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Shiso Fabulous

February 9, 2010 Factory-Free Food
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This week the CSA box had a big bunch of shiso. I haven’t eaten shiso—also called perilla, beefsteak plant, or sesame leaf—since I lived in South Korea over 15 years ago, so the bunch in my box inspired me to research traditional Korean dishes this week.

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Better Living Through Coconut

July 8, 2009 Factory-Free Food
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Despite using coconut water, milk, meat and oil in many of my recipes, I have a love/hate relationship with coconut. My love affair with coconut began as a toddler when a nice Mexican man gave me a hunk of fresh coconut meat to teethe on during my parents’ vacation in Acapulco. I have lovingly done the [...]

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Cabbage Harvest for Homemade Sauerkraut

July 4, 2009 Factory-Free Food
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The first organic cabbages and kale are ready for harvest in my garden now. I’ve had some trouble getting used to the Southern California growing season, where, because there is no frost, there are more garden pests than I ever thought imaginable. The cabbage looper worms and I have been at war for the last [...]

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