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  • What are you wearing under there?

    May 19, 2013 - 7 h 00

    Brittany W. Verge

    Having spent a good chunk of my adult life dressed in 18th century attire, I have gotten many questions on comfort and my ability to move.  This usually ends with a round about way of asking me what people wore for undergarments.

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  • Navigating recipe copyright

    May 18, 2013 - 7 h 00

    Nick Moase

    I've been asked a few times to publish some of my recipes, but I have to be honest and say that will be a rarity in this column. The issue for me comes down to copyright. 

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  • John Leefe on the shutting down of Kejimkujik National Park

    May 4, 2013 - 7 h 00

    By Tom Sheppard Spring is struggling into our lives and we see cars heading for Kejimkujik National Park with canoes and kayaks on their roofs. If they see him, they will get a warm welcome from the new superintendent, Eric LeBel, but they will...

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  • The challenge is good for you

    April 28, 2013 - 7 h 00

    Nick Moase

    Every once and a while I come across someone who tells me they can't cook a certain recipe because it is too hard. 

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  • Baking cookies is manly

    April 21, 2013 - 7 h 00

    Nick Moase

    The definition of a man is a strange thing. It's a construct of society, but that's much too philosophical for my purposes. Mostly it comes down to "a man doesn't do that."

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  • The end of Indian Point mussels?

    April 20, 2013 - 19 h 00

    By Tom SheppardOur daughter-in-law Amanda has cooked Indian Point mussels for us, with appropriate amounts of white wine, garlic, butter and spices in the broth. They are amazing.

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  • A peek into the past: Superstitions

    April 20, 2013 - 12 h 08

    Brittany W. Verge

    Superstitions of the past are something many of us chuckle over.  It’s funny how the same person who would chuck a bit of salt over the shoulder might giggle at the idea of someone believing in witches.

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  • The great debate Butter vs. Margarine

    April 14, 2013 - 7 h 00

    Nick Moase

    If you'd like to stir a passionate debate, ask a cook if they prefer butter or margarine in their kitchen. Most pick butter, and will launch a slew of vitriolic comments about margarine. However margarine now outsells butter in the supermarket....

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  • Trouble in the natural world

    April 13, 2013 - 12 h 00

    By Tom  The hummingbirds are on the move. The front lines are already in the Virginias and they should get to us in early May. They left their wintering grounds in Central and South America in February and were first seen in Florida and...

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  • Give me a flu shot any day

    March 31, 2013 - 7 h 00

    Brittany W. Verge

      Write what you know.  That’s what a great English teacher once told me.  It occurred to me when I started working here that much of what I know consists of history, photography and keeping chickens.  Seeing as most...

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