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Eggs: which to choose?

Two eggs: both cage free, both organic, what’s the difference?

I bought a dozen eggs this week so we would have plenty for Easter.
I don’t normally buy eggs as our 19 chickens provide plenty. I was at my local grocery and saw a carton of eggs with a handmade label that said “we’re organic eggworks” on [...]

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Turkeys & cranberries ~ local fare

Thanksgiving is a day of mourning for our Native American neighbors.
A day to be full of gratitude and celebrate the turkey and the cranberry for many others.
I don’t love turkey, but I do love being with friends and family, coming together around the table, and all of us going for walks along the ocean.
As the [...]

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Battle in the aisles…

Between BPA’s in canned foods and plastic food containers and pesticides on our fruits and veggies, synthetic vitamins being added to just about anything processed, artificial this that and the other thing (taking a breath), what is a cook to do?
I feel like I’m armed to the max when I go to the grocery store.  [...]

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Kombucha Sitting Pretty

Once a week at least, someone walks into my kitchen, glances at my jug of kombucha that sits on my counter, and is bold enough to ask, “What is that?”
Sometimes I reply back, “A biochemical powerhouse.”
While I see that it has some resemblance to a moldy pancake floating in old beer, foaming and bubbling, [...]

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