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Going out for a romantic meal on Valentine’s Day is not for the faint of heart. Valentine’s Day is to restaurants as New Year’s Eve is to bars. It can be tough to get in to a good place, and even if you do get in, you may be underwhelmed by [...]

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Just in case you missed the blinking red sign alerting you that tomorrow is Valentine’s Day, here’s one more reminder that it’s time to show your very special someone that you think they’re, well, very special. Did you forget? It’s ok. It happens. Fortunately, there are ways to prevent your spouse, [...]

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Stouts seem to exist at an interesting nexus of flavors. The rich, chocolatey flavor of stout beer makes one think of, well, chocolate, and for that reason it’s not much of a stretch to think of it as an ingredient for a beer-y stout cake or ice cream mash-up. And since [...]

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Here’s an interesting new food-oriented application for the iPhone: Find Fruit, a GPS for locating fruit trees on public land near you. The app comes from the people behind NeighborhoodFruit.com, which provides information about fruit trees growing in public spaces and encourages fruit sharing between fruit tree owners and prospective eaters. [...]

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I recently attended a luncheon at David Burke Townhouse sponsored by the Idaho Potato Commission. I learned a bit about the famous spud (great source of Potassium and Vitamin B6). But what really got my attention was the Chocolate Potato Cake. The cake-y portion was dense and very moist, just the [...]

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At the Greenmarket this morning I saw a guy with a little girl and boy pass one farmstand and overheard him saying: “That’s beef. It comes from a cow. And we don’t eat it.” It struck me as funny at first but mostly made me realize, yet again, how lucky most [...]

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My husband and I have a New Year’s Day tradition: We sleep reeeaaallly late, then we head to a restaurant near our apartment that serves afternoon tea. We settle into one of their cushy banquettes and revive ourselves with steaming pots of sweet, milky English breakfast, jam-covered scones, and crusty sandwiches [...]

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Happy New Year! During this annual “reset” a lot of us are making resolutions about eating healthier and/or losing weight. My resolution, as it has been for many years, is to cook more fresh produce. You’ll note that I say this has been my resolution for many years, which indicates that [...]

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I’ve made my 2010 resolutions and already broke one–haven’t done 100 sit-ups yet. But one resolution I am determined to keep is to eat as healthfully as possible. I’m trying to stick to Michael Pollan’s motto from his fifth book, In Defense of Food: “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” [...]

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Yes, we still have most of a day left until the end of 2009, so if you’re heading to a party tonight, by all means indulge in festive treats. But if at some point—maybe tomorrow, maybe the day after—you’re looking for a post-holiday, simpler, healthier way of eating, I’ve got the [...]