Heat :

Beat The Heat

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The fires have started in Los Angeles. It has become incredibly hot and the smell of smoke outside my window is unbearable. The stove is looking like a punishment. It?s a challenge to cook without[...]

Feel the Heat

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I did it. I braved HOT YOGA this morning for the first time! I didn?t pass out, feel dizzy, nauseous OR fall flat on my face! I felt pretty darn proud of myself. One word though: sweaty. Whoa. I knew it would be sweaty but seriously, WHOA.[...]

Beat the Heat

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I had a wonderful walk on the beach this morning despite the blazing heat. The weather bulletin says it's "only" 88°F but it feels hotter, even with the light breeze from the ocean wafting by. Still, I did my usual 30 minutes, about 1.5[...]

Heat It Up!!!

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Chef Ming?s Vegetarian Hot and Sour Soup It is cold outside in NYC. I mean really, really cold out there. Frigid even. Soup is a necessity at this time of year in the Northeast. And let me tell you, this soup has got a little kick to it, so it[...]

Taming the Heat

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Do you love kitchen gadgets? I certainly do! Get me near a Sur La Table or Williams-Sonoma store, and I can do some seriously damage to my bank account. I don't know how I ever lived without my Microplane grater or my apple corer. Anything that[...]

Beat the Heat 2

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Hi guys! did you try drinking a whole jug of squash to beat the heat today?? I did. It was way too hot, and it's only April. Oh and just to remind you all, the school that mentioned earlier,  Sajjad Nazir Memorial School, is open to[...]

Heat and Hockey

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Today was gloriously HOT out?. 39*C (not sure what that is in F) and just the kind of weather I wait for each year. So it felt a little odd taking DS to hockey camp this morning! Before we left I made a bowl of oat bran; 1 cup water 1/3 cup[...]

Beating the Heat

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So yeah, here, like just about everywhere, it's hot. Crazy hot. But it's also been stormy and bizarre, so much so that we had tornado warnings last night. I was at the movie theater with the J's when the power suddenly went out, kids[...]

Bringing the Heat

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This year I planted a cayenne pepper plant just for fun. The plant care tag placed in the soil of the plant said that it was produced a lot of fruit. Man, talk about truth in advertising! I've harvested about a dozen pepper so far and there are[...]

High Heat Roasting

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 Back to work after three days off.   I took a small boneless rib roast out of the freezer for dinner.    After it thawed Moe salted it. Seasoned with fresh garlic and lots of coarse ground black[...]