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  • Edible weeds

    02/14/2009 10:03:07 AM PST · by djf · 246 replies · 10,331+ views
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    I have decided to start a thread focusing on edible weeds. Many of the common plants we see everyday are edible, and while most are not hugely palatable or nutritious, a few are truly very good. If you would like to post a recipe, please post recipes related to these plants only. As always, an extreme amount of caution is advised. It's probably true that 90 percent or so of plants are actually edible, there is a small percentage that if you eat them, you WON'T have to worry about eating again! Oleander comes to mind, it would take less...
  • Crier book digs into Polk trial

    03/07/2007 8:39:06 AM PST · by SmithL · 2 replies · 189+ views
    Contra Costa Times ^ | 3/7/7 | Ann Tatko-Peterson
    CATHERINE CRIER has seen her share of notorious, even bizarre cases in a three-decade career that has taken her from district attorney to civil litigator, judge, legal analyst and now host of Court TV's "Catherine Crier Live." Yet, even she couldn't imagine a more extraordinary case than that of Susan Polk.From day one, Crier was intrigued by the case of the Orinda housewife convicted in June of second-degree murder in the October 2002 stabbing death of her therapist-turned-husband, Felix Polk."They live in this beautiful, million-dollar home," she explained Monday while in San Francisco promoting the book. "The husband is...