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A few weeks ago we bought some olive oil soap. This stuff amazes me, because it is made with oil, yet it removes the same from my skin. Soap is a surfactant. It is composed of hydrophilic and hydrophobic parts, and without getting too technical, it works because some of the lather sticks to the …
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If you read my post on popcorn, you might have heard me mention nutritional yeast. For the longest time I truly believed that salt was the one-and-only “topping” for my favorite snack. Once, when I was in Portland, a friend put nutritional yeast on my popcorn and I felt underwhelmed. It didn’t taste like much, …
In general, the “batch” posts on this blog are Leah’s. It’s “batch” like in “batch of cookies,” because Leah likes food: she puts on cooking classes, has an MS in nutrition, and is a registered dietitian. Also, she’s just really great in the kitchen. The “narrative” posts are mine—I like writing and I teach high …
