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I am a writer, educator, and public speaker. I am passionate about the written word, my country, self-reliance, compost, organic gardening, telling stories and family.

My professional experience spans many years and much of the globe. From 1997 until 2007

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Food & Drink > Cooking (Other) TV show reviews: Good Eats with Alton Brown: 1 of 18
If you want an informative, entertaining and sometimes amusingly cheesy cooking show, try out Alton Brown's Good Eats on the Food Network. Alton Brown is a bespectacled, tongue-in-cheek guy who somehow knows an incredible amount about food. Not only does he teach how to make recipes, he actually teaches the chemistry of cooki... More..
Food & Drink > Cooking (Other) The difference between virgin and regular olive oils: 1 of 17
Olive oil, olive oil. It is on your shopping list but you can't find- there! Suddenly you are faced with three shelves of differing brands and types of olive oil. You have virgin, extra virgin, regular, and others if you are in a good store. So what is the difference anyway? Can all olive oils be used the same way?THE DIFFERE... More..
Food & Drink > Recipes (Other) Recipes: Halloween-themed food: 2 of 22
Hyper kids. Face paint that simply won't come off. A costume that has been worn so many times before the big day arrives that it is already falling apart.Isn't Halloween with kids a blast? But hey, Halloween isn't just for kids! Grown-ups can dress up too, and one of the best ways of getting into the Halloween mood is to cook... More..
Food & Drink > Cuisine & Food (Other) How to make your own broth: 3 of 32
Making homemade broth is easy! You just get a juicer, stick a chunk of meat or veggies in there and let 'er rip, right?Maybe not so much. What's lovely is that making broth really is almost that easy, and is significantly less disgusting. Even more than that, if you make your own homemade broth, you end up with far more flavo... More..
Food & Drink > Fruits & Vegetables The many ways to prepare perfect corn on the cob: 1 of 10
About a five minute drive from my house is a local farmer's corn stand. I am there perhaps too much, as corn on the cob is just about my favorite summer vegetable. Okay, I also like the lightly sauteed zucchini and yellow squash. Raw green beans from my garden are good too.Oh well, the truth is that corn on the cob is a wonde... More..
Food & Drink > Cooking (Other) The best way to cook trout: 4 of 35
If you hate fish, read this article! One of the main reasons those who hate fish dislike it so much is because it has that nasty 'fishy' flavor. This flavor really is detected by both the mouth and nose, and it can turn you off your meal faster than you can say "Fish on!" But, there is a fish for you if you are one of these p... More..
Food & Drink > Cookware & Cutlery The history of Tupperware: 2 of 16
Get a coke. Hoover the carpet. Windex the mirrors. Many products have had their name become a part of our American lexicon, but maybe none so much as Tupperware. This pioneering product is in almost every American's home. Why? Because it is incredibly handy. What a lot of people don't know is that not only was the product a p... More..
Food & Drink > Cooking (Other) The nutritional difference between fast-cooked and slow-cooked rice: 1 of 7
A nicely curving pile of white rice sits on your plate less than ten minutes after you put it on to cook. Just the thing to round out your meal and fill you up. But it is also just the thing to do you absolutely no good nutritionally. The fact is that fast-cooked rice and slow-cooked rice have a huge difference in their nutri... More..
Food & Drink > Cookware & Cutlery The importance of a clean cutting board: 4 of 27
It was in Health Class that I first learned about cross-contamination. The film used silly little drawings to represent the germs that stayed on a cutting board after it was used. Those little germs would crawl all over the next vegetable that was chopped. Then the camera followed plates piled high with food covered in nasty ... More..
Food & Drink > Cooking Desserts Dessert ideas: 5 of 33
If you are like this writer and many others, dinner is simply a prelude to the most important meal of the evening: dessert! Perhaps your favorite dessert is ice cream topped with hot fudge, or a piece of warm devil's food cake. Whatever your favorite dessert happense to be, it's always a great thing to learn some more approac... More..