Category Archives: Food

Busting nutrition misinformation-Sometimes you get a bad rep for no good reason.

Posted on June 16, 2014 by Julia Barrett

The Potato is much more than the sum of its rumors. Potatoes are a wild food plant (as most food plants once were) indigenous to the Andes. The potato was domesticated between 7000 and 10,000 years ago and there are currently over 100 varieties … Continue reading →

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Welcome to Tuesday’s Pork Butt.

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Julia Barrett

As a former vegetarian… maybe I should say as a reformed vegetarian, I admit it. I enjoy a good pork butt. My daughter introduced me to pork. She loooooves pork. Now you know a pork butt is not really a pork … Continue reading →

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I watched three killer whales eat some sea lions.

Posted on May 21, 2014 by Julia Barrett

Jake and I went to the beach last Monday. We were the only two people there. Yes, I say people because Jake is people in a dog suit. The weather was a perfect 59′. The tide was out… far out, so … Continue reading →

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Hotter than Blazes!

Posted on May 15, 2014 by Julia Barrett

We don’t have air conditioning. We have ceiling fans, double pane windows and a few sunshades. Makes me miss Israel where my room came complete with water-cooled sunshades. Just about saved my life. It’s been hot as the devil! Sometimes it’s like that … Continue reading →

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Only Emma Stone.

Posted on May 13, 2014 by Julia Barrett

Sometimes I dream silly dreams, like… What would happen if one of my books was made into a movie? Why, Emma Stone would play the heroine. Captured- Mari Damon=Emma Stone Beauty and the Feast- Eva Raines=Emma Stone Anytime Darlin’- (Eleanor) … Continue reading →

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