Dressed-up brown rice takes any meal up a notch, but sometimes time runs short to slow-cook grains and chop fresh herbs and seasonings. These nutritious sides are ready in minutes and packed with flavor. The product: Seeds of Change Microwaveable Rice and Grains ($3.99 for an 8.5-ounce pouch; available at natural, organic, and select grocers [...]

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Step 1. Remove giblets and neck from chicken; discard. Trim excess fat. Step 2. Place chicken, breast side down, on a cutting board. Using sharp kitchen shears, cut chicken in half lengthwise along backbone (do not cut through breast bone).

Sometimes, when I’m walking home from work in the evening, or sitting on BART heading into San Francisco, or wandering through the Rockridge Market Hall drooling over fresh pasta, I’m overcome by joy that I get to live here, that this is, really and truly, my new home. Two weekends ago Mr. X and I [...]

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  I have made and eaten a number of different versions of Chicken and Rice.  Some I’ve loved and some I’ve never made again.  After trying so many different versions of this dish, I finally came up with a version of my own that I fell in love with and that my family enjoys as well.   [...]