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021 The Queen of Quince

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Food, Food Preservation, Fruit Trees, Gardening, Podcasts
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A conversation about the ultimate slow food, quince, with Barbara Ghazarian, author of Simply Quince and Simply Armenian. If you have room, you should definitely make room for a quince tree. If not, you should work with this amazing fruit. During the podcast Barbara discusses how to prep and cook quince. We also talk about savory dishes made with quince and take a detour into a discussion about muhammara. We also discuss: The National Clonal Germ...

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Saturday Tweets: Working Dogs and Expensive Raccoon Meat

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...ple) February 12, 2015 What to do in the garden this month? Nothing. http://t.co/WVPIn7uoDN via @sharethis — Root Simple (@rootsimple) February 12, 2015 LA Health Officials Take Action After Local Supermarket Sells Raccoons As Food « CBS Los Angeles http://t.co/2jVQ0Wxfmi — Root Simple (@rootsimple) February 12, 2015 Check out I Parked In A Bike Lane Sticker from iparkedinabikelane! http://t.co/HSEiuRm1zM — Root Simple (@rootsimple) February 10, 2...

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“Interstellar”: Leaving the farm for the stars

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...Bad happening which causes massive depopulation of the Earth. I think the food supply failed. Now, everyone left is a farmer, and working hard to keep failing monocrops going. We seem to be living on an all-corn diet. There are no animals to be seen, anywhere. Not even a cat. I’m assuming we ate them. There seems to be plenty of gas left, perhaps because there are so few people. At any rate, things aren’t good–there are constant dust storms and d...

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Saturday Tweets: Bikes, Sacred Lands and Watering Paradise

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Saturday Linkages
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...SlaNow — Root Simple (@rootsimple) November 21, 2014 I love this idea: The Food Lab: Make Your Own Just-Add-Hot-Water Instant Noodles (and Make Your Coworkers Jealous) http://t.co/tsoYuh6lOa — Root Simple (@rootsimple) November 21, 2014 Egg Yolk Color | HenCam http://t.co/c4LCft1Yza via @terrygolson — Root Simple (@rootsimple) November 18, 2014 London’s garden bridge: the public park where groups and cyclists aren’t welcome http://t.co/48RuycNsIt...

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Compostable Holiday Decor

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Design
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...esh for the rest of the day. It’s really nice to have fresh, fragrant greenery on the walls and tables for parties. Here’s a thoughtstyling for you: maybe holiday decor should be as compost-able as the food, so we don’t end up burdened with boxes full of low-grade novelty holiday items which have no future outside a thrift store–kid art and family treasures excepted, of course!...

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