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Kitchen gadgets: The contest – A FREE contest to WIN a free kitchen gadget
Welcome to the day you’ve all been waiting for. The day of our totally unique Now It’s Your Turn contest. The day you can win, win, WIN!
All of this started three days ago when I decided I had had it with the hit-and-miss of buying kitchen gadgets. I decided it would be great if I [...]
Kitchen gadgets: The ugly – And a FREE contest to WIN free kitchen gadgets
Two days ago, we looked at some incredibly good gadgets from Chef’s Planet. Yesterday, we looked at two bad gadgets, complete with video. And today we will look at two I find ugly.
Why are we doing all this looking?
I am tired of the hit-and-miss of gadget shopping, never knowing if a new purchase is going [...]
Kitchen gadgets: The bad – And a FREE contest to WIN free kitchen gadgets
As you know, every day this week, we are looking at kitchen gadgets from Chef’s Planet. Why gadgets just from one company? I am tired of the hit-and-miss of buying gadgets; never knowing if my new purchase will be a great find or a great waste of space. I though it would be nice to [...]
Kitchen gadgets: The good – And A FREE contest to WIN free kitchen gadgets
Well, the first thing you should know is you can win a FREE kitchen gadget.
First, I’ll review some gadgets, including the goodie you can win for free. Then, I’ll have a friendly contest. That’s the part where you win, win, WIN! (I swear, I feel like a barker so don’t be surprised if I run [...]
Welcome to kitchen gadget week where we tell you about a FREE CONTEST where you can WIN, WIN, WIN
You mean you’re not here for the picture (which comes from here, land of many adorable and amusing captioned pet shots)? You’re here for the contest? Well, suffice it to say it is free, there is a great prize, and you can win, win, WIN!
But more on that later.
For now, let’s kick off kitchen gadget [...]
The world’s best tomato recipe from someone who used to work at the White House of all places! (plus links to two extra tomato recipes)
Yep. Not kidding here. This is the single best thing you can do to a tomato.
And, the fun part is it is from a cookbook author who started her career working on nuclear energy policy at the White House.
So if you like tomatoes like I like tomatoes, then have I got a fast, easy, totally [...]
"Vegetarians Don’t Get Enough Protein" and other myths about vegetarians
There are tons of myths surrounding vegetarianism, from “vegetarians don’t get enough protein” to “vegetarian diets take meticulous planning to avoid nutrient deficiencies” to “vegetarian diets are dangerous for pregnant women or children.”
Bah, humbug!, I say.
And I’m not the only one saying it. In fact, I have found a medical site that addresses these, and [...]
Bloodroot vegetarian and vegan recipes: The sequel
We return to our review of The Best of Bloodroot: Volume One, Vegetarian Recipes and The Best of Bloodroot: Volume Two, Vegan Recipes, by Selma Miriam & Noel Furie with Lagusta Yearwood ($27.50 each) from the vegetarian Bloodroot restaurant in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
Yesterday, we looked at some of the concerns of the books. Today, we look [...]
Bloodroot vegetarian and vegan cookbooks
I’ve been having troubles and troubles writing this post.
It is about two cookbooks. On one hand, I have a lot of admiration for what the authors are doing. You see, they have been running a feminist bookstore and restaurant (that’s a picture of it, to your left; isn’t it pretty?) in Connecticut of all places [...]
How is garlic like Viagra? The answer is in The Truth about Food, from Discovery Health and the BBC
Far be it for me, a person striving to live a healthy lifestyle, to tell you to go watch TV. But I am. Telling you to watch TV. Because it is good for your health.
Don’t believe me? Then let me explain.
And not only will you learn how garlic is, indeed, like Viagra but you’ll even [...]