With the onset of the summer (and the early-onset-heatwaves we’re experiencing out west), all things cooling are in high demand. You can imagine my delight, therefore, when I came across a recipe for Chilled Cucumber Avocado Soup in Dr. Alejandro
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We are all familiar with ye olde “reduce, reuse, recycle” and most of us give it the old college try; given the existence of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (a floating plastic island roughly 2x the size of Texas floating
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If you are anything like me, you love a good baguette. If you live with others, be they your family or friends, a good baguette disappears in a single sitting. If you live alone, you are inevitably faced with the
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Often called the fifth taste, umami (from the Japanese word for yummy) describes the “want-it-need-it-got-to-have-it” sensation we experience when eating foods rich in the amino acid L-glutamate. The sensors on our tongue that detect this amino acid are wired directly
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Ah . . the farmers market, how I love thee. From the first burst of fragrant flowers as I enter to the divine sourdough bread and artisanal goat cheese, I am had. Though I know that the best use of
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