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Peach and Black Bean Salsa

September 14, 2009
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The subtitle of this post could be Variations on a Theme. Brahms did it with classical music, William Carlos Williams did it with poetry and I’m doing it with salsa.
And peaches.
And more homegrown tomatoes.

Now, I’m not claiming to be in the same league as the artistic greats just mentioned, but I must say the results [...]

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Cilantro and Summer Fest

July 30, 2009
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Seems it’s the social season for blogs. Yesterday I was stacking eggplant for a virtual potluck, and today I’m arriving fashionably late for Summer Fest, a four-week celebration of the bounty where bloggers share their tips, tricks and recipes about fresh-from-the-garden foods. I found out about this thanks to Julie Van Rosendaal, cookbook author and [...]

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Avocado Oil

February 18, 2009
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Avocado photo © Simon Goldenberg. Published under a creative commons license.
In the movie Oh, God! George Burns, as The Almighty, admits the avocado might have been his one mistake. He made the pit too big. While I appreciate the creation of avocados, I do wonder about the wisdom of such a gargantuan pit. A smaller [...]

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