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    Why Must I Feel Like That?

    Somewhere between getting my reggae on and doing the dogcatcher I was exposed to some atomic (pun, yes, so what) cooties that laid me out with the nastiest head and chest cold I’ve sustained in years. Losing both the senses of smell and taste are surefire ways to also lose an appetite, and starving my [...]

    A Beautiful Soup

    Some cooks learned their skills from the pages of Julia, some from Jacques, but I developed my skills and penchant for foods from every corner of the globe via Cuisinart’s (defunct) Pleasures of Cooking magazine. I’m sitting here with my little 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″, slightly grimy issue from November 1978 ($2.00), stunned [...]