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Serendipitous Starters from a Hippie Garden & Hippie Kitchen

11 July 2008 by Jean Johnson
Cooking Beyond Measure is poised for its debut, so I've done the sensible thing and started the next cookbook: Hippie Kitchen. That's why it was so perfect when I met Rosanna at a writer's confab. Long hair properly grayed for her age and era, tied back stylishly. Birkenstocks. A simple white ...

Homegrown Sprouts and Cereal

4 July 2008 by Jean Johnson
My friend Laura generally checks a cookbook out from the library first to see if she wants to purchase it. That makes sense, as does Amazon's habit of putting sample chapters up for viewers. In the spirit of all that and because Cooking Beyond Measure is just weeks away from hitting ...

Quitensential Spring Supper: Asparagus and Eggs

11 April 2008 by Jean Johnson
This meal isn't new with me. Most every inventive cook these days makes a version of this great dish. Every mouthful is so delicious. More it's a one-skillet flash cooked pull together.Still, as you can see it's so beautiful that I chose it for the cover shot on Beyond Measure. ...

Minimalist Column/Minimalist Flash Cooking

9 August 2007 by Jean Johnson
I was thrilled to see Mark Bittman's Minimalist column (NYT) take a second run at what he terms ultrafast cooking. He originally thought his speedy ideas would be a hit for hot summer nights, but the 400 hits his blog got told him people are motivated by more than the ...