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A white plate topped with rice and vegetables.

Black Rice, Butternut Squash, Orange & Cashew Salad and Two Science Experiments

06/19/2012 |

Last week I noticed Black Rice had appeared at my Ralphs Market for the first time and was totally intrigued,…

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A plate of food with meat and vegetables on it.

Cauliflower Steak with Mushrooms & Hee Hee

02/15/2012 |

Ok, let’s get the obvious out of the way first: what in the heck is Hee Hee? I first learned…

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A bowl of food with vegetables and feta cheese.

Wheat Berry, Green Olive & Roasted Pepper Salad

01/23/2012 |

I decided to make this Wheat Berry, Green Olive and Roasted Pepper Salad after paging through the January 2012 issue…

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A bowl of food with rice and vegetables.

Quinoa Salad with Pistachios, Currants and Dried Apricots Kissed with Orange, Rice Vinegar and Sesame Oil

08/18/2011 |

This week we had a potluck at my work and when it was announced, I knew I wanted to make…

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A woman with glasses smiling for the camera. Hello! My name is Lynne Hemer, and I am a woman obsessed with food and cooking, in search of new, unusual, exotic, and sublime ingredients and recipes. I love reading cookbooks, taking cooking classes, going to restaurants, photographing food, and blogging about it all! I hope you enjoy my website as much as I enjoyed creating it.