Tuesday, October 15th, 2013
There are many signs that mean fall. To some fall is heralded by colored leaves and frost on the pumpkin. To others it is the return to school. Among those many signs of the season in many...
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Tuesday, October 8th, 2013
Stir-frying is a good, quick meal for a busy lifestyle. Although cutting the ingredients into small pieces takes a bit of time, the cooking is quick and easy and the flavors are fresh and delightful if it...
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Tuesday, October 1st, 2013
Asian Pears, also called Nashi apple, Chinese, Japanese and Oriental pears, are a less common dessert pear but they are rapidly gaining in popularity. Most of us don’t have a tree for these tasty fruit treats in...
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Tuesday, September 24th, 2013
As spring follows through summer and then onto fall, gardeners think of harvests — particularly the succession of fruit harvests. Strawberries lead to cherries and apricots, then peaches, pears and apples. There is plenty else in between,...
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Tuesday, September 10th, 2013
According to the Center for Disease Control, 21 million people in this country will become ill from food poisoning this year. We have been conditioned to think in terms of salmonella and E. coli as related to...
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“It’s time for dinner. Go wash your hands,” is a worthwhile admonition from Mom to the kids. The kids obediently troop off to the bathroom sink. What happens there sometimes remains a mystery. Often the cold water...
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It is back-to-school time — time for books, new teachers, friends, the return to a schedule, extra-curricular activities and school lunch. Some parents opt to purchase school lunch for their children, while others prefer to pack food...
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I picked my first ripe tomato Sunday and turned it into a delicious tomato sandwich. It was exactly the right lunchtime treat. That first ripe vegetable signals that the harvest is almost underway. That means farmers’ markets and...
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Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013
Pioneer Day, July 24, is a big holiday in Utah. As we celebrate tomorrow we may appropriately remember the heritage that prompted this holiday. The Mormon Pioneers who arrived in the Salt Lake Valley July 24, 1847...
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Tuesday, July 16th, 2013
“Summer time and the livin’ is easy, Fish are jumpin’ and the cotton is high” — Aria composed by George Gershwin for 1935 Opera Porgy and Bess All that easy summertime livin’ sends many of us...
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