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Category Archives: eating well

  I think the second the first leaf hits the ground anywhere in the US an alarm sounds everywhere, and pumpkin flavored everything hits the shelves, the coffee shops, and donut emporia; IT’S PUMPKIN SEASON!  People across the land rejoice. Social media lights up like, well, like a Jack O Lantern. There are plenty of […]

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About one hundred years ago, when I was growing up television food programming included two chefs Julia Child, seen on PBS stations, and Graham Kerr, known as The Galloping Gourmet. I remember my mom being an avid fan of Kerr’s, he was goofy and charismatic, and British, and drank copious amounts of wine. That was […]

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It is a shame that boneless-skinless chicken breasts are the go-to chicken for most people, rather than the far superior (in my estimation) bone-in, skin on,chicken thighs. I think there are a number of reasons for this, and none of them have anything to do with flavor. Some people can’t deal with chicken bones (or […]

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This is a huge admission, but to be honest, I have never made gnocchi before. In culinary school we all served a stint in the Italian restaurant Caterina de Medici. We spent fourteen days there, seven in the kitchen  and seven in the dining room where I very dramatically set my hand on fire while […]

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I don’t think there are too many people who enjoy being sick, but sometimes it can signal a moment to stop, and rest and let your body heal. I am way past that moment! I don’t get sick very often, and generally, if and when I do it lasts a few days, and I sleep […]

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