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Making Sauerkraut Salad for Supper

A wonderful winter recipe Soon enough, local spring produce will start showing up on our markets as spring is finally in sight for us. Before that happens, though, I want to share one of my … Continued

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Anticipating the Arrival of Irish Brown Soda Bread

The country bread of Ireland emerges soon from Bakehouse ovens As we enter the final weeks of winter—still cold, with days growing longer but not yet as bright as they will be soon—I wait eagerly … Continued

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88% Super Dark Blend Bar from Shawn Askinosie

A contributor to happiness at so many levels! In 1980, while I was still learning to cook the line, Mother Teresa’s team in India rescued a small orphaned boy from the streets of Calcutta. He was … Continued

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A Positive Look at Perpetual Purpose Trusts, Three Years In

A regenerative path toward healthy, enduring organizational futures In her Sunday morning Substack, British-Turkish author Elif Shafak reflected—as so many of us are trying to do—on the uncertain state of the world. In her efforts … Continued

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Special Dinner: Jelly Bean Jump Up Hosts a Mini Camp Bacon

Celebrating SafeHouse Center, Nueske’s, and an amazing Corgi On Tuesday evening, March 31, we’ll gather to support SafeHouse Center, our local shelter for survivors of domestic abuse. It’s an especially meaningful evening for me—it marks … Continued

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Guatemala El Regalito at the Coffee Company

A beautiful brew from the coffee-growing star of Central America March means the rollout of a great newly-arrived single-estate coffee from Guatemala. What we’ve come to know here in recent weeks as El Regalito—“the little … Continued