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Spring (& love) is in the air bringing long-awaited fruits and vegetables to market, including fresh garden peas. And there’s no more appropriate time to celebrate the English pea than on the eve of the British royal wedding. Although two billion+ of us are not admitting that we will set our alarms and our DVRs if for no other reason than to watch Matt Lauer belabor the difference between tulle and organza, we will tune in to see the pageantry, the romance, and the fashion to witness another where-were-you-then moment in television history.For now, let’s cook an easy royal side dish – we’ll call it Prince Harry.

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Eons ago, March 2010, an idea was born while sailing on the Caribbean. Six of us fish-out-of-water friends were aboard a rather fancy boat, which was an unfathomably generous birthday gift from my sister and her husband – they are keepers. On board, Dr. April sparked an idea … Read More

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In 2004, the American Heart Association (AHA) faced a challenge. Cardiovascular disease claimed the lives of nearly 500,000 American women each year, yet women were not paying attention. In fact, many even dismissed it as an “older man’s disease.” To dispel the myths and raise awareness of heart disease as … Read More

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Polenta in crunchtime might seem implausible. Crispy polenta requires stirring and tending, and is a carbo-naughty starch that means “corn meal mush.” Here’s the deal. I made it earlier in the day, then fried it (light olive oil) at dinnertime and froze the rest (we’ll see about that success at … Read More

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I came home form a long Thanksgiving weekend (turkey done 7! ways) to find my trusty New England Journal of Medicine had a published an interesting study on weight loss. Now let me preface my remarks with the fact that weight is NOT an issue for my children-if anything I … Read More

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