
I wouldn’t call myself a health-nut by any stretch of the imagination.
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(Borrowed from Pim's Website)
Pim, blogger extraordinaire, does a lot of good with her food blog, Chez Pim – this year alone she united food bloggers everywhere & raised over $60,000 for the UN World Food Programme to help fight world hunger.
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“Recipes are narratives that speak of their cooks. If you can’t meet my friends, know them through their food,” says Faith Heller Willinger in her new book, Adventures of an Italian Food Lover.
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How bitchy am I – selfishly delaying this post until my very own case of Bitch Grenache was safely tucked away. Perhaps I’m just living up to the name on the label, but can you blame me?
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Apparently January 15th is the magical day that most people abandon their New Years resolutions.
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As a sign of allegiance during the French Revolution, revolutionaries ate pounds of tomatoes – because red was their symbolic color, and also in contempt of the monarchy, which was still quite wary of the newly discovered, possibly poisonous fruit. Ahhh, a coup d'etat with metaphorical deeds & a delicious edge of danger – I love the French!
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For resolutionists, post-holiday-indulgent January screams for clean, healthy eating; yet its short, gray, slower days crave intensely flavored comfort food. Oh, what a fabulous life to have both!
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“...Nothing teases out the great paradox of the American character — that we are both a nation of striving, frenetic doers and a nation of blubbery, inert slobs — like the snack-food biz. It's the place where the energized meet the enervated, where the self-starters woo the self-stalled.”
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One of the easiest ways to health-up a meal is to add a fresh salad.
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Molly (Orangette.com), Brandon (Boatstreet Cafe & Molly's fiancé), Craig, Stacy, & Adam
Adam, the fantabulous Amateur Gourmet, is in Seattle this week to celebrate the New Year.
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