Food

How to Bake Brown Rice

October 12, 2010
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Brown rice can be somewhat temperamental to cook, but it’s healthy benefits handily outweigh that of white rice. This method of baking brown rice couldn’t be simpler or more hands off.

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To Budini, or Not To Budini?

February 14, 2010
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Since it’s Valentine’s day, I’ll let you in on a little secret… This budini is one of my favorite desserts, and one of the simplest recipes I’ve made. I love simple cooking. If you keep baking chocolate on hand, it can be whipped up in no time flat after the arrival of an unexpected visitor or for a spur of the moment craving after dinner!

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A Southern Style New Year’s Day

January 1, 2010
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Black-eyed peas symbolize good luck and prosperity. Some believe that the black-eyed peas represent the “coins,” while the winter greens they’re often served with represent the “dollars.” Eating them together on New Year’s Day is supposed to guarantee many of both in the year to come.

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Growing Arugula As Metaphor

October 26, 2009
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I began learning to grow some of my own food last year when I first moved into my new house and had a backyard in which to experiment. I had early success at growing vegetables from transplants (a young plant from a nursery), especially arugula. Its short growing time, frequency of harvest, and versatility as an ingredient made arugula my new runaway favorite during that first season.

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Wisdom of Italian Chocolate

July 29, 2009
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I loved Baci chocolates with a hidden hazelnut inside from the first taste, and I was very pleasantly surprised to find out that visitors can tour the Perugina factory, which is near Perguia, Umbria.

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