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School Lunches

November 22, 2011
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As a student, I have been amused to see school lunches on everybody’s mind this week. As you probably heard, last Monday, Congress overruled a proposal to turn down the nation’s school lunch program, in which tomato sauce on pizza is counted as a vegetable. The new rules would also have cut sodium in school [...]

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Working with Date Paste, and Banana Caramel Bread Pudding

November 7, 2011
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Happy Monday, folks. I’m glad you enjoyed my recap of Elizabeth’s Gone Raw! Switching from raw food to cooked, I thought I would share one of my favorite ingredients today: date paste, and the fabulous vegan banana caramel bread pudding I recently used it in.

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Go Ahead, Make My Week: Curried Kabocha Squash Flatbread

April 24, 2011
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Happy Easter! As usual, a great discussion yesterday. Once in a while, I get to work on a recipe that I just know for a fact is going to be great. It’s not often that I feel this way: I’m actually a pretty insecure cook, and I spend about 80% of my cooking (or uncooking) [...]

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Raw Tomato Bread

April 14, 2011
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Breaking news: I broke out my dehydrator today! Oh yes I did. With a bag of sundried tomatoes in my pantry, and a container of organic plum tomatoes in my fridge, I took to making my own version of raw tomato bread, and the results were fabulous. Before I get to all of that, though, [...]

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Creamy Carrot Ginger and Coconut Soup

September 13, 2010
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On Friday night, I made a simple supper for my friend Tom. Tom and I pretty different eaters. He’s an enthusiastic carnivore, and I’m an outspoken vegan. But we see eye to eye on a few foodie matters. Tom’s father is a farmer and, by Tom’s account, a “hippie.” Each fall, Tom brings back bushels [...]

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Raw Buckwheat Sesame Bread with Italian Herbs

September 12, 2010
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Isn’t The Wilderness Downtown amazing? I challenge even the most hard-hearted among you not to feel a tender pang of nostalgia when you watch it. And thanks to those of you who shared ideas about what you might say to your younger self—they were all very sweet. On Friday, I promised you more homemade raw [...]

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Raw Cinnamon Raisin Bread

September 10, 2010

Great responses yesterday! Talking about skincare turned out to be not a snoozefest at all. We all agree on one thing: it’s important to care for skin “from the inside out,” to quote Bitt. Nourishing foods, avoiding synthetics and toxins, and having healthy habits: this is all a big part of the skincare picture. A [...]

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