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Contributing Columnist Helly Parsons Dishes on ‘Tanzanian Beans’
Helly Parsons hails from New Zealand, that sweet Pacific landmass where the climes are perennially warm and the culture laid-back and loving. She and I first met at the Unlike City & Travel Guide headquarters in Berlin, where Helly works as a marketer … Continue reading
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Soups Ahoy!
The best part of living in Berlin is leaving the city and subsequently coming back. Every time I return to the threshold of this strange and dark metropolis, something in my spirit sighs with sweet relief. After my weekend foray … Continue reading
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Five Meals, Five Ingredients, Five Days | DAY FOUR
My body felt wrecked from too-many back-to-back holiday parties, too-much dim-sum on Christmas Day, and too-little exercise after an injury sidelined me from yoga and Pilates for almost a week. I needed to reset….with a refined, elegant, and clean meal. Continue reading
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Jolly-Good Fun with Gma ‘n’ Gpa
Even my grandfather, a full-fledged carnivore who abides by a strict Atkins diet, celebrated this herbivorous bounty! Continue reading
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Outlandish Oatmeal
Despite dashing across the street to La Loma Produce to procure my banana ($.19), by the time I hurried home, the bottom of my pot of oats had burned. Lesson: Steel-cut oats cook faster than you might think. Take-Away: Never leave an open flame on the stove top when you leave the house! (I hope my housemates aren’t reading this!) Continue reading
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Dirt Made My Lunch
Dear Dirt: Thank you for my salad, my sandwich, my soup–my munch, my lunch! Continue reading
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Party on, Persimmon!
Japanese persimmons fare quite well in California’s climes. Continue reading
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Feisty Foodstuffs
People often describe a sense of pleasure and even euphoria after consuming hot chiles. Continue reading
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Green Pizza Boat
Green Pizza Boats are my off-the-cuff dream child, whipped up last night when I was at a loss as to how to finish the final cup of my homemade pasta sauce (created with luscious Twin Girls Farm tomatoes—hollah!). Continue reading
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