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My Japanese grandmother lived on the opposite coast when I was little. I only met her a couple times, but she would annually send a box of homemade Japanese treats, including red bean-stuffed buns. As a kid growing up in a New York suburb, these were not exactly something I yearned for. I probably — no, definitely — would have been happier if she sent us Twinkies and Hostess Cakes. Apparently now, though, Japanese red bean is having a moment, along with other Asian desserts.

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ILE-DE-FRANCE — La Ferme de la Tremblaye sits on the border of the Rambouillet forest in the Yvelines department in the Ile-de-France. In the small village of La Boissière-Ecole (population: 784), 70 miles from the center of Paris, the dairy farm encompasses some 590 acres of farmland and 657 acres of forest. About 220 cows and 600 goats live peaceably here, producing the milk that is used for the cheese for which the farm is known.

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Mary Beth Gigler, an empathetic arts educator and director who had a profound effect on her students’ lives, died on March 12 at home in Reserve Township. Some of her students went on to have professional performance careers, including Emmy, Grammy and Tony-winning actor-singer Billy Porter and Tony and Grammy-winning actor and singer Christian Borle. Her family said she died from complications of primary progressive aphasia. She was 76.

2 weeks ago | decaturdaily.com | Sono Motoyama

PITTSBURGH — Emily Crusan, a registered dietitian at Allegheny Health Network, is a fan of the chickpea. Also known as garbanzo beans, like all legumes, they have many health benefits. Legumes are nutritionally "very well-rounded," she said. kA 4=2DDlQH6DE6C?QmQ{68F>6D 2C6 2 8C62E A=2?E D@FC46 @7 AC@E6:? :? E96 5:6E[ 2?5 2C6 2=D@ 2 8@@5 D@FC46 @7 F?D2EFC2E65 72EDQ — 962=E9J 72ED — rCFD2? D2:5]k^AmkA 4=2DDlQH6DE6C?Qm{68F>6D 4@?E2:? >:?6C2=D :?4=F5:?8 7@=2E6[ :C@?

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Pittsburgh Pastures Pittsburgh Pastures in Butler County offers shares of its pasture-raised eggs and poultry Sono Motoyama Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Though wholesale egg prices are falling from record-high prices, some retailers are still limiting the amount of eggs customers can buy. With Easter coming up, some folks may want to consider ensuring their egg supply by buying a share (or two) in community-supported agriculture. CSAs operate like a subscription service; consumers pay in advance...