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Blast From the Past–Bakersfield!

It’s Been Almost 10 Years!     In honor of the 42nd Anniversary of the opening of the first Lassen’s, I thought I’d take you back almost 10 years to when we opened the Bakersfield store!   It was 2003 And this was an ambitious project.  At approx. 17,000 square feet, this would be our

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Lassen's 42nd Anniversary!

Let’s Celebrate with a Recipe Straight from Oda and Hilmar!   These are no ordinary pancakes–they are Danish Pancakes from the recipe file of Oda and Hilmar Lassen!  They look like crepes, but since they came from Denmark, they have their own Danish, Natural Food twist!   Like most pancakes, the ingredient list is pretty

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THE 3 INGREDIENT POWER SNACK

Oh Avocados!   So many options! So many ways to transform their wonderfully versatile taste into brilliant works of art! At only 99¢ per Organic Avocado for the rest of July at Lassens, chances are you’ll be buying in bulk!   Of course there are those lazy summer days when the amount of effort you’re

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Salt, Sugar, Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us

This is Eye-Opening There has been a great deal of press recently about how the big food industry has used unhealthy ingredients to hook us on processed foods.  New York Times Reporter Michael Moss has written a book called Salt, Sugar, Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us.   He was interviewed on NPR’s Fresh Air on Tuesday,

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Cool Kitchen Tips and a Fun Lunch

This is Something That Made Me Crazy for a Long Time   While my family loved watermelon, I hated to get it.  Why?  I dreading cutting the darned thing.  The knife had slipped too many times and I was knife-shy!  How do you cut up a round thing without putting your fingers in mortal danger?

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It's Hot Hot Hot!

And Very Sunny.  So Apply Some Sunscreen! But What Kind?  And are There Things I Should Avoid? Questions, Questions, Questions!  We all need to be alert consumers as we choose products today.  And as I have done some research, I have found some common ingredients in many sunscreens that we probably should avoid.    Here

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