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Her passion fruit

Cydne Watterson loves to can peaches. No, she really, really loves it.

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Rare rain day gives me a mini-vacation
Dean Mullis | LIFE ON THE FARM | August 20, 2008

We got an unexpected two-tenths of an inch of rain last Sunday. It came in three showers through the day. The first shower came down hard around 6:30 a.m. I hopped out of bed and went to let the chickens and geese out on pasture so I could crawl back in bed with no worries.

Vodka with a twist
By Kathleen Purvis | E-mail | August 19, 2008
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Sweet tea-flavored vodka? It's hard to believe no one thought of it sooner.

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Sip of the week

Sure, we're cheap. But that doesn't mean we have to drink like it.

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Menu Planner, Aug. 17 - Aug. 23

Recipes for the week: Try pork and super-sweet corn and bow tie pasta.

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Arugula packs a lot of nutrition for the money

Anybody gone to Whole Foods lately and see what they charge for arugula?

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You've been asking for it, and we are building it. The Observer recipe database is back.

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Good restaurant for anniversary?
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Q. I am looking for a place to take my parents for their 50th anniversary.

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