the kitchen reader: animal, vegetable, miracle

The August selection for the Kitchen Reader was Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver, chosen by Karen of Shortbread South. Kingsolver is usually a novelist, probably best known for writing The Poisonwood Bible, but this was the first book of hers that I have read. The non-fiction work subtitled “A Year of Food Life” begins […]

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new food friday 08.27.10

My husband actually had to remind me to post today. Not that I forgot about New Food Friday, just that I didn’t realize it was already the end of the week!. Granted, my day off is switching to Mondays so Friday is really my Wednesday (how’s that for confusing?). Anyway. This week’s new food: okra. […]

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tlacoyo masa pockets or "yummy bean empanada-like thingies"

This is my last Sunday off until late October. Next week we switch to having Mondays off — that’s actually a normal theater schedule. It’s actually sort of nice to have a weekday free to run errands and go to the bank and do laundry when everyone else in the universe is back at work. […]

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new food friday 08.20.10

Hey there, New Food Friday, how you doing? Did you try a new food this week? Mine was maybe a bit boring in some ways. A while back I was making a recipe — I don’t even remember what — that called for chiles de arbol. When I mentioned them my husband, he scoffed, “Tree […]

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csa share 8/18/10

The veggies have landed! After some confusion last week, we are back on track. And so is summer! The coldest July in 75 years did not exactly do much for heat-loving summer crops, but we’re finally getting a few. This week we also got micro basil and mini-white cucumbers, but I neglected to take a […]

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the amazing afghan

My friend Kimberly and I met when we sat together in high school physics class — I would nap before class, she would knit socks and mittens and wake me up before class started. Where other friends brought a bag of chips and six-pack of beer to a potluck, Kimberly brought homemade twinberry jam bars […]

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hey baby, what’s your dosha?

Do you know how long it takes me to write a blog post? Neither do I, but it’s a lot longer than I thought. I miss you all! I’ve read everyone’s comments but haven’t been able to reply like I usually do which makes me sad. If you “like” Center Stage Wellness on Facebook, hopefully […]

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new food friday 08.13.10

Those of you who are used to seeing CSA produce every other week may have wondered where Wednesday’s post was — there was a miscommunication with the farm after they switched to a new payment system which counted us as weekly subscribers. Oops. We will get a box next week instead, then we’ll be back […]

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the kitchen reader: in defense of food

This post should have gone up on July 31 except that I totally forgot to write and post it. Here it is! July’s selection for the Kitchen Reader was chosen by Margaret of Tea and Scones. She selected In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto by Michael Pollan. A few years ago I actually chose […]

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back to work

Some people were surprised by my 72-hour turnaround from unemployed to working 6-day workweeks. I was too. So answer a quick question for me: It’s just an idea and I won’t invest much time in it if people aren’t interested, but I thought it could be interesting to have quick health tips, answer reader-submitted questions, […]

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