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Linda Furiya Writes About Growing Up Japanese in the Midwest (read the article)

linda_furiya_150“Many of the meals I ate at home in rural Indiana were Japanese. My mom used what ingredients she could get her hands on then put it out on the table effortlessly. The sensual aspect of Asian food and Mid-west sustainability is ingrained in me. Those are the basic roots of why I love cooking, “ says Linda.

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Aries 10

Barbara Damrosch Goes 100% Organic in Her Revised Garden Primer

thegardenprimer2_200_01Are you planting a garden for the first time and don't know where to start? Save yourself from some big mistakes by reading the comprehensive, down-to-earth one-volume gardening reference, "The Garden Primer," now 100% organic, by Barbara Damrosch. From…

Pisces 2009 - The Movie Issue

Movies That Changed Our Lives

stephteleen1_107Cinema Paradiso - My all-time favorite - it is a movie about life in a small town, the youthful need to escape, the ultimate joy of returning home, and the unending strength that you can feel by…

Capricorn 09

Natalia Almada Makes EL GENERAL

el_generalsm_200Courtesy of Women Make Movies, www.wmm.com.Past and present collide when filmmaker Natalia Almada brings to life audio recordings she inherited from her grandmother. These recordings feature Alicia Calles’s reminiscences about her own father—Natalia’s great-grandfather—General Plutarco Elías Calles, a revolutionary general…

Sagittarius 08 & Honest Self Expression

Saying It Like It Is

kblume_lg_236“Kathryn Blume is Al Gore on crack. With red hair. And a uterus.” 

I’ve been called a lot of things in my years as an actor and activist: A quirky Sarah Jessica Parker. A commie pinko. A hopium toker. Adorable.…

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