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Slower Sunday: Talking points

September 18, 2011

Wonder what they're talking about. Sounds like everyone's into it, but it's all talk. Not much action out there. Maybe they're singing. Probably sounds great to them. They keep doing it. Press Play. Eavesdrop. Just for a minute. It's Sunday.

Chocolate Mousse. Tastes like Paris.

September 17, 2011

A luscious, transporting dessert for about $1 per serving. Rich flavor. Light texture. Like injecting fudge sauce with air bubbles. And cream. Unusually low calorie count.

The Walk That Ate Paris

September 16, 2011

Six or seven hours Walking one of the greatest walking cities on the planet. A few more hours for Eating in one of the world's great food capitals. Fifteen miles. 24 kilometers. More than 2,000 calories burned.

Killer Potato Chips. Good or Evil?

September 13, 2011

Make a bowl of your own crisp, light, healthy ones for 20 cents. Or buy a bag of the commercial chips more responsible for long-term weight gain than any other food. Weight gain that leads to diabetes, heart disease and some cancers.

Size didn’t matter.

September 12, 2011

What I learned on my summer vacation: hiking the "small" mountains of New England can be tougher than hiking the "big ones" out West. Why? Might be the rocks.

Slower Sunday: Up on the roof

September 11, 2011

Images from a happier time and place. Ten years before 9/11. A laser light show I made every night up on the roof of the World Trade Center. These are the images stuck in my head forever. Press Play. See if you can make them stick for a little while.

Pear & Lemon Olive Oil Cake

September 10, 2011

Hard to say if it's better for breakfast or dessert. Depends if you want ice cream with it. Very intense lemon flavor makes it vibrant. Seasonal fresh pears give it a mellow sweetness. Olive oil keeps it moist, light and healthy. Ten minutes to prepare.

Onion soup. The very creamy version.

September 7, 2011

So satisfying and so easy. And cheap. The weather's cooling down and farmers everywhere are pulling their onions. Should be your first soup of the season. Luscious, deep and sweet onion flavor. NOT a calorie bomb.

When size matters

September 6, 2011

Pickled Cucumber & Yogurt Soup. A very aromatic, very summery, very light but yogurt-rich soup. Five minutes of preparation. A great Way to use the late summer cucumbers. Like the two-pounder I just grew.

Exercise holiday

September 5, 2011

Labor Day. A holiday from everything. Even exercise. So just think about exercising. No serious sweat. Do that tomorrow. Thanksgiving's just 80 days away. And 30 more until Christmas. Think about that. And tomorrow's exercise.n