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Enjoying Food – VPR Commentary
My latest Vermont Public Radio commentary on enjoying food. Yes, it is about eating bugs and the picture above is of Japanese beetles being boiled in salted water for 2 full minutes before being tossed...
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The Not-Heirlooms
I originally titled this commentary Not-Heirlooms! but Vermont Public Radio tactfully changed it to “Apple Diversity.” We are very heirloom apple obsessed in Vermont and with good reason and to good...
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Cookbooks Commentary
Under the wire – in a swift recording turn around – I got in a Vermont Public Radio commentary before the pledge drive began. It’s like musical chairs, trying to get on air before dropping into the...
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Holiday Candy Making 2014
This post is really a re-post of a Vermont Public Radio commentary from this time last year. I’m wrapping up my annual candy making for 2014. . I’d promised myself I wouldn’t go overboard this year,...
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Changing Tastes
We’re born with certain taste preferences. Some of these reflect individual variability (reaction to bitter for example), others are general human traits (children seek out sweets). Much has been made...
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Recommended Reading and A Commentary (2 for 1!)
The thing with radio commentaries is that you can’t use footnotes. I want footnotes for this commentary because it’s about a report and, really, it’s only fair to give folks access to that report....
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Food Waste – Commentary
Those would be cantaloupe seeds, roasted. The flavor was great but they were sharp and hard which may have been my fault, or the cantaloupe’s fault, or a sign that they should be ground into a powder...
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VPR Commentary Formerly Known as “The Omelet”
I continue my 0-Umpteen record of naming my Vermont Public Radio commentary files in such a way that the producers are moved to use my selected title. A commentary formerly known as “The Omelet” (it...
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Vacation Time – VPR Commentary
I enjoy reading pop business and entrepreneurship books promising to show how to find profound job satisfaction and with it a purposeful life. I’m launching my career as a writer of such texts, told...
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VPR Commentary: Holiday Entertaining
(12/6/15) It’s been a while (2 months, actually) since I’ve posted on this site. . . but I hope you do all realize that I post weekly with recipes inspired by different regions of the world over at the...
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