We went to the St. Phillip’s Plaza farmers’ market last week (for the first time!) and were impressed by the variety and quality of the goods, especially the produce–and it’s December! Some gorgeous lettuce and delicious tomatoes that were inexplicably described by the seller as tasting “better than a tomato”.  Some really amazing goat cheese, [...]

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Our friend Kelly Watters is a fabulous baker (that’s her pecan pie above, captured deliciously by Josh Schachter –no stock pastry photos here, folks!), and she is making pies to order this holiday season as a way to raise funds for a very cool project. Kelly, market manager for the Community Food Bank, and her [...]

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Most of us get freaked out about vaccines anyway, but are glad they exist, because those diseases they are supposed to prevent are even freakier. We read today that a huge batch of Hib vaccines was recalled.  These vaccines are usually given in a series of three, during the baby’s first year. So we know [...]

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