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Yes We Can!

An ode to the most convenient of kitchen shortcuts.

Photographs, clockwise from top left: Progresso can by Susan Chalifoux/Globe Staff; iStock; Newscom; iStock; Healthy Choice can by Susan Chalifoux/Globe Staff; can opener by Lane Turner/Globe Staff; Newscom; iStock; Rienzi can by Wendy Maeda/Globe Staff; can opener by Lane Turner/Globe Staff Photographs, clockwise from top left: Progresso can by Susan Chalifoux/Globe Staff; iStock; Newscom; iStock; Healthy Choice can by Susan Chalifoux/Globe Staff; can opener by Lane Turner/Globe Staff; Newscom; iStock; Rienzi can by Wendy Maeda/Globe Staff; can opener by Lane Turner/Globe Staff
By Marialisa Calta
February 17, 2008

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It was on recycling day a few months ago when I realized that the "fresh, local, seasonal" trend in cooking had gone too far. That was the day I found myself trying to hide (I blush to say it) the empty cans. Yes, there they were: tomatoes and beans, chicken broth and tuna, silent testimony to my shortcuts in the ... (Full article: 780 words)

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