By Kathryn Reed Don’t worry, Joy assures, me. She tells me there are always recipes in the box so if I’m not familiar with something, it won’t be any big deal. Well, last week’s community supported agriculture box came with fennel and no recipe. I don’t cook with fennel unless a recipe calls for it […]
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By Melissa T. Schultz, Huffington Post For my birthday seven years ago, I received a diagnosis of breast cancer. It wasn’t the kind of present a girl wants to get — not like a pair of earrings, or a pretty nightgown or a bouquet of fresh flowers wrapped in colored tissue. For a while after […]
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By Jessica Bruder, New York Times No one would touch it. The offending object? A footlong loaf of bread, stuffed with savory cheese, purchased at a beloved Italian bakery and presented with pride at a recent potluck meal. “This bread is delicious,” I crowed. The kitchen went quiet. You’d think I had offered up a […]
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The 27th Lake Tahoe Autumn Food and Wine Festival, long considered one of the region’s premier gourmet events, has increased the number of its programs – now offering nine days of festivities. Another noticeable change to this year’s festival is the expansion of the event to every corner of North Lake Tahoe. Visitors can literally […]
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By Allison Aubrey, NPR It’s well-known that exercise is good for our bones, even as we age, but how about that nightly glass of wine? A new study of women in their 50s and early 60s finds that moderate alcohol consumption may help prevent bone loss. The women in the study consumed about one-and-a-half drinks […]
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By Marc Lifsher, Los Angeles Times SACRAMENTO — A fight over genetically engineered foods has been heating up in the nation’s grocery aisles. Now it’s headed for the ballot box. Voters will soon decide whether to make California the first state in the country to require labels on products such as sweet corn whose genes […]
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Dragonfly Restaurant and Sushi is hosting an event highlighting seafood sustainability on July 25. The evening will begin with a free screening of the documentary “Red Gold” followed by an open discussion on what is “sustainable seafood”. For those interested in sampling Bristol Bay’s salmon, a salmon-centered dinner will follow the film and discussion. “Red […]
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Entrepreneur Nick Nicora/Ovations Food Services set the Guinness World Record for the largest cocktail ever made – 10,500 gallons – set last year at Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville in Las Vegas. He made the “Calarita” at the California State Fair this month. The name Calarita honors the California State Fair and the margarita. It will take […]
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By Katherine Wheelock, Food & Wine For a couple of weeks last winter, I went on a kale-eating spree. I didn’t do this on purpose, exactly. I was making my way through a list of newish New York restaurants I wanted to try, or to revisit because fall had surrendered to winter and I knew […]
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By Huffington Post Pregnant women are typically told to avoid caffeine. One cup of coffee per day is okay, multiple studies have found, but generally it’s in the same category as cocktails and soft cheese — bad for baby’s development. However, researchers in Amsterdam recently concluded that there is no link between caffeine intake during […]
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