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Monthly Archives: August 2010
I Dare You Salad
“Most people will never know what that tastes like raw” Christina commented over my shoulder as I sliced through the side of a patty pan squash. “What do you mean? They are good raw!” I replied, defensively. “I know that” … Continue reading
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Breakfast Bacon Potato Salad
I woke up, still lost in a dream and floating in a rainstorm of sizzling bacon. Thick steam weighed down the air like a jungle thunderstorm, and the sound of popping grease was similar to water bouncing off of rocks … Continue reading
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Try Tatsoi Salad
I like to think of myself as being pretty well versed in vegetables, particularly in the members of the brassica family. One of the more of the brassicas, broccoli, was my favorite vegetable as a child. My mother would steam … Continue reading
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Saturday Cooks Salad
The breeze was stiff, and cleared the air of humidity. It blew in across the table where I stood in front of Mr. Kelley of ‘Mrs. Kelly’s teas’, and like smelling salts for the spirit, it brought my senses to … Continue reading
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Fit Perspective Salad
My eyes were blurry, as though I were looking through Vaseline smeared lenses. I arrived at the lab at 5:30. Under the microscope of the lab’s stillness I became aware that the weeks worth of mild sleep deprivation was beginning … Continue reading
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A Worker Among Workers Salad
I walked slowly down the hallway, my eyes swollen and red from too many late nights and early mornings. Fitting in the time to assemble somewhat of a balanced life in grad school has presented a challenge in itself, and … Continue reading
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Worth the Trouble Salad
This is one of those salads where the flavor of the individual ingredients really matters. It is best made hungry, and after a long day at work. Make this salad when you think that you can’t handle just one more … Continue reading
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Spicy Steak and Gorgonzola Salad
Bob Ross painted a smear of titanium white across the pretty blue and pink brushed Minnesota sky, and then dotted the green trees with yellow to signify the beginning of autumn. This time of the year the suburban streets of … Continue reading
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Simply Tropical Fantasy Salad
It’s 5:30 pm and I have been working for 12 hours. It seems like years have passed in this one day. The fluorescent lighting has cooked my outer layers and hardened me at the core. I feel like a microwaved … Continue reading
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Luncheon Tea Salad
The lemonade sat in a globe shaped pitcher propped upright in bowl of ice. It was accumulating a frosty dew as the guests arrived in twos and threes. They set down their bags and offered to help in the kitchen. … Continue reading
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