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Posts Tagged ‘apples’

Apple Of My Pie: Pizzeria Paradiso Starts Week-Long Apple Fest Tonight

Posted by Tammy Tuck on Oct. 24, 2011 at 2:24 pm

The leaves are turning colors and those sweet, red orbs are calling for you to come pick them. Fall means apples and Pizzeria Paradiso is celebrating the autumnal fruit all week, at least at the Georgetown location. The festival kicks off tonight with a five-course apple-inspired pairing dinner with ciders, apple beers, and apple liqueurs. Featured [...]

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The Botany of Desire: The PBS Special on Pollan’s Book

Posted by Tim Carman on Oct. 12, 2009 at 9:53 am

Before Michael Pollan became America's conscience on food — suggesting that we, "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." — he was our tour guide into the complicated relationship between humans and plants. The Botany of Desire is still my favorite work by Pollan. It's that rare book that combines original thinking and reporting with some [...]

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