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An ode to kneadless bread

By Jane | Published: February 2, 2011
It’s a little awkward to have fallen so hard for no-knead bread baking four-plus years after it became a fad. There’s no one to share my enthusiasm with. My food-obsessed friends’ reaction? Been there, done that. Everyone else’s? A blank stare. So I’ve been seeking some, small way to add to the debate. And this [...]
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A plan to fix school lunch?

By Jane | Published: February 2, 2010
“No nation is any healthier than its children or more prosperous than its farmers,” President Harry Truman pronounced as he signed legislation establishing the National School Lunch Program. If that was the goal, the program has been a failure. Small farmers are struggling and one-third of American children are overweight and obese. How did this [...]
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