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Most food, from fruit to fish, has a season -a time when it is abundant and at its best. Knowledge about food's seasons was once essential to survival and became culturally ingrained over the centuries. Today, we have all but lost this accumulated wisdom. Does this matter, in an age where technology can bring us anything we want to eat, whenever we want it?

Try Organic Food : Organically-grown food costs more, but you get what you pay for. It is 2-10 times richer in minerals, contains no pesticides, and tastes better. It is better for you, your planet, and your palate. Wild unhybridized food is what your body was designed for, before our ancestors started messing with Mother Nature. Take it easy with highly hybridized fruits (bananas, seedless anything) and vegetables (carrots, beets, white potatoes).

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Kitchen safety

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Sugarplum Bonbons

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Ingredients And Procedures

1 c Butter or margarine; soft

1 1/2 c Sifted confectioners' sugar

1/4 c Cocoa

1/4 ts Almond extract

1/2 c Chopped blanched almonds

2 c Quick Quaker Oats, uncooked

Flaked or shredded coconut Beat butter and sugar together until creamy. Blend in cocoa and almond extract; mix thoroughly. Stir in almonds and oats. Chill dough until stiff, at least 2 or 3 hours. Break off pieces of dough; shape to form 1-inch balls. Roll in coconut. Chill. Source: Our Favorites for family and friends Reprinted with permission from The Quaker Oats Company Electronic format courtesy of Karen Mintzias

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