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Make a Potato Soup 23 Mar 2008 IN FOOD & HEALTH \| COMMENTS I love soup. Potato Soup Serves 4 4-5 medium size potatoes (I usually use Yukon Gold), peeled and diced1 large onion, diced5 cups chicken stock, vegetable stock or water1 tbsp butter or vegetable oil1 tbsp fresh thyme or 1 tsp dried1/2 cup or so white wine or vermouth1 cup or so of light cream or...+ READ MORE	{ }
Clean Our Air, Clean Your Lungs: Quit Smoking 23 Mar 2008 IN FOOD & HEALTH \| COMMENTS : We're already tackled that other big New Year's resolution, so now we are going to take a look at quitting smoking. Avoid alcohol while you are trying to quit: Not only do people find alcohol a trigger, because they often smoked in social settings with a drink, but alcohol will lower your ability...+ READ MORE	{ }
Get that Weight Off and Keep it Off: 15 Ways 23 Mar 2008 IN FOOD & HEALTH \| COMMENTS Okay, so we are now a week and a half into the new year. Exercise, exercise, exercise: When people say they don't have time to exercise I think, "You don't have time to be healthy?"+ READ MORE	{ }
Check Your Wine Labels 23 Mar 2008 IN FOOD & HEALTH \| COMMENTS While Lloyd was suggesting earlier in the week that we imbibe a little organic red wine in the new year, the folks over at Epicurious were advocating for more information on those wine bottles. I'm all for more detailed labeling on wine bottles, as well as on labels on the food we buy.It would be...+ READ MORE	{ }
Become a Chef by New Year's Day 23 Mar 2008 IN FOOD & HEALTH \| COMMENTS According to Alex Koppelman at Salon these are the five books that you need to become a chef by the new year. I haven't read The Seventh Daughter, but Mr. Koppelman says "it's...a decent, sometimes heart-wrenching, read".So it looks like you have your work cut out for you over the next three weeks...+ READ MORE	{ }
Cook a Dinner for The Year of the Rat: Noodles with Mushrooms and Baby Greens 23 Mar 2008 IN FOOD & HEALTH \| COMMENTS Thursday is Chinese New Year and I thought I would give you a couple of recipes for making your own little Chinese banquet. If you can n't find baby bok choy, just use a big one and cut it up.Noodles with Shiitake Mushrooms and Baby Greens Serves 2 20 small dried Shiitake mushrooms, or 10 large...+ READ MORE	{ }
Create a Cookbook Library: The Kitchen Diaries by Nigel Slater 23 Mar 2008 IN FOOD & HEALTH \| COMMENTS Nigel Slater, author of The Kitchen Diaries: A Year in the Kitchen (2005, Fourth Estate), has the same attitude toward cooking that I do: Shop for fresh, local ingredients often, toss stuff together in the pan without a big fuss and sit down and enjoy it with family and friends. Starting with a...+ READ MORE	{ }
Toast the New Year Without Lead Crystal 23 Mar 2008 IN FOOD & HEALTH \| COMMENTS New Year's resolutions are often hard to keep but my first one is easy and green: Stop drinking wine out of leaded crystal stemware. Experts seem to agree that while the danger is small if the wine is consumed over a short space of time (such as a dinner), trace amounts of lead do leach into...+ READ MORE	{ }
Wrap Your Presents in Reusable Gift Bags 23 Mar 2008 IN HOME & GARDEN \| COMMENTS The holiday season offers little peace and goodwill for the world's forests. Give a tree a break this yuletide by wrapping your winter bestowals in reusable fabric gift bags-you can easily whip up your own with some basic sewing know-how.+ READ MORE	{ }
Reuse Leftover Wrapping Paper 23 Mar 2008 IN HOME & GARDEN \| COMMENTS Although Heidi's luscious gift wrap isn't made from recycled paper, the designer has some creative ideas for using every last scrap of leftover wrapping paper, saving some of the 5 million extra tons of trash Americans create between Thanksgiving and New Year's.+ READ MORE	{ }

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