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Recipe for Winter Kohlrabi Salad

Recipe for Winter Kohlrabi Salad December 15, 2008 | Posted in In the Kitchen

Winter is the time for long-simmered stews, baked squash and jacket potatoes, but something light, green and crunchy can still look good on your plate.

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Recipe for Chocolate Almond Honey Cake

Recipe for Chocolate Almond Honey Cake December 9, 2008 | Posted in In the Kitchen

Chocolate lovers rave about this wonderful cake that also happens to be flour (and gluten) free!

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Let them fail?

Let them fail? November 29, 2008 | Posted in Transportation

While it's possible that the demise of the Detroit automakers will cause rail lines to sprout from the earth like mushrooms and send the public flocking to the bus, Bob Herbert of the New York Times describes a few other possible outcomes.

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Review of Celiac Disease A Hidden Epidemic by Peter H.R. Green & Rory Jones

5 star rating Review of Celiac Disease A Hidden Epidemic 1 comment | November 17, 2008 | Posted in Books, Mags, Music & Film

1 out of every 100 people in U.S. have celiac disease! Recent studies have shown that celiac disease affects approximately 1 percent of the U.S. population, and that 97% of them are undiagnosed. Once considered a rare disease of childhood, celiac disease is now recognized as a disease of adults - and the majority of them are either asymptomatic or...

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Recipe for Wild Rice Stuffing

Recipe for Wild Rice Stuffing November 17, 2008 | Posted in In the Kitchen

This mix of wild rice, toasted walnuts, and celery is gluten free, but hardly "diet" food. It's been part of Thanksgiving for years now and everyone loves it. The left-overs are great, too!

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Review of Just Say NO to the Flu Shot...

1 star rating Review of Just Say NO to the Flu Shot... 3 comments | October 4, 2008 | Posted in Holistic Medicine

The last reason NOT to get a flu shot The last reason NOT to get a flu shot is because drug companies are making profits.

If you think a dose of the flu vaccine would help you be healthier this winter, I say do it. Yes, there are drawbacks to the vaccine, and the mercury issue is real and should be investigated, but if you decide...

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Recipe for Vegan Crumb Cake

Recipe for Vegan Crumb Cake September 26, 2008 | Posted in In the Kitchen

Old-style crumb cake loaded with topping, but adapted to use vegan ingredients. This was developed by a friend of mine. Nancy says it takes a little longer to put together than a standard cake, but that it's worth it!

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Review of How to Survive the Market Meltdown by Organic Consumer Association

2 star rating Review of How to Survive the Market Meltdown by Organic Consumer Association 1 comment | September 24, 2008 | Posted in Environment and Society

Buy for the mileage These are good tips for the most part, but I have to take exception to one - the idea that your high-mileage car will ever be worth more than what you paid for it.

In the last six months I've received offers for my 2003 Echo from several local Toyota dealers. (I bought it as a Toyota-certified...

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Review of Making Kefir At Home

4 star rating Review of Making Kefir At Home 1 comment | September 11, 2008 | Posted in Vitamins, Herbs, Supplements

Kefir "grains"? And I thought kefir was just liquid yogurt...

A question that occurred to me after reading this article. Is it possible to re-use the grains used to make kefir? Does this require continuous production or is there a way to store the grains between batches? (I used to freeze my sourdough starter...

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Review of Take Back My TV

4 star rating Review of Take Back My TV September 4, 2008 | Posted in Recycling & Reusing

TVs and e-waste - send a message This website lets you easily search for local e-waste recycling centers.

The site also allows you to sign a petition telling the CEO of Samsung that it's time to catch up to Sony and LG and begin a tv recycling program of its own.

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