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Raising six kids on a teacher’s salary, my parents were always cooking on a budget. Being Catholic, with the Lenten requirement of meatless Fridays, this meant that we ate a lot of tuna macaroni salad and fried fish. Frequently mom would make tuna patties for us, and less often, because they were more [...]

Scan a few pages of Michael Ruhlman’s new The Elements of Cooking: Translating the Chef’s Craft for Every Kitchen and it quickly becomes apparent that Elements is no ordinary ABC guide to home cooking. In this book Ruhlman sets out to concisely explain, à la Elements of Style, the foundation lessons he’s learned from [...]

Professor Manuel Garzon, of Granada University in Spain has decided that beer is better for post-workout hydration than plain water.
The research included 25 students (not a particularly diverse sample group given that many students are seasoned beer drinkers).
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In the past few weeks I’ve gotten quite a few questions about the new diet pill called Akavar 20/50. This is an appetite suppressant (aka “caloric restrictor”) that promises to make it much easier to cut calories and lose weight. In fact, the maker of Akavar — a Utah-based supplement company called Dynakor Pharmacal — [...]

…so I guess I should post one! This is a shot of the new star taken yesterday.
We only have a week or two left, and both mother and child are doing great! I’ll totally put up some photos after the birth.
Thanks again for all the kind words and support. Who knew there [...]