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A Healthier Side Dish

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Birthday Boys

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My two Spanish Mustangs had different starts, but they’re both celebrating their birthdays this month.

Radishes

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Even though the radish was the first edible crop I ever grew, I still don’t seem to be growing them correctly. Follow these "what not to do” tips.

Dear Prudence

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Adding Value to Vegetables

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Adding that extra "umph" to your vegetables before selling them might help you sell more.

Follow the Fracking Rules

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Photo courtesy iStockphoto/Thinkstock A new California bill will add more transparency to oil companies that frack. Hydraulic fracturing, “fracking,” companies may soon be revealing more information about their fracking explorations, due to a new draft for a bill by California Governor Jerry Brown’s administration. Although it will take a long time for the bill to […]

New Year’s Lamb Stew

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Photo by Judith Hausman With added North African spices, this stew is full of flavor. A meal for the new year, I think, should be comforting on one hand (What happened to 2012?) but also enlivening and piquant (What’s going to happen in 2013?) on the other. My friend and great cook, Debbie, served this […]

My Rabbit Has Spondylosis

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Green-Olive Tapenade

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Christmas Horse Ride

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Photo by Audrey Pavia Being able to ride my horse around the town where I live is always special, but doing it around Christmas time is magical. On Sunday, my friend Michelle and I saddled up our boys and headed out onto the bridle path. I was riding Milagro and ponying Rio alongside. Michelle was […]

Sweet Corn

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Photo by Rick Gush Sweet corn is sold packaged in Tuscany, Italy. Sweet corn might just be the most American of all the vegetables, because Americans eat more of it than just about anyone else. Oh sure, corn is grown all over the planet these days, but most of that corn is either grown to […]

Fennel Salad Recipe

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Photo by Judith Hausman A twist on the Waldorf salad makes for a great winter refresher. I turn to root vegetables and brassicas when the weather gets colder but the hearty, earthy food of winter also needs counterpoint. I was looking for a bracing salad to refresh us over the holidays and noticed the array […]

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