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Too Many Cooks archive for Dec. 14, 2011

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 14, 2011

Seeking comfort food

When the holiday season starts to explode, my eating habits tend to implode. Homemade cookies at work, chocolate goodies at home, candy, retirement cake, etc. I find myself longing for something wholesome and satisfying - at least for dinner. This recipe is my mom's. It…

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Chef Tom French, with the Experience Food Project, gives a Kindergartner a fist bump during a "Taste, Talk and Try." The kids are encouraged to try different foods and talk about how they taste. (Dan Pelle)

Healthier school lunch

I had so much fun reporting today's story on healthier school lunches at schools in Othello and Cheney, Wash. This picture of chef Tom French giving one of the kids a fist bump for trying some of the new foods presented to them in the…

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