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Slower Sunday: Talking points

September 18, 2011
Dick Sandhaus

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
Dick Sandhaus

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.

Killer Potato Chips. Good or Evil?

September 13, 2011
Dick Sandhaus

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
Dick Sandhaus

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
Dick Sandhaus

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
Dick Sandhaus

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
Dick Sandhaus

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
Dick Sandhaus

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
Dick Sandhaus

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

Slower Sunday: Way up high

September 4, 2011
Dick Sandhaus

Strange weather. Beautiful colors. Probably the only rainbow you'll see today. Just Press Play. Or get a wand and a bottle of the bubble stuff. Blow some. Different. But the same colors. Pretty good thing to do on a Sunday.