty good of getting them completely embedded so when I’m faced with the fact that I’m eating pancakes for lunch it is not compounded by the other fact that they’re crammed with as much chocolate as possible. Rationalization still kicks in to assist denial. Sure, [...]

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do you really need an excuse for a burrito?

Posted in eatin' out/in, tagged , on June 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Sunday night was going to be a hummus-making, pasta-eating night, but we’d hiked all day in Bridal Veil (and shot about 240 photos), and having not hiked in close to two years and not wrapped my knee early enough in the descent, 8.2 miles and 2500 feet in elevation pushed cooking to the…I was going [...]

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hey, kale, nice to meet you

Posted in general, tagged , , , on June 9, 2008 | 5 Comments »

It’s going to sound like a confession, and I guess it sort of is, but before this weekend I’d never eaten kale before. Maybe in soup, but never had I eaten a fistful of kale. I’ve always known how good it is for you, all super-packed with vitamins and minerals, but it just never jumped [...]

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