Wraps have become all-American and ubiquitous. But they are a serious misuse of the simple, glorious tortilla.

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Every March, I head north in anticipation of spring. March is my birthday month, and I find that a weekend away is a nice way to gently wake my insides to the new season ahead.

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Whenever someone asks me what my favorite food is, I always say the same thing: "Something someone else cooked."

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This week my fridge was full of blueberries, apples and strawberries. That much excess fruit means one thing: gotta make pie.

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I've always had a fondness for kale. It's big and green and curly-leafed. It's often less expensive than other leafy greens. When someone tells you to "eat your greens," I don't think of slippery spinach, I think of collards and kale. They're hearty and they mean business.

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I cook most of the meals in my house, though I must say I'm fortunate to have a husband who prepares all school lunches. One less chore on my list, and interestingly, he never receives a single complaint. Over breakfast this week, I gained some insight as to why his meals go over so well.

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Recently, a West Milford-born and Jersey City-based colleague of mine, Erin Clinton, began telling me about a new hobby that she and her husband are pursuing: bread baking. Erin spoke like someone deeply passionate, possessed, (let's be honest) addicted. The way she presented this new husband-and-wife hobby made me want in.

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I am an omnivore. I eat everything, including at least a dozen things that I shouldn't. But something is tripping me up as I enter 2012, and that's the increasingly tempting concept of eating vegan.

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I'm in Kauai now, on my honeymoon. I am looking over the Pacific Ocean at sunrise (note: husband asleep in bed). Really. Whales are swimming past. It's all that and a bag of taro chips.

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I've made it! I've been a Montclair resident for exactly one year. This holiday season, instead of schlepping back to Brooklyn to celebrate, I had the good fortune to be invited to holiday get-togethers right here in Jersey. I came, I saw, I ate a lot, and I learned how to throw a holiday party in the 'burbs.

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