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jennifer-mclagan's picture
Oct.15.2008
Quince is one of my favourite fruits - when raw most varieties are inedible, dry and astringent. While the skin of quinces turns from green to yellow and their flesh softens slightly as they ripen they don't loose their astringency, for that they need cooking.Cooked quinces not only change texture...
cheryl-l-snell's picture
Jul.16.2008
Pico Iyer talks about the value of being an outsider, and how an unfamiliar culture, in this case Japan, transformed his writing. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/02/08/ST2008020803082.html?sid=ST2008020803082"target="new">here</a> Japan's "...
corinne-heather-copnick's picture
Jun.23.2008
We can't look back from 40 years later with the clear view of distance because we haven't got there yet. Nevertheless, my book, Cryo Kid - Drawing a New Map (www.cryokid.com), takes an optimistic view of the family in a rapidly changing (and challenging) age where new social units are forming,...