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A few days ago, my friend Shannon expressed a longing via her Facebook status for that estranged cousin of the brownie: the blondie. In an answering comment on her page, I promised to unearth my blondie recipe just for her. That night, I rifled through my cookbook shelf and found it: a small, stapled booklet…
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Since I decided to go to the next level in locavore-ism and join a community-supported farm this summer, I figured the best thing I can do is ramp up my attitude that food is an adventure. There are sure to be all sorts of unfamiliar vegetables in my weekly harvest share. I also figured I…
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