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Vicki McClure Davidson | April 13, 2012

“You can never have enough garlic. With enough garlic, you can eat ‘The New York Times’.” ~ News correspondent Morley Safer FOOD. GLORIOUS FOOD. Garlic rocks, and so do Fridays. Another week’s nearly over, another Friday has finally arrived — and with this Friday’s arrival, more mouth-watering food photos to enjoy and more frugal recipes [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | April 6, 2012

Pounding fragrant things — particularly garlic, basil, parsley — is a tremendous antidote to depression. But it applies also to juniper berries, coriander seeds, and the grilled fruits of the chilli pepper. Pounding these things produces an alteration in one’s being — from sighing with fatigue to inhaling with pleasure. The cheering effects of herbs [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | March 23, 2012

Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity. ~ Voltaire FOOD. GLORIOUS EASTER AND PASSOVER FOOD. This year, Easter Sunday, the culmination of the Christian season of Lent and the end of Holy Week, falls on April 8. It celebrates the [...]

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