I freely admit: I have no business posting on a food blog. My most impressive culinary feat involves sauteeing veggies to add to Paul Newman pasta sauce; my preferred appliance is the microwave. I’ve never conquered that novice-cook skittishness about handling raw chicken.
But though I own precisely zero cookbooks, I do spend an inordinate amount of time reading about clean eating, veganism, and the sundry ways in which nutrition may or may not guard against disease. And I recently confronted the cold, hard truth: Even if I continue to spend 64 percent of my take-home pay at the Symphony Whole Foods’ prepared foods section, I will never be fully aware and in control of what I consume unless I learn to cook.
Luckily, I got to attend a one-night healthy cooking class at the Boston Adult Education Center led by Phyllis Kaplowitz, executive chef of Baker’s Best Catering in Newton.
In the wake of Haiti’s tragic earthquake, local bars and restaurants are rising to the occasion by hosting events to raise money for the devastated nation. Benefit nights at Southborough’s 
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