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Saturday, June 11, 2011

I Want My Country Back! All-American Tacos for July 4

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In grade school, I learned to be a patriotic American. At the front of every classroom was an American flag, and every morning for nine yea...
Sunday, May 22, 2011

On The Wings of (Reflected) Glory

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A beginning birder started showing up at my Audubon chapter’s field trips last year. She was friendly, smart, and ferociously curious; and d...

Rhodes to Nowhere: A Mortifying Adventure (and a Recipe)

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I could have been a contender. I was SUPPOSED to be a contender. I breezed effortlessly through grade school and high school, earning A’s on...
Sunday, May 1, 2011

Eat Like a Bird!

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This Northern Parula flew 1,000 miles or more across the Gulf of Mexico – without stopping, eating, or sleeping – before landing in Florida ...
Monday, April 25, 2011

Bake It Forward: A Few of My Favorite Things

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Last fall, Lucy Mercer initiated a project to bring Open Salon food writers – and the products of our kitchens – together in meatspace. As ...
Sunday, April 3, 2011

You Really Shouldn't Be Eating This

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In my family, cholesterol is the source of all the world’s trouble. Boatloads of the fatty stuff course through our collective veins with va...
Sunday, March 20, 2011

Where Are You From? It's Complicated (But the Food Is Great)

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Every Asian-American has to deal with The Question: “So...where are you from?” It wasn’t until I was in high school that I finally realized...