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The 2009 GWA Symposium in Raleigh, NC: A Yankee’s Waking Dream

October 2, 2009
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I don’t travel much. As a matter of fact, all the flying I’ve done in my adult life has been because of blogging, and all my flights have been to much warmer climates than my own. Every time I’ve left my home turf, I’ve found the experience a little unreal. Unmoored from my usual routine, [...]

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Basil Decimation

June 24, 2009

My daughter just went out to her garden and found all her basil seedlings snipped off and left. Not eaten and not even wilted yet.

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Making Pesto and Cooking with Pesto

July 22, 2008

This essay was written before 2001, and a lot has changed since then. Details in the Postscript.

People tend to assume, since I live in the country and have a large family, that I grow and preserve all (or at least a good deal) of the food we eat. But the truth is, I really don’t [...]

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