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Read MoreA Simple Solution for Nutrition Confusion
Written by Rachel Duchak | May 20, 2013To gluten or not to gluten? That is the question on the minds of many Americans as well as whether fish oil is right for them, if they should stop taking calcium supplements just a few years after their doctor told them to start, and what the heck is lycopene anyway? We suffer from a serious case of nutrition confusion that keeps many...
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Read MoreBaking Bread, Cracking Jokes & Missing Mom
Written by Rachel Duchak | May 6, 2013My Mom isn’t remembered for what I’ll call her “hands-off goulash,” a boring, overcooked stew with ground chuck bubbling away in the crockpot when we came home from school. Her breakfast skills were limited to preparing electric-skillet fried onions and potatoes and scrambled eggs or getting us to make our own instant oatmeal and...
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Read MoreMy Coffee Odyssey
Written by Margaret C. Lange | May 2, 2013Coffee has always been with me except for a few times when I thought it best to quit it, but I soon came back to my senses. When I was eye level to the stove, I watched bubbles bouncing in the clear glass knob on top of the percolator. My folks drank the brew in the mornings and with friends at the kitchen table when they came to visit....
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Read MoreSummer Salads Get Dressed Up
Written by Cari Clark | May 1, 2013Summer is here and so are salads. We eat them year ’round but this is a special time for salads. We grow gourmet greens and edible flowers for the Friday night Avila farmers market. There is nothing as satisfying as growing your own greens. The life force you get when you enjoy just-cut greens is indescribable. I...
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Read MoreExtra Fancy Sauce at Pebble Beach Food & Wine
Written by Rachel Duchak | Apr 5, 2013I can honestly say that I’ve never been to an event quite like Pebble Beach Food & Wine: Over. The. Top. As I pulled up to the Grand Tasting in my Honda CRV, I giggled at the sign which read, “Free valet parking when you drive your Lexus,” and knew that I was in for something completely different at this tasting event. As I...
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Read MoreEnjoy Fresh Fish from Local Central Coast Waters
Written by Margie Hurd | Apr 2, 2013When Swordfish, Halibut, and Salmon are available, it’s easy for us at the SLO Fresh Catch booth to sell fresh fish at the San Luis Obispo County farmers’ markets because shoppers generally know how to prepare steaks and filets of these familiar fish. But it’s early spring and our commercial fishermen are catching less familiar...
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Read MoreThe Low Key Tasting of High End Wines:
Sierra Madre VineyardWritten by Rachel Duchak | Mar 22, 2013My friend and colleague Kyle Meyer, a wine expert as well as president and co-founder of BestWinesOnline.com, joined me in the Spice House cocina for some friendly, low-key wine tasting of some delicious Central Coast wines. We sampled three wines from Sierra Madre Vineyard: a Pinot Blanc, a Chardonnay, and a Pinot Noir, all...
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Read MoreShedding Light on Solar Cooking
Written by Margaret C. Lange | Mar 6, 2013Remember the lyrics “Just give me the warm power of the sun” from John Hall’s environmental anthem Power promoting sustainable energy? How to harness the power of the sun—a massive power plant—and convert it to usable energy is the holy grail of renewable energy technologies. Sometimes the simplest method can be...
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A Simple Solution for Nutrition Confusion
To gluten or not to gluten? That is the question on the minds of many Americans as well as whether fish oil is right for them, if they should stop taking calcium supplements just a few years after their doctor told...
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My Mom isn’t remembered for what I’ll call her “hands-off goulash,” a boring, overcooked stew with ground chuck bubbling away in the crockpot when we came home from school. Her breakfast skills were limited...
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My Coffee Odyssey
Coffee has always been with me except for a few times when I thought it best to quit it, but I soon came back to my senses. When I was eye level to the stove, I watched bubbles bouncing in the clear glass knob on...
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Summer is here and so are salads. We eat them year ’round but this is a special time for salads. We grow gourmet greens and edible flowers for the Friday night Avila farmers market. There is...
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I can honestly say that I’ve never been to an event quite like Pebble Beach Food & Wine: Over. The. Top. As I pulled up to the Grand Tasting in my Honda CRV, I giggled at the sign which read, “Free valet...
Read More
Enjoy Fresh Fish from Local Central Coast Waters
When Swordfish, Halibut, and Salmon are available, it’s easy for us at the SLO Fresh Catch booth to sell fresh fish at the San Luis Obispo County farmers’ markets because shoppers generally know how to prepare...
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The Low Key Tasting of High End Wines:
Sierra Madre Vineyard
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