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The Director’s Cut
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18:26:04 02/29/08

There’s a raw juice movement sweeping the nation, as it seems to do from time to time. I remember my family briefly going through a similar craze when I was young....

The Director’s Cut

Added 02/29/08
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The Director’s Cut

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There’s a raw juice movement sweeping the nation, as it seems to do from time to time. I remember my family briefly going through a similar craze when I was young. It seems to be a binge and purge business, there one minute, gone the next. This goes a long way toward [...]

Return Of The Polla...
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14:39:36 02/23/08

I know I just posted about food author Michael Pollan last week, but when I saw this short candid interview with him made by our friends at Cooking Up A Story, I c...

Return Of The Pollanator

Added 02/23/08
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Return Of The Pollanator

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I know I just posted about food author Michael Pollan last week, but when I saw this short candid interview with him made by our friends at Cooking Up A Story, I couldn’t resist passing it on to you. I love Pollan. I don’t agree with everything he has to say about food [...]

Pollanation
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10:30:49 02/18/08

I’m growing to really love Michael Pollan. Among other things, Pollan’s seventeen minute TED Talk (above) takes us on a tour of the survival of the fittest, from a...

Pollanation

Added 02/18/08
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Pollanation

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I’m growing to really love Michael Pollan. Among other things, Pollan’s seventeen minute TED Talk (above) takes us on a tour of the survival of the fittest, from a grass-eye perspective. Pollan, director of the Knight Program in Science and Environmental Journalism at UC Berkeley, is probably best known for his 2006 book [...]

Clean, Green, Mouse...
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15:40:39 02/15/08

I don’t know why I’m only getting around to posting this now, it’s quite a treasure. A few months ago our resident Tanja-avatar-designer and most prolific video co...

Clean, Green, Mouse-Catching Machine

Added 02/15/08
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Clean, Green, Mouse-Catching Machine

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I don’t know why I’m only getting around to posting this now, it’s quite a treasure. A few months ago our resident Tanja-avatar-designer and most prolific video commenter, Steelee, told me about this post he had found on how to build a better mousetrap. The contraption is easy to build, effective, mouse-merciful, essentially [...]

Beets, The Other Ro...
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17:08:18 02/11/08

Thanks largely to the inspiration of Heidi Ohlander and Philip McClusky, I’ve been on a bit of a raw juicing jag for the last week. This trend is going around at t...

Beets, The Other Root Fruit

Added 02/11/08
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Beets, The Other Root Fruit

[LESS INFO] 9 VIEWS | ADDED 22:08:18 02/11/08
Thanks largely to the inspiration of Heidi Ohlander and Philip McClusky, I’ve been on a bit of a raw juicing jag for the last week. This trend is going around at the moment and I’ve finally gotten on board, or at least am beginning to wade in. While many are going on an [...]

Valentine’s Day
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01:56:14 02/08/08

This episode we take you on a quick and dirty (and occasionally bloody) history of Valentines Day.� The story of this holiday and its patron saint is still a bit o...

Valentine’s Day

Added 02/08/08
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Valentine’s Day

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This episode we take you on a quick and dirty (and occasionally bloody) history of Valentines Day.� The story of this holiday and its patron saint is still a bit of a mystery.� From Roman pagan festivals (Lupercalia), to saintly love letters sent from the joint, the truth behind the origins of Saint Valentines Day [...]

Year Of The Rat
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18:10:02 02/05/08

Happy Lunar New Year! February 7, 2008 begins the year of the Rat, the first year of the Chinese zodiac, a time of activity and renewal. Today we’ll take you on a ...

Year Of The Rat

Added 02/05/08
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Year Of The Rat

[LESS INFO] 6 VIEWS | ADDED 23:10:02 02/05/08
Happy Lunar New Year! February 7, 2008 begins the year of the Rat, the first year of the Chinese zodiac, a time of activity and renewal. Today we’ll take you on a quick tour of lunar new year basics, factoids, and food traditions. It is said that this is a good year [...]

Obama Tuesday
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17:08:00 02/04/08

Freshtopia.net isn’t officially backing any particular candidate, however we were charmed by this animation our friend Ryan Junell contributed to. It endorses Demo...

Obama Tuesday

Added 02/04/08
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Obama Tuesday

[LESS INFO] 5 VIEWS | ADDED 22:08:00 02/04/08
Freshtopia.net isn’t officially backing any particular candidate, however we were charmed by this animation our friend Ryan Junell contributed to. It endorses Democratic candidate Barak Obama, and is executed in a style reminiscent of School House Rock, a Freshtopia team favorite. Whomever you vote for, the important thing is that you inform yourself [...]

How To Ruin A Perfe...
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01:07:00 02/01/08

Sometimes things don’t work out quite like one envisions them. This recipe was inspired by Anthony, aka the Raw Model, and his nifty list of 5 things to eat every ...

How To Ruin A Perfectly Good Grapefruit

Added 02/01/08
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How To Ruin A Perfectly Good Grapefruit

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Sometimes things don’t work out quite like one envisions them. This recipe was inspired by Anthony, aka the Raw Model, and his nifty list of 5 things to eat every day for health and beauty. It was a well-intentioned soup, simple and unassuming, comprised of some of my very favorite things to eat, all in [...]

Grapefruit 101
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01:16:07 01/30/08

Today Tanja takes us on a quick and winding historical journey into the world of the grapefruit. Born in Barbados in the 1700s, this surprisingly young fruit is wo...

Grapefruit 101

Added 01/30/08
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Grapefruit 101

[LESS INFO] 5 VIEWS | ADDED 06:16:07 01/30/08
Today Tanja takes us on a quick and winding historical journey into the world of the grapefruit. Born in Barbados in the 1700s, this surprisingly young fruit is wonderously bright and precocious for its age. A veritable cancer-fighting super agent, grapefruit is also a cold-killer and an inflammation assassin. Consider signing up [...]

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