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    Truthiness

    Today I'm writing from Chicago, where I've been since Friday and will stay through Tuesday for the biggest gathering of registered dietitians there is - the American Dietetic Association Food and Nutr...

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    Pescetarian

    Today I read a little article in the Dallas Morning News about a 12-year-old girl who chooses to eat pescetarian style. This means no meat or poultry, but fish is welcome. This is actually a fairly c...

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    New York Sushi

    This past weekend, Lloyd and I were in New York visiting friends and enjoying fall in the city. I also attempted to go veil shopping, but failed miserably because I have no idea what I want. ...

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    Wedding food tasting

    Yesterday my lunch consisted of fourteen hors d'oeuvres. Then four pieces of cake for dessert. I didn't eat it all, of course, but took at least a couple bites of everything because I had som...

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    Cold weather caprese salad

    Today I want to talk about one of my favorite non-fish foods, caprese salad. Traditionally a summery salad featuring in-season tomatoes, this treat has a couple variations appropriate for...

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    Newport seafood

    My Columbus Day weekend was spent celebrating, not exactly the discovery of America, but the discovery of Newport, Rhode Island. Lloyd just started a three month Marine JAG training there at the N...

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    Salmon, farm-raised and wild

    Monday night I whipped up my favorite salmon burgers, mixing in some of the green olives left over from my pasta. I made sure to use lemon juice as well. In the past I've skipped this ing...

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    The deal with cholesterol and shrimp

    I finally got around to making shrimp and olive oil pasta Friday night, which started out a bit uninteresting, but improved greatly with the addition of green olives and red pepper flakes. On...

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    The Japanese Paradox

    Last night Lloyd and I ate at a fun French restaurant in our neighborhood that offers over ten types of les moules (mussels). You'll notice in the before and after pictures, we also ate pom...

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    What to do with frozen shrimp

    Yesterday for lunch I ate some curried salmon loaf from last week. I wasn't sure how well it would freeze, but it was officially just as good reheated as straight from the oven. While I was in the...