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Hello and welcome back to The Stone Soup Cook–so glad you’re here! I’m going to start today’s post with a story that I heard on the news a couple of weeks ago, followed by a quick meditation on the words of wisdom taken from that story: Twenty years ago, a gentleman named Guy Goma was waiting at a BBC studio to interview for a job in data support. Mistakenly identified as a technology journalist, he …

Hello and welcome back to The Stone Soup Cook–thank you so much for being here…in spite of my prolonged absence. I had, actually, planned to be away from my desk for a couple of weeks in order to take a much-needed vacation in southwest France, but life intervened: instead of being out of commission for two weeks, I have been pretty much out of commission for six weeks. About six weeks ago, I experienced a …

Hello and welcome back to The Stone Soup Cook–so glad you’re here! This week, as I continued to explore the world of low-sodium foods, I realized that I had several pounds of carrots that needed to be eaten up. How did this happen? How does it ever happen? You know how it is, you’re at the farmer’s market, the carrots are piled high and all those photogenic carrot greens fluttering in the breeze and you …

Hello and welcome back to The Stone Soup Cook–so glad you’re here! Years ago, Mr. Stone Soup and I ate at a restaurant in the Central Valley. I ordered salmon ( a HUGE mistake), but Mr. Stone Soup order cider-vinegar braised pork chops, which were divine. This week, I’m continuing my dive into low-sodium recipes. This is a recipe I developed as an homage to those cider-vinegar braised pork chops, only with very low sodium, …

Hello and welcome back to The Stone Soup Cook–so glad you’re here! This week, I’m continuing my exploration of low-sodium cuisine. I’m happy to report that I’m surviving my low-salt experimentation and learning to appreciate the flavor of fresh ingredients even more than I used to. And the best part? I continue to lose weight at a rapid pace. It’s amazing what some simple changes in my diet have done. Of course it has included …

Hello and welcome back to The Stone Soup Cook–so glad you’re here! This week, I’m continuing my exploration of low-sodium cuisine. I’m happy to report that I’m surviving my low-salt experimentation and learning to appreciate the flavor of fresh ingredients even more than I used to. And the best part? I’ve lost 8 pounds in about 9 days. That’s some results, huh? Today, I’m featuring this terrific recipe for pumpkin-pie spiced oven-roasted sweet potatoes: These …

Hello and welcome back to The Stone Soup Cook–so glad you’re here! In my opinion, there is nothing much scarier than a “follow-up” appointment with a specialist. I spent last week in an anxious ball of stress worrying about my salt intake, how much water I was drinking and how high my blood pressure was. Today, I went to my follow-up and things are a good deal better, but I’ll still have to go back …

Hello and welcome back to The Stone Soup Cook–so glad you’re here! Today, and for the next few posts, I’m going to deviate from my sauces of California Cuisine to bring you a special segment on low-sodium California Cuisine recipes. Here’s why: On Sunday, Mr. Stone Soup took me to the emergency room. This is never a good way to start your day. We got there at 7:45 in the morning, which was fortunately just …

Hello and welcome back to The Stone Soup Cook–I’m so glad you’re here! Today, I’m continuing my dive into the sauces of California Cuisine and this week I’m focusing on pesto. So far, I’ve featured traditional sweet basil pesto as well as almond-thyme and lemon pesto and spinach-pecan pesto, and today, I’m sharing a mint pesto recipe that is inspired by the mint chutneys and sauces of both Indian and Afghan cuisine. California cuisine is …