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Food Notes
Charlotte restaurants will dish up

gourmet soups for Jan. 31 benefit

Traditional Greek soup is a quick belly-warmer
(United Feature Syndicate) When we dine in Greek restaurants, we always start with the avgolemono, a traditional soup made from chicken broth, lemon juice, eggs and rice. This is a simple, easy soup that we’ve somehow neglected to concoct a desperate version of – until now.

And we’re so glad we did! The fresh lemon juice gives jolt to the taste buds, and adding some diced chicken takes this from a starter to the main event.

Seed catalogs range from dreamy to downright seedy
I used to think of seed catalogs as great friends, even lovers. We would curl up, in the dead of winter under a blanket by the fire and plan our future together.

They would hold my hand and show me the way…

Thanks to Conservatove Rumblings Blog for this update and story. Providing great iinsight at http://ianessling.com/blog/.