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Chef on a Budget: Vegetables
Vegetables aren’t usually the most expensive ingredient on your shopping list. Still, there are ways to save money and make the most of your nutritious choices: Buy seasonal produce when possible. Buy heavy nutritious vegetables. If it’s edible, eat it! Don’t peel vegetables. Buy in season Most fruits and vegetables are a lot cheaper when they’re in season and obviously, shipping in produce  is not ecologically or economically good practice. Stick to seasonal produce when possible!...
by on June 16th, 2010 at 07:06 am

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    Chef on a Budget: Vegetables
    Vegetables aren’t usually the most expensive ingredient on your shopping list. Still, there are ways to save money and make the most of your nutritious choices: Buy seasonal produce when possible. Buy heavy nutritious...
    by at June 16th, 2010 at 07:06 am
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    Cooking and Eating with Kids
    Our author, who aspired for culinary greatness since day 1! So I don’t have any children of my own (yet!) but I have had the opportunity to cook for kids and observe kids’ behavior when you set a plate of food...
    by at May 10th, 2010 at 09:05 am
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    Amazing Braising!
    Even though I’m not a “set it and forget it” kind of cook, (I like to meddle!) braising is one of my favorite cooking techniques. The slow and low cooking method involves quickly searing meats at a high temperature,...
    by at March 12th, 2010 at 08:03 am
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    The Aphrodisiac Alphabet
    Throughout history, certain foods have gained the reputation of being aphrodisiacs but what does this term really mean? In most cases the distinction is a myth or an old wives’ tale but is there some truth to the folklore?...
    by at February 10th, 2010 at 10:02 am
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    The Unsung Delights of Quinoa
    I like to go against the culinary grain (pun intended!) but I have to agree with the higher-ups in the foodie syndicate who deem quinoa one of the Top 10 Things you should be eating right now (it’s pronounced KEE-new-ah...
    by at January 25th, 2010 at 02:01 pm
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    Cooking and Healing with Thyme
    A long spell of deep cold knocked back the last of my greens and there’s a fairly even layer of deciduous leaves covering the ground, punctuated by bare limbs and decomposing stalks. My garden is pretty much hibernating. But...
    by at January 7th, 2010 at 05:01 am
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    Spiced Lentils with Rhubarb Recipe
    Lentils and rhubarb make an odd couple. But in 2005, a month apart from each other, the San Francisco Chronicle and the New York Times played matchmaker and brought them awkwardly, yet happily together. Here’s a simple...
    by at June 2nd, 2009 at 12:06 am
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