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Walking & Eating in Nepal

I don't know about you, but my jaw doesn't actually drop all that often. When I got up to the ridge line, my jaw dropped. Every peak in sight is higher than 20,000 feet - a lot higher. You're miles away from these mountains - but your neck's craned up at a sharp angle so you can see the summits.
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Shanksgiving: Osso Buco

Deeply, profoundly delicious. You'd never choose a turkey over something this tender and tasty. It's easy. Foolproof. You can make it in advance. $5 - $15 per person for a memorable meal. Cost depends on the shank: veal, lamb or pork.
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Better Butter Sauté for Mushrooms

The butter makes a luxurious and rich mouthful. Water makes it light. The emulsified butter-water is a miracle. The free water and three minutes of extra effort transform a simple-and-just-fine dish into a great one. With the good kind of dietary fat.
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Hot potato, cold potato. Salad. Perfect.

I didn't realize how flavorful and creamy a potato could be until I had my first truly farm-fresh, just-dug potato. Until I made it this Way, I never had a Perfect Potato Salad. And I didn't know why this is the delicious, Low Glycemic Load potato preparation that it is.
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Don’t Fall Fall: Stand for your thighs

A 2-minute exercise to strengthen the muscles you use to stay on your feet. This one'll strengthen and tone your outer thighs, too. Your abductor muscles. Mission-critical muscles for slippery winter weather and for next summer's beach look.
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Slower Sunday: So much fuss

When you stop to think about the whole olive experience, it's really not bad being the olive. Even though you get eaten. Press Play. Then decide if you wouldn't rather be hanging out right here, right now.
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Apple-a-Day: Cider Two Ways

One day freezing. Next day balmy. Today: hot mulled cider. Tomorrow: spicy apple soda. It's terrific. Make your own soda. Dramatically improve your health. Save money. Save planetary wear and tear with something sweet, spicy and mellow.
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Walk to the Sun, the Moon and the Stairs

In Mexico. Back in the 5th century, this was quite the place to live. And eat. And climb pyramids. Next week, I'll make some great dishes that come from this time and place. The culture that gave us one of the original and tastiest low Glycemic Load diets.
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