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Taking Stock, Part 3: Mushroom. Cheese.

Waste not, want not. Always remember and never forget: save your mushroom stems and cheese rinds. They make fantastic and really useful stocks. Free soup. Hot, steamy, aromatic and deeply delicious improvements for cold winter days.
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Taking Stock, Part 2: Vegetables Only

Don't throw away those carrot ends and onion trimmings. Two minutes to stick 'em in a pot with some water - then let them simmer for an hour or two. You get a great soup - or a great way to enrich other dishes. Fragrant, deeply flavorful stock. Waste not, want not.
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Taking Stock, Part 1: Beef and Chicken

Don't throw away those bones and vegetable trimmings. Stick 'em in a pot with some water and let them simmer for a few hours. You get a great soup - for free. Maybe the best possible holiday leftover. Less than two minutes to put it all in a pot, add water and turn on the stove.
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Take This Test. Right now.

OK, it's not really a test. More like a quick online survey. It's called "How Fit Are You Really?" It's all about your Cardio-Respiratory Fitness level. Which the American Heart Association now says should be regarded as a "vital sign", just like blood pressure. And should be part of your regular physical exam.
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Slower Sunday: Route: Canal

I love to walk around great old cities. Yeah, no patience for sitting. But sometimes you just have to change your point of view. To get the best view. C'mon, hop in, put up your feet and float through Amsterdam.
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I Want These Cookies

Possibly the world's greatest ginger snap. If you're passing around a cookie plate after dinner, this is what you want on it. If you want to give a gift of homemade cookies, these are the ones you want to give. 3 minutes to make the dough.
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Ski Hawai’i

Pretty balmy here at sea level. You wake up to tropical birds. You look through palms to the Pacific. You look up to the summit of Mauna Kea. To see that while you were sleeping ... it snowed. A lot. Surfing seems so yesterday. Skiing seems so today.
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Flash-Roasted Prosciutto Chips

If you like prosciutto, you'll love prosciutto chips. Like prosciutto turned up to eleven. Super-concentrated flavor and aroma when what's in your mouth is more like air. 5 minutes to prepare. Friends and family will be amazed.
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Tuscan-Fried Farmers Market

This has to be the easiest delicious thing to do with the season's bounty of root vegetables. All of them. At once. Sweet and earthy. Soft and hot inside, crisp and crunchy outside. A lot of vitamins A, B and C. Lots of dietary fiber. Low Glycemic Load. Your winter go-to dish.
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