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Cancer in your Coke, peril in your Pepsi | WHIDBEY RECIPES

During all the years you’ve been sipping a Coke, or swallowing a cold Pepsi, did you ever think…

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Go ahead and eat that: the expiration of food sell-by dates | WHIDBEY RECIPES

We’re all familiar with pull dates on food, something that didn’t exist when I was first learning to…

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Our extra day might be perfect for a leap into romance | WHIDBEY RECIPES

What are you planning to do with your extra day today? Something special, I hope. After all, it…

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From spinach to vegetables, what gets given up for Lent | WHIDBEY RECIPES

Today, as I’m sure you’ve noted, is Ash Wednesday. If you’re not Christian, it matters little, although similar…

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Chase away nasty germs with a good bowl of beans | WHIDBEY RECIPES

It’s that time of year again. No, I’m not talking about rain, snow, sleet or hail, nor February…

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National Health Month takes on an added, personal importance | WHIDBEY RECIPES

February, as you may already know, is National American Heart Month, and one of the most important days…

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Daring + dauntless + dynamic + dangerous = dragon | WHIDBEY RECIPES

It began yesterday, the Chinese Year of the Dragon, one of the strongest signs of the Chinese calendar.…

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New technology really kindles a reader’s imagination | WHIDBEY RECIPES

My bedtime reading has changed considerably. I used to fall asleep, my paperback book falling to the floor…

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Homemade cookies add sweetness to the holiday season | WHIDBEY RECIPES

Whether you’re Christian, agnostic, Muslim, pagan, Jewish, Druid, atheist, Buddhist, Catholic, Protestant, Mormon, Seventh Day Adventist, or any…

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The proof is certainly in the pudding this holiday season | WHIDBEY RECIPES

Most of us who’ve been fortunate enough to grow up in close and loving families have some very…

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The holiday season’s magic moments aren’t so far away | WHIDBEY RECIPES

It’s been a rough November, friends and not only because of the weather. The world is a mess,…

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An uniquely American holiday – and our time to be thankful | WHIDBEY RECIPES

Here we are, on the eve of Thanksgiving, wondering how that came to be when Halloween was only…

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To dress or to stuff our wonderful bird, that is the question | WHIDBEY RECIPES

I have a Thanksgiving question that some of our readers may be able to answer for me.