Category: Food culture

It’s not often you’ll see me talking about a specific product on this blog.  After all, when you’re trying to eat pretty cleanly and in a way that’s accessible to everyone, you’re basically going to end up being more lured

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You know what’s great?  Having wonderful houseguests. You know what stinks?  Having wonderful houseguests leave. We recently had the pleasure of opening our guest room (read: totally unswanky ½ of a finished attic, in which we plunked two beds) to

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I bet some of you will be surprised to learn that J. and I took the boys out for dinner – -to an ice-cream place. Okay, so it was Pinkberry…the very Crunchy Hippie Intellectual foodie version of ice cream.  But

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Due to a small photo snafu, I’ve had to wait to deliver this final part of my three-post series on our Icelandic adventure.  (If you haven’t read parts 1 and 2, you may want to get up to speed.  If

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I’m going to say this really fast, and then we can all forget I said it, okay? Ireallylovemymom’spotatosaladanddeviledeggsandtheyaremadewithMiracleWhip. I can’t help it.  I positively HATE mayonnaise, and I’m really no bigger fan of Miracle Whip than I am of mayo

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  When I left you last night, I promised there would be news of chickens, fermented shark, and our collective expansion of our personal comfort zones.  I suppose I ought to start with the chickens. On the morning of our

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I may have been away for a while — okay, QUITE a while; longer than I’ve ever left this blog unattended before — but it was for a good reason. That photo was taken in ICELAND.  By ME.  And it

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It’s time for a reprieve. After six weeks of experimenting with a gluten and casein-free diet for L., we’re in the “rechallenge” phase.  Gradually and carefully, J. and I are adding wheat products and dairy products back into his meals,

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Welcome to Rhode Island, where the RRG family is serving up the second course of our Food Revolution Day Progressive Dinner!  I hope you’re not too stuffed after Billy’s delicious date appetizer to enjoy a little soup. I wish I

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