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It made so much sense the second I read it. One of those "of course!" moments. It was, not atypically, while reading Michael Pollan in his NYTimes magazine story a few years ago about how no one cooks anymore (really?). Certainly in the 1980s and 1990s most of the country relied on reheating already-cooked food for their meals. And perhaps as a result, at least in part, we became a grossly obese country where seemingly the only people who dieted were the people who were already thin, and the rest made increasingly bizarre, unsustainable stabs at it. A physically sick country, a confused country—don't get me started.
The "of course" moment. It didn't come from Pollan, but rather from a researcher ...
Friday Cocktail Hour: The Cosmopolitan
What else with the fried chicken for a graduation lunch? Any special beverages for graduation? "Kathy likes Cosmos," our soon-to-graduate daughter offered. We considered. But this was lunch, so we decided to keep it to wine and beer, and a champagne toast for the three graduates we were to celebrate (gosh, they are so much more responsible than I was, praise the Lord). But that Cosmo idea. It stuck. Because Kathy Mustee, wife and mom of four including newly graduated twins, is a pleasure to be with, smart, and, significantly, she is not to be trifled with. Even my daughter fears the Wrath of Kathy, the only person I know her openly to fear (I'd have paid Kathy for lessons had I known). And she likes Cosmos.
Clearly, ...
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