Texas Town Outlaws Common Sense

...ave decided to enforce codes outlawing backyard chickens and Marye Audet a food writer, author and owner of nineteen heritage breed Barred Rocks has been pulled into their poultry dragnet. She ain’t happy about it. “My dad and my father- in- law were WWII vets. I am a veteran. My husband is a disabled veteran. My oldest son is in Iraq currently, for his second tour of duty. And this afternoon, as I shut the door, in tears, I wondered…This is what...

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Cold brewed tisanes, teas and coffee: Your summertime best friends

...gs together and seeing what happens. I always enjoy the experiments in the Food Lab over at the Serious Eats site, and I send you there if you want to up your fridge tea game: The Tea Lover’s Way to Make the Best Cold Brewed Iced Tea For The Best Sun Tea, Forget the Sun (Amusingly, the different authors don’t exactly agree on the best route to iced tea, which only reinforces my laissez–faire attitude. But they’re great reads.) And here’s their tak...

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