Mostly Purple Pickle

A bright red cabbage arrived in our veg box the other week.  I’m not a huge cabbage fan unless it’s fermented (or if you use it to color

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Hot Chili Oil Rub – for your skin!

I promise I’ll stop complaining about the cold soon enough.  It is mid-Feb, which means Spring is right around the corner, right? (Please say yes!) But here’s one,

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Thyme, lemon and honey infusion

It has been so cold in London this winter.   So on my recent trip to the grocery store when I found pots of kitchen herbs on sale,

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Lime and Honey Cough Syrup

We’re having a blizzard* in London today. * in London, this means about 2 inches of snow.   I know all of you New Englanders are laughing right

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Learning from the masters: Spaghetti a la guitara

“I can’t slow down.  If I slow down, I’ll get tired.” says Anna, our adopted Italian nonna (Grandma) for the day. At 77, she has been making pasta several times

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Can you overdose on kale? I think I did!

Ahh kale, everyone’s favorite green, nutrient-dense veggie. When I trained as a health coach back in 2011, we all got a little obsessed with kale.  Regular kale.  Curly

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Wild Rosehip Vinegar Recipe

Last weekend I found bushes filled with these gorgeous, red rosehips.  These weren’t your normal small oval-shaped rosehips – these were huge, round, bright red – almost like

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Elderflower Cordial

I’d never heard of Elderflowers until I moved to England.  (Then again,  I didn’t pay much attention to plants in general until a few years ago.) But elderflowers,

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Do You Know this Trick for Spotting Hidden Trans Fat?

It is rare that I get up on my soapbox and start ranting.  But this makes me so angry and frustrated.  In the USA, at least, food manufacturers are

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Do you remember your first time? A love affair with coffee.

Coffee falls into the stomach … ideas begin to move, things remembered arrive at full gallop … the shafts of wit start up like sharp-shooters, similies arise, the

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