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Five Steps Toward a Greener Kitchen (Recipe: Happy Planet Cookies)

by Aimee

I’m on maternity leave from June 11 to July 16: The following is a guest post from Simple Bites editor Aimée Wimbush-Bourque. Environmentally friendly practices are a dime a dozen, but implementing them in the home doesn’t happen overnight. Like any lifestyle change, they are best put into practice gradually; little actions that can be [...]

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2 Weeks Till Christmas: Make Your Food Gifts

by Tsh

Can you believe that Christmas is almost here?  It seems like yesterday I was writing about 12 Weeks Till Christmas on a balmy September afternoon.  And now, here we are. The gift buying frenzy is hyping up, and hopefully you’ve made most of your purchases.  But there are still those people in your life that [...]

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3 Weeks Till Christmas: Menu Plan & Batch Cook for December

by Tsh

December is typically a very busy month for most families — holiday parties, school events, and shopping lists keep us hectic and busy.  Keeping up with typical household tasks feels a bit intrusive and even a bit of a seasonal damper.  Who wouldn’t rather bake Christmas cookies than tackle the laundry? Dinner easily falls to [...]

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Back to the Basics: 10 Recommended Kitchen Items for the Home Cook

by Aimee

All photos are by Aimée. The following post is written by food columnist Aimée Wimbush-Bourque. “In the childhood memories of every good cook, there’s a large kitchen, a warm stove, a simmering pot and a mom.” -Barbara Costikyan Ever wonder how your mother or grandmother functioned without all the modern day conveniences and kitchen gadgets [...]

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Crisp or Crumble? Baked Summer Desserts Defined

by Aimee

Photo by Jen Yu The following post is written by food columnist Aimée Wimbush-Bourque. It’s not yet July and my dessert track record for the past month has been something like this: cobbler, crisp, crisp, fresh fruit cake, cobbler, and crumble. There’s no question that as soon as the seasonal fresh fruit of summer arrives [...]

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Celebrate Spring with Two Seasonal Tarts

by Aimee

All photos are by Aimee. The following post is written by food columnist Aimée Wimbush-Bourque. Ah, spring… After a long winter of eating potatoes, squash and carrots, she welcomes us with a tantalizing array of fresh new produce: bright green asparagus, cheery red radishes and seductive, oh-so-sweet strawberries. Why does this bounty taste so good [...]

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A Monthly Menu Plan for the Spring

by Tsh

Photo by Alyson Hurt It’s been several months since I wrote about menu planning; mostly, because I haven’t menu planned in awhile. With all our traveling in the States, it’s only been this past week that we’ve had some semblance of a normal life since mid-October. But we’re all itching for some well-planned meals around [...]

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