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Top 10 for 10 Part 1: Kitchen Edition

Jan 1st, 2011 by LaManda Joy | 1

This afternoon I was attempting to take a pre-New Year’s Eve party disco nap but I kept thinking – like everyone else on the planet – about the great things 2010 brought to us. I’d love to find a different or unique way to position it but being original this time of year is hard [...]

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Nasturtium Buds + vinegar = capers?

Oct 28th, 2009 by LaManda Joy | 3

Why let those peppery nasturtium pods go to waste when they can easily be transformed into something as poetic as “poor man’s capers”?

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The Goods

Oct 6th, 2009 by LaManda Joy | 0

Some… most… all? A LOT of the joy of gardening, cooking, preserving is the giving.

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Canning + ReLearning

Sep 9th, 2009 by LaManda Joy | 2

I can understand why housewives probably jumped for joy when canned foods became available and they no longer had to do it themselves. It is a lot of work. However, I also know that a lot is lost with the convenience of buying a can of whatever at the store.

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