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A few days ago I made a really yummy soup, so I thought I'd share it ( Read more... )

Health Scandal of the Decade - Monsanto’s GMO Perversion of Food

Thanks, ivolucien.

It's participant's birthday. I just made a sugar-free vegan birthday cake using this recipe. The only change I made was to substitute xylitol for sugar. She has a sugar-free version too, but with stevia, which I don't care for.

The cake is nummy. It's cooling, and I ate all the bits that came off on the springform pan.

With being eight and a half months pregnant, and hugely so at that, I have very few spoons, and use them up quickly in any activity that involves standing or walking. Readers may or may not be aware that meowse has recently gone nearly vegan (vegan for most purposes, but will eat animal products that are raised in ways that are sustainable, healthy, and ( Read more... )

Aspartame causes brain damage in normal consumption quantities, and has been known to do so for 30 years. Thanks, meowse.

How to make a Mobius bagel. Thank you, clemtaur.

Anyone in the Seattle area have some real, live sourdough starter? Our housemate clemtaur has a very limited set of foods he can safely eat, due to a particularly tricky case of Crohn's disease, and it has just reduced by a very important unit because the bakery that made the sourdough that didn't make him sick has gone out of business. He can't tolerate ( Read more... )

Consumer Reports found that bisphenol-A is common in many canned foods, including "organic" ones. Thanks for the heads-up, jehannamama.

You all know not to microwave in plastic, right?

Just had brunch with Tugger's parents at Urbane in the Hyatt downtown at Olive 8. Really good stuff. Perfectly cooked & seasoned rosemary red potatoes. I had an eggs Benedict arrangement that involved Dungeness crab and spinach, and we split a coffee creme brulee afterwards (nice second chance at that, since I'd passed up the same dessert at ( Read more... )