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Oh man, as if Haiti weren't suffering enough already. It sounds like Port au Prince is destroyed--a city with a bigger population than Rome. And no services or equipment to start with.

Donation link for Doctors without Borders

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January is the season of blood oranges, which in Italy are called tarocchi. California has started growing them, although the color is not as deep a red, they tend to be tart rather than sweet, and the flavor is not the intense mouthbomb of a real Sicilian blood orange.

In celebration of the season, here is my favorite recipe for blood oranges:

( Insalata di Tarocchi )