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If you donate to the America Red Cross by clicking on this link to the Corporate Giving page for Williams-Sonoma, Williams-Sonoma will match your contribution! Makes me proud to teach there.

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I’ve always found polenta to be a lot of work, easy to burn, and not really worth the effort and risk. Then I read a simple baked polenta recipe from Liguria in Essentials of Italian Cooking and gave it a try. The result was creamy goodness with almost no effort, a definite winning combination!
The essential [...]

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Congratulations to Jullee for winning a copy of Jam It, Pickle It, Cure It.

Congratulations to Chris for winning Christmas Giveaway #2!
This week I’m giving away a copy of a really useful book for those of you who want to make your own…whatever you want to make. I use this book and find that it has reliable [...]

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Congratulations to Carol, winner of Christmas Giveaway #1!
This week I’m giving away a copy of my favorite dessert book. It may not have any architectural wonders in it, but Portland chef Cory Schreiber knows that most people prefer a good cobbler anyway, and this book is filled with excellent recipes.
Just leave a comment and you’ll [...]

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Giving is the spirit of Christmas, so to honor that spirit, I’m giving away three books. This week the book is Sweet Scoops by Shelly Kaldunski.
All you need to do to enter this week’s giveaway is comment on this post. Next Friday morning I’ll select a winner from among those who’ve commented and announce the second [...]

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Update, October 10, 2009
The winner of the Popcorn Maker is Jolene (Everyday Foodie). Congratulations, Jolene! Thanks to everyone who participated. It was a lot of fun!
I was fortunate enough to be given a popcorn maker, but I don’t need it, so I thought I’d give it to one of you. All you need to do [...]

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Today I’m pleased to have a guest post by Dr. Jennifer J. Casey. She trained as a Naturopathic Doctor and currently practices as a massage therapist in Lake Oswego, Oregon. She’s started her own blog on natural health topics at her website, Hands of Gold. Here’s what Dr. Jen has to say about eating greens [...]

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Drop by Drick’s Rambling Cafe for a progressive dinner. On the menu: a tibetan meat pastry appetizer, a Vietnamese salad, Tomates à la Japonaise, some lovely Chinese roast pork, and then two fine desserts!
I’ll be posting more cheese later this week, including my first chèvre.

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Dicing an onion is only a little more difficult than dicing a carrot. First step is to cut the onion in half through the root end. Be sure to leave the root intact when you peel off the skin because you’ll need the root to hold the onion together.

To dice the onion, hold your knife [...]

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