Quinoa and Beans Skillet in the Kitchen
Okay, this is a recipe I made this evening.2 tablespoons oil1 clove garlic, minced1/2 onion, chopped1/2 green bell pepper, diced1 1/2 cups cooked kidney or pinto beans or one 15-ounce can, rinsed and...
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Frances Moore Lappe's Diet for a Small Planet is now in its fiftieth edition.I enjoyed the new book. Read over it over the weekend. Some things have been updated for this edition. Some updates from...
View ArticleDiet for a Small Planet and Sarah Lazare
I have spent the day calling people trying to track down my old Diet for a Small Planet. I don't know if I loaned it out or what. I haven't seen it since the start of December. And last night, I...
View ArticleFrances Moore Lappe wants to save the world
I am so unimpressed with the recipes in the new Diet for a Small Planet. In fact, it really ruins the new edition of the book for me. I'll be writing about that next time.For now? Here's a link to a...
View ArticleA bad Diet for a Small Planet in the Kitchen
Frances Moore Lappe's Diet for a Small Planet is in its 50th edition which came out last September. I hate this book. That's going to be shocking to readers of this site because until this edition...
View ArticleGrocery workers
There's new content at The Third Estate Sunday Review. Ava and C.I. have "TV: NAOMI, PEACEMAKER and INFINITE explore superheroes" which I strongly urge you read. And Ava, C.I., Dona, Elaine, Betty,...
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This is from an interesting article at In These Times by Matthew Miles Goodrich:In 1952 a 23-year-old Martin Luther King Jr. wrote a love letter to Coretta Scott. Along with coos of affection and...
View ArticleNurses strike
 Joyce Chediac has a really good article at Liberation and this is the opening: Nurse burnout and short staffing in hospitals is once again in the news. It’s no wonder. Some 800,000 COVID infections...
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Around the world, nurses -- like other workers -- are striking. Australia is one example:#Nurses only ever consider strike action as a matter of last resort. For ICU Nurses at #Westmead Hospital to...
View ArticleGrilled Eggplant Parmesan in the Kitchen
Eggplant Parmesan? It's not a difficult recipe and here's a very easy recipe for it that Valerie Bertinelli has shared on her Food Network program:Ingredients:1/3 cup plus 1 tablespoon extra-virgin...
View ArticleBiden can't remember his own promises
 That's  Isaiah's THE WORLD TODAY JUST NUTS "Adele Borrows From Oasis" from earlier tonight.Now this is from Abdullah Shihipar's piece at In These Times:A year after Joe Biden’s inauguration, things...
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Wasn't going to blog at all. I'm tired. But I realized I'd been so busy tonight -- family stuff -- that I didn't eat. I did cook. But one of my sisters called and I was speaking with her and forgot...
View ArticleTortilla Soup in the Kitchen
The Food Network notes:When you are monitoring your sugar or have diabetes, it makes sense to plan out your meals to make sure you're eating a combo of ingredients that will stick with you and not...
View ArticleIf you read only one article online this week . . .
. . . make it Colleen Boyle and Eric Dirnbach's piece at In These Times:The fate of the Build Back Better Act is currently unknown. The bill would be the largest social spending achievement in decades...
View ArticleWe've seen all Joe can do
From ABC News:Among the most striking findings in the latest ABC News/Ipsos poll is the degree to which Democrats -- not just Republicans and independents -- are souring on President Joe Biden's...
View ArticleCarly
 Carly Simon has finaly become a nominee for induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.I would love to see her inducted. We'll find out in about six more months.Of all her hits, I think...
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At Jacobin, Liza Featherstone reviews Huma Abedin's new memoir about life, politics and Hillary Clinton:We don’t get much of a sense of Abedin’s political convictions. She longs for peace in the Middle...
View ArticlePeacemaker
On the latest episode HBO Max's Peacemaker, we find Peacemaker (John Cena) wanted by the police.Last time, Abedayo had learned that Murn was part of the butterflies that were taking over humans. This...
View ArticleChocolate Chewy Cookies in the Kitchen
American Diabetes Association? I don't highlight it here. I don't find it useful. Marianne e-mailed that she spent 30 minutes there and couldn't find recipes even when she was in the recipe...
View ArticleFish Tacos in the Kitchen
 Callie wanted to note a fish taco recipe from All Recipes:Ingredients Ingredient Checklist¼ cup reduced-fat sour cream 2 tablespoons lime juice  salt and ground black pepper to taste 1 jalapeno...
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