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Folks with kidney problems should check with their doctor before cutting back on salt. If you do decide to cut down on salt, do it gradually to give your taste buds time to adjust. Try substituting lemon, parsley, pepper or oregano for salt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Don't Pass the Salt | 1/15/2001 | See Source »

Behind a gray house on a little street in West Cambridge, the asters and chrysanthemums are blooming in Mary Maples Dunn's garden. Herbs like tarragon and oregano grow in a small plot. Dunn often wakes early to tend the plants, her principal hobby...

Author: By Jonelle M. Lonergan and Adam A. Sofen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: With Wit and Wisdom, Dunn Becomes Dean | 10/1/1999 | See Source »

...pillows scattered on porch seats and a conspicuous sign that reads "Center for High Energy Metaphysics." Fish live in a large bathtub in the window of the common room, with "Happiness is Now" painted on the side panel of their rather green mini-pond. A suspicious salt-shaker containing "oregano" graces the kitchen cabinet, and the refrigerator holds only rows of organic milk. Further inspection reveals a compost bin, a new vegetable garden and walls covered with Communist propaganda and posters of the politically active. One in particular is crammed with "Workers of the world, unite!" in at least...

Author: By Meredith L. Petrin, | Title: alternative lifestyle | 4/23/1998 | See Source »

Like a post-war victory celebration, the parade continues down Dunster Street. (I think I see a joyful Italian woman crying from her balcony as she throws a sprig of oregano down to welcome the soldati back home.) Bank managers at Cambridge Savings stick their heads out of their windows and cheer fervently. Ticker-tape in red, white and blue lands on our faces and on the faces of the fourteen Secret Service drag queens. As the band blares a triumphant rendition of "Ten Thousand Men of Harvard," I almost break down in tears. I am part...

Author: By Patrick S. Chung, | Title: The Rise and Fall of a Goddess | 2/16/1995 | See Source »

...wider variety--hopefully we're not heading into the range of the "Chinese Food-Pizza-Donuts" places that dot the West Coast--and healthier food could well come at the expense of promise number two: taste. After all, only sugar, fat and herbs make food taste like anything. More oregano? No thanks; we'll keep the grease...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Tommy, Can You Hear Us? | 10/12/1994 | See Source »

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