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Go to Recipe Go to Video Coming home from school when we were growing up in England was, for me, like hitting base camp after climbing Mt. Everest.  Of five siblings, I was the one to be sent far from home each day to an English Catholic school. The others went to the American school …

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granola, oats, nuts

Go to Recipe Go to Video Granola.  The word slips off the tongue, evoking bowls of grains toasted or untoasted, with or without dried fruit, sweetened or unsweetened.  It also evokes a category of person dressed in natural fiber clothing, living off the land, with long hair and, if male, stubble, strong hands, and ruddy …

The Greatest Granola from…Paris Read More »

Go to Video A typical French breakfast consists of baguette with butter and jam, a croissant or pain au chocolate, maybe a chausson aux pommes (apple turnover), and a big bowl of steaming coffee.  It’s a marvel, a magical assemblage of delicious elements. Steer Roping Needs More A cowboy or girl might not be able …

Fresh Goat Cheese for Breakfast Read More »

Go to Recipe Go to Video Flamboyant Vegetable The modest yet flamboyant radish, that little harbinger of spring, has a most distinguished history.  The people of the Levant – Turkey to Ethiopia – were the first to enjoy their crisp texture and sometimes spicy flavor.  The radish travelled to Europe through the Mediterranean basin to …

A Radish for Now – A Radish for All Seasons Read More »

Go to Video Many might experience a traditional French breakfast and say “Why, that’s not a breakfast at all!”  But they would be wrong, because like so many a French gastronomic traditions, the French breakfast is simply perfect.  After all, it includes four major food groups: coffee, bread, butter, and jam.  Nutritional Guidelines? But what …

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