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• BLOG — Kids navigate gustatory rush hour

  By Lauren HeatonJanuary 28, 2011

  

  This week in the McKinney/Yellow Springs High School cafeteria, I learned a funny thing.

• BLOG — Perpetually pondering pizza

  By Lauren ShowsJanuary 25, 2011

  

  I have heard it said that there’s no such thing as bad pizza. I have heard it said because I have said it. I’m kinda of the opinion that it’s not possible to go wrong with bread, tomato sauce and cheese; everything else is incidental. How lucky am I, then, to have moved to a […]

• BLOG — Get educated about school lunch

  By Lauren HeatonJanuary 19, 2011

  

  While hopefully cafeterias are not the place where most of our children’s food experiences originate, the school lunchroom is a place where kids spend a regular, if brief, part of every weekday. What is it like for them to sit down together, and what do they eat?

• BLOG — Symbols of a prosperous 2011

  By Lauren HeatonDecember 30, 2010

  

  When asked about the meaning of Christmas, my grandmother would always reply with a boisterous step, “Happy Birthday Jesus!” But asked about the meaning of New Year’s, her speech would suddenly assume a more reverent cadence.

• By Lauren Heaton

  When asked about the meaning of Christmas, my grandmother would always reply with a boisterous step, “Happy Birthday Jesus!” It’s about all one could expect from a woman who grew up with Buddha as the household deity, and still thought of going to the shrine as a punishment. But asked about the meaning of New […]

• BLOG — Everyone’s fond of fondue

  By Lauren HeatonDecember 18, 2010

  

  Fondue makes a warming holiday party food that friends and family can gather around.

• BLOG — Thick snow, thin skin

  By Lauren ShowsDecember 8, 2010

  

  I accept it. I embrace it. I will shout it from the rooftops: when it comes to cold weather, I am a total wiener.

• BLOG — Super sumac, soulful shiso

  By Lauren HeatonDecember 3, 2010

  

  Two reddish-purple herbs from two Eastern countries share some interesting properties and add fabulous flavor to complement the taste formula.

• BLOG – Back to life, back from maternity

  By Lauren ShowsNovember 8, 2010

  

  Twelve weeks into motherhood, I’m stealing some minutes of my own, and a cup of decaf, and sitting down to write.

• BLOG – The Yellow Spring… or is it?

  By Vanessa QueryNovember 1, 2010

  

  When I first saw the Yellow Spring, my initial thought was, “That’s not yellow.” I mean, not really. It’s yellowish, ok, but if I were to see it without knowing its name, I certainly wouldn’t call it yellow.