(mailing, James Berry)
[[invoke. page:newsletter1 # These are some of the fields that may be used # ============================= # leadimageid: # leadtext: # story1id: # story1text: # story2id: # story2text: # recipe1id: # recipe1text: # recipe2id: # recipe2text: # vad: (html for vertical ad) # hitBucket: (name used to track delivery) # ============================= leadimageid: 337325 leadtext: !fmt/block | h1. Dear readers, Here in Portland the weather has been erratic — sunny and warm one day, a skiff of snow the next, hard rain a day or two after that. In other words, it's typical almost-spring weather, which can make gardening efforts a little erratic, too. Fortunately, expert green-thumb Caroline Lewis offers good-as-gold tips for prepping the garden in March. In the kitchen, meanwhile, many of us — in northern latitudes at least — are making do with squashes and root vegetables, hearty winter greens, and lots of grains and beans. The other day, I grated an apple for our oatmeal; usually I am content with diced bits of fruit. When I popped a clump of the red-and-white shreds into my mouth, I was surprised by how delicious they tasted. I recalled how my toddler daughter used to request "paper apples," thinly sliced to be almost transparent. Even a person who has been eating solid food for only a couple of years enjoys a variety of textures — a good thing to remember when we want to make the most of our "shoulder-season" food. Kim Carlson Editorial Director # The lead text story1id: 371221 story1text: "Deborah Madison reveals her secrets for making gratin — one method of turning almost any vegetable into comfort food." story2id: 372772 story2text: "Jenny Holm recalls her first meal in Moscow, when she arrived there as a slightly bedraggled exchange student." recipe1id: 374088 recipe1text: "From the cook, for the cook: A simple and delicious lunch (or breakfast) to make for yourself." recipe2id: 373740 recipe2text: "'The Cookiepedia' features this classic — similar to a sugar cookie, but rolled in cinnamon and sugar before baking." # The ad vad: | <a target='blank' href="http://howtocookapp.com/"> <img src="http://ads.culinate.com/htce/HTCEV-iPhone-Skyscraper.png" " width="120" height="600" alt="" border="0"/></a> ]]