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Homemade Chai
My excuse to travel to India in 1982 was that I was studying Transcendental Meditation with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. I was also studying Indian culture, so different from American culture. One of the street foods I enjoyed most in India was chai. T
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A New Purpose for Yellow Peas
A recent pilot project in New England has demonstrated the potential for creating a more local, sustainable, and health-conscious food system. By taking an underutilized cover crop—yellow peas—and creating a market for it in regional hospitals, the n
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Test Your Cardboard
PFAS change surface tension to repel liquids, such as oils, fats, and water. Check for PFAS in cardboard by conducting a simple “bead test” using olive oil. The test relies on the opposing polarity between olive oil and fluorinated molecules, which c

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