Bodegón

 Although still life painting was practiced in other European countries, only in Spain did it transcend its traditional status and rise to the same heights as other genres. Bodegón is the Spanish term for still life (from bodega, a storeroom or tavern). Taken more generally, bodegón refers to the...

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SEA ASPARAGUS PLUM VINEGAR BRINE

 “Brine is a solution of salt and water. Use 1 part coarse salt to 9 parts water. For best results use soft water. Avoid the use of iodized salts in pickles. Barrel or coarse is preferable to table salt. When following recipes use a 5 per cent vinegar, a white one if the pickles are light in color...

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NEW SEASONS

      There's a natural health food and local produce purveyor that pre-dates Whole Foods Market and still exists in the Portland, Ore. to date who got its start around the time artisanal buying ethos-counterculture agribusiness-save the planet Trader Joe's was established in the...

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BAHAY KUBO

      There’s an old Filipino folksong that occurred to me all of a sudden in the kitchen while I was washing vegetables in lemon water of soil detritus and other handling impurities before air-drying them in the sun and then storing in the fridge if I’m not cooking right away— and...

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