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Strawberry-Rhubarb Tarts. From leftovers

Concentrated sweetness from the stewed and very ripe berries. Tartness from the very fresh rhubarb. Flaky, buttery luxury-in-your-mouth from your leftover homemade pie crust. Your home smells like a very good bakery. Your tart cost less than $1.
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Lose 5 pounds without trying

Happens to me every June. I lose five pounds. I don't try to. I think it's all about all the lettuce from our CSA farm share. Not much room left on the plate for anything else. So you eat less of the high-calorie stuff. And you get inventive with lettuce.
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Better Cheaper Stronger: Hamstrings

If you want to increase your leg strength before you start a jogging or running program, today's Leg Curl is a great Way. It'll strengthen your hamstrings before you ask them to go the extra mile out on the street. No weight machine necessary. Just a featherweight resistance tube.
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Better Cheaper Stronger: Hips and Quads

If you want to increase your leg strength before you start a jogging or running program, today's Hip Flexion is a great Way. It'll strengthen your hip flexors and your quadriceps. Before you ask them to go the extra mile out on the street. No weight machine necessary. Just a featherweight resistance tube.
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Hot Buttered Pizza

Better than the best hot buttered toast you ever had. Soft, puffy and chewy around the edge. Thin, crisp and crackling in the center. On top: buttery, garlicky green beans, still fresh, slightly crisp and sweet. With a slightly salty edge from a little melted cheese.
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Green Soda with Fish: Lemon-Basil-Mint

What to drink with a nice dinner when you don't want alcohol. No red wine. No white wine. No beer. Just something with a lot of good, interesting flavor. Something you sip very slowly. A great pairing with fish or shellfish. Or veal or chicken. Cheers!
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Jog. Live 6 years longer. Really.

This just in: Regular jogging shows dramatic increase in life expectancy. I thought you'd want to know. How regular? 1 or 2 hours per week. How fast? Slower. "Slow" or "moderate" paces produce the greatest increase in longevity.
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Slower Sunday: Surprise

They're hard to see when they first pop up. But once they pop, they grow up very, very fast. From an 8-inch spear to a four-foot stalk in two days. Spring's half-gone, summer's coming. Gotta pay attention, every day, to everything else that's growing up.
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