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Thursday, February 22, 2007

Friendship proves as important as food for Greenfield cook (Dried flowers)

To pin down the one quality that makes Pauline Beck such a delightful hostess, there's a lot you have to overlook. ...
Nora Spath didnt have to think twice about her first overseas trip, despite the fact she didnt know who shed be traveling with until arriving at the airport.
Now is the time the winter wanderer relishes. The delicate flowers of spring, the brilliant foliage of fall and the cool mountain breezes of summer all have their appeal for woodland enthusiasts.
Chinese New Year's treats include candy, seeds, fresh fruit, and dried and candied fruits. Fresh fruits include oranges, tangerines, clementines and kumquats, all symbols of abundant happiness.
When Valentine's Day dawned, loved ones everywhere reveled in candy, flowers and flowery notes.
Speaking of interplanting to achieve diversity in the vegetable garden ecosystem, what about mixing in a few annuals that attract native pollinators?
You won't find food photos quite like this in other cookbooks: a man's chest painted in swirls of melted chocolate. A woman's bare torso strategically covered by a ``bustier'' of pine nuts. And a woman's derriere artfully draped with smoked salmon.
By Jennifer K. Morita, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Feb. 1--Orangevale artist Craig Stephens paints ordinary, everyday objects -- every day.
What would it be like if our sports fan fortunes were reversed? We dont have to imagine. The flip side to our coin is right across the mighty Mississippi.