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  • Kintsugi
  • January 4, 2021January 4, 2021

20 Cookbooks for 2020

At the end of the year, people spend a lot of time writing lists of “the best of” so I am thinking about my “best of” list. Cooking has kept me sane when I wanted to be crazy, well, not wan

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  • Kintsugi
  • December 30, 2020December 30, 2020

Chicken – The Gospel Bird

Did you know that Americans eat more chicken than any other kind of meat?I bought a small chicken the other day, stuffed it with onion and apple, and baked it. When I took it out of the oven, the b

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  • Prof Patty
  • December 11, 2020November 5, 2025

28 Soul Food Recipes That Southerners Swear By (and Northerners Need to Try)

By: Taryn Pire| Dec. 1, 2020 [I can personally vouch for most of these. If you want yummy eating, and not too complicated, these recipes are the way to go.] You may know Jocelyn Delk

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 11, 2020October 11, 2020

My Best Cookbooks of 2020 (so far)

Omari McQueen’s Best Bites Cook Book (due Jan 2021) Living Lively: 80 Plant-Based Recipes to Activate Your Power and Feed Your Potential, Haile Thomas In Bibi’s Kitchen: The Recipes a

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  • Prof Patty
  • July 27, 2020November 5, 2025

Who is Princess Pamela?

Who Is Princess Pamela? A Southern Cooking Legend Returns Who is Princess Pamela? The author of my favorite cookbook. The original one, not this new, white folks version. The book, written in 1969,

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NY Times

  • Gov. Sherrill in the Hot Seat After U.S. Demand for Noncitizens’ Names
  • Who Wins (and Who Loses) in the Democrats’ New 2028 Primary Calendar?
  • Senators Forge a Deal on Graham’s Bill to Advance Russia Sanctions
  • ‘You Aren’t Going to Like What Comes After America’
  • Trump’s Spy Chief Spends Final Hours in Job Boasting of Mass Firings
https://youtu.be/PrM5Te05Xmg?si=0u9np_T2c0cLK0L3

NPR

  • Rand Paul releases Anthony Fauci's pandemic-era diary notes. Here's what they tell us
  • How researchers discovered a new monkey species deep in the rainforest
  • France continues to fight devastating wildfires, while progress is made in Spain
  • Climate change is now threatening a pillar of childhood: summer break
  • Trump officials herald a 'golden age' of science. Critics say it's a distraction
https://youtu.be/EAys2d29EXo?si=91f17xP95m4KfIls

The Progressive

  • Data Center Issue Can Empower Rural Areas
  • Enduring a Pregnancy in Gaza
  • The Burning
  • The ADA: The Boulder and the Hill
  • Heat Waves Show Climate Change Is Here
https://youtu.be/N82Nk7DIlrA?si=ONHe-_8fZiwYSfSS

FactCheck.org

  • Trump’s Numbers, July 2026 Update
  • Democrats Overstate Role of Monitoring Program Change in Parasitic Outbreak
  • Trump’s Distorted Venezuela Elections Claim
  • The Dubious Rags to Riches Promise of Trump Accounts
  • FactChecking Trump’s Election Security Speech
https://youtu.be/lw037FQ39dg?si=BB5YmOTjtcgXNBjK

Snopes.com

  • Men impersonating ICE agents in Oregon reportedly stopped, assaulted driver
  • Are trans dolls headed to Minnesota classrooms this fall? There's no proof
  • Did House Democrats vote against banning congressional stock trading?
  • 25 rumors about Zohran Mamdani, examined
  • Did Kurt Russell write 'The Badge' post praising police? Here's the truth
https://youtu.be/5IdfKPqDoQ8?si=3mvpZ-wUPied3C3J

Tradeoffs

  • A Wyoming Doctor’s Fight to Keep Abortion Legal in Her Deep Red State
  • Call to Mind: Immigration and the Challenge to Belong
  • As Drama at Trump's FDA Subsides, Doubts and Damage Linger
  • Making Medical Decisions with Uncertain Science
  • With Millions Expected to Lose Coverage, States Look for New Ways to Prevent Medical Debt
https://youtu.be/ZtFJ1NnaJj8?si=X_zFEtGkxkTwMKc8

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