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COLUMN from CRYSTAL SMITH: This Installment / Pumpkin Risotto

Oct. 12, 2012. It’s been over a month since I last posted a recipe. I’m still cooking, I promise. I’ve just been very busy with, well life I guess. I imagine you can relate. The most exciting thing I’ve been working on is a teacher training that I’m doing with Asheville Yoga Center.
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COLUMN from CRYSTAL SMITH: This Installment / My Great Grandmother

July 26, 2012. Our family lost its matriarch today. Mama Esther was 92 years old. She might tell you she was 95 or 91, but I know that she was 92. I’ll never forget that she was born in 1919. It impressed me so much when I asked her as a child. I remember thinking it was such a long time ago. She was my great-grandmother and she certainly lived up to the name.
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COLUMN from CRYSTAL SMITH: This Installment / Simpler Popcorn

July 11, 2012. I’m not a big fan of microwaves. I’m sure they are just fine and perfectly safe; I’m just not a fan. I guess they are very convenient, but I have lived my entire time in Buenos Aires sin microndas and to be honest, I haven’t missed it. Now, with all that said, I love popcorn. What a predicament, you say?
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