Just in Time for a Vegetarian Thanksgiving: A nasty etiquette problem

This is my fourth and last Just in Time for a Vegetarian Thanksgiving posts.
It all started last Monday with a post on great finds to help make all that cooking just a bit easier for the almost vegetarian (these finds will be just as good for the December holidays, so if you missed the post, [...]

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Just in Time for a Vegetarian Thanksgiving: Vegetarian Wine 101

Last week, I started my two-week Just in Time for a Vegetarian Thanksgiving posts. Last Monday, the post was on gadgets and other items to make all that cooking just a bit easier (I even found this neat gadget which scores chestnuts for you – very clever). The last post was on unique hostess gifts [...]

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Just in Time for a Vegetarian Thanksgiving: Hostess gifts that are unique without breaking the bank

Earlier this week, I put up the first of my four Just in Time for a Vegetarian Thanksgiving posts. If you missed it (scroll down!), it was a collection of items to make Thanksgiving just a little bit easier for the cook, from a kitchen mat for your aching legs and back to a neat [...]

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Just in Time for a Vegetarian Thanksgiving: Finds to make life easier!

This week and next week, I’ve got four Just in Time for a Vegetarian Thanksgiving posts.
Today I’m looking at totally great stuff to make your vegetarian Thanksgiving just a bit easier. Later this week, I’ll look at unique hostess gifts that don’t break the bank.
Then, next week, I’ll look at vegetarian wine, first, then a [...]

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Five vegetarian Sur la Table Bon Appetit recipes and one disaster

My cake did not come cleanly out of the pan.
No, that’s not entirely true. Three-quarters of the cake came out like a dream. It was just the bottom (top?!) third of my Apple Cornmeal Upside-Down Cake that did not come out cleanly. Did I say it did not cleanly? Heck, it did not come out [...]

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Brussels sprouts recipe people who hate brussel sprouts will love

I’m not fond of brussels sprouts. No, I hate brussels sprouts.
Okay, lets cut to the chase. I loathe brussels sprouts.
But I’m doing this almost vegetarian thing, so I figure I better try them again and when I did I learned an important lesson and invented a brussels sprout recipe so easy it takes under five [...]

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How a vegetarian can save money at the grocery store

Sure, there are the usual tactics, like coupon clipping (although, alas, I can never find a coupon for fresh produce or organics) and shopping the sales (only marginally more successful for anyone trying to follow an almost vegetarian diet because they just never give you a price break on the healthy stuff).
But I think I’ve [...]

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Genetically modified foods in clear language

What is genetic modification and does it involve aliens and probes?
No, it does not. But it is just as scary. And here’s the lowdown.Genetic modification: The fast and easy explanationGenetic modification is a form of biotechnology that manipulates genes. Our concern, in this blog, is when it is used to manipulate the genes in the [...]

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