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Deborah Madison’s Chard, Ricotta & Saffron Cakes & Her Upcoming Dinner with Slow Food Bluegrass

Vegetable Literacy, Deborah Madison’s latest offering, is so much more than a traditional cookbook.  It is a literary dinner party, inviting us to join the seemingly different yet distinctly similar members of 12 families of the Plant Kingdom.  This comprehensive look at the Plant Kingdom’s family tree is broken into 12 chapters, each one an introduction to the members of this family, their …

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Celebrating Terra Madre Day & The Slow Food Movement

For me, it is an outlet.  A time of reflection and focus.  An opportunity to shed the rigors of the day and to spend time making a healthful, real meal for my family and friends.  I love food and adore cooking – especially when I am working with locally sourced, sustainable ingredients.  I was intrigued when I first heard the …