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Editor: @bluedotliving. Words in @TheAtlantic, @washingtonpost, @aeonmag, many more. Author kids' books & The Virtuous Consumer. ❤️ cats. Also dogs. She/her.
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Cooking While Camping

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By Leslie Garrett
| Bluedot Living Verified
Camping baffles me. While modern living gives us beds and walls and roofs, there is a subsection of humanity that nonetheless chooses — chooses! — to sleep on the ground sheltered by little more than a house-shaped windbreaker, and to cook their food without the benefit of an oven, air fryer, or sous vide. A friend of mine looks forward, each year, to his winter camping trip in Canada’s Northwest Territories which … shudder.
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Prohibit Fireworks in Sacramento County to Protect Veterans, Pets, and Prevent Fires

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By Leslie Garrett
| Change.org
Signatures: 10Next Goal: 25 Why this petition matters Each year in Sacramento County, our community suffers the familiar dread of the set-off fireworks around the Fourth of July period. I was forced to helplessly standby while my dogs agonized in fear due to the loud, deafening noise. My dogs are not alone in this predicament; many pets in Sacramento suffer in the same way - their fear sometimes extends far beyond the holiday, causing long-term distress. The ordeal isn't confined to animals alone.
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What to Know About Food Expiration Dates

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By Leslie Garrett
| Bluedot Living Verified
It’s a familiar scene in my house. My fridge is jammed, I need space, and so I purge, sorting through the jams and dressings and leftovers to determine which have expired and are, therefore, inedible. But it turns out those dates stamped on so many of our foodstuffs — “best before,” “sell by,” “use by” — have nothing to do with food safety. Rather, they are determined by lab tests that estimate when a food tastes its best. Most of us are unlikely to notice any difference.
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