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  1. how to say and cook quinoa
    Dear Kitchenista, Is is KEE-NO-AH or is it KEEN-WAH? When this grain/seed first starting popping up in food magazines and store shelves I confidently pronounced… MORE »
    how to say and cook quinoa
  2. crispy kale and faro with toasted coconut
    Sometimes it’s hard to break out of the culinary box. Faro? Your children may ask, “like the guys in Egypt with the pyramids?” Crispy roasted… MORE »
    crispy kale and faro with toasted coconut
  3. balsamic red cabbage and radicchio
    Mostly, my messy life measures up as a disappointment when I’m comparing it to pictures I see in magazines, or the countless catalogs of artfully-styled… MORE »
    balsamic red cabbage and radicchio
  4. Vegetarian Borscht
    Spring is playing me. First, in March, it gave itself with wild abandon. As in the old classic song sung by many, but most memorably… MORE »
    Vegetarian Borscht
  5. peppered cornbread croutons & honey clove dressing
    Salad days. This phrase normally refers to the time in one’s life of carefree innocence and pleasures of  youth. Let’s face it…I am not in… MORE »
    peppered cornbread croutons & honey clove dressing