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Indonesian Slaw with Spicy Peanut Dressing

Barbara Bamber — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 00:48:14 +0000

Temperance is a virtue commonly practiced in the New Year. Restraint, self-control, austerity can sometime feel like self-denial { or heaven forbid } self-deprivation. Fortunately, there exists many recipes which quench both the thirst for “healthy” and satiate the hunger for “yum”. This Indonesian Slaw with its Spicy Peanut Dressing does it for me. You […]

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Ambrosial Mulligatawny Soup

Barbara Bamber — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 20:52:56 +0000

crisp granny smith ♥ market fresh Mulligatawny Soup ♥ exotic blend of seasonal apples, fragrant spices, rice and chicken curried heat welcome on a chilly autumn evening sun setting early behind the sharp edge of our golden planet ♥ ♥ I’ve begun reorganizing my spices { we’ve a surfeit of spices.. more on that in […]

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On Peonies and Masticated Orange Sunrise Juice

Barbara Bamber — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 11:48:42 +0000

So I bought these “little Peonies” the other day.. they were curled up tight in little buds, like any other Peony.. Ever.. { they were purchased at Magnolia Floral Gallery, West Market Square } To my dismay, I found out that I paid as much per stem as my friend had paid for an […]

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Katie’s Vegan Carrot Cake

Barbara Bamber — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 13:21:11 +0000

Malcolm Gladwell ( I’d like to be “Bodeswell” ) wrote The Tipping Point. “The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire.” (Amazon) It happens everywhere.. I’ve seen a batch of roasted pumpkin transform instantly into a flurry of cookies, muffins, soups and […]

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Harmonic Inclination for Honey Roasted Potatoes

Barbara Bamber — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 14:12:29 +0000

Harmonic Inclination If a sound wave is divided again and again the harmonic pitch rises, higher and higher, still… on a diminishing curve. Sometimes it feels like My time is being divided and divided and divided until it approaches “zero”… Yet I take on something new and here I am… dividing again. You never actually reach zero, […]

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Cucina Povera Minestrone Zuppa

Barbara Bamber — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 21:38:15 +0000

It was dark when I left the house this morning… just a light skiff of snow sweeping the streets as I drove in the hushed dawn to meet my friends. I wondered if it was worth all this trouble, to wake early and traverse the city in weather that looked so ominous. Hot coffee was poured, […]

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Diary of a Wimpy Housewife and Market Veggies

Barbara Bamber — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 01:33:14 +0000

I am a wimp, a pushover, a cream puff some might say (Hey, I should make those!) I’m the person who listens to the telemarketer and wonders how to politely decline. If I see an elderly person in line at the grocery store I want to give them a hug because I think that they […]

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Simple… and Sweet! Springtime Oven Roasted Veggies

Barbara Bamber — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 17:12:14 +0000

We went on an awesome 16 km bike ride today, straight up and straight back down again. ”Hey! Maybe I could enter the Enbridge Ride to Conquer Cancer” I mused, “this isn’t as difficult as I thought”. I was gently reminded that I could multiply our little morning’s jaunt by 7 and how that would be […]

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