December 2011
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November 2011
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May 2011
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March 2011
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Rain Vs. Bees
La Niña brings lots of rain to California. This time of year, the storms and winds are a danger to our fruit trees. The bees have no chance to pollinate. The fruit and nut growers of California have issued a warning. Planting of row crops will be delayed. I know, the soil is pure mud at this stage. All the early preparation helped a bit, but will not be able to plant tomatoes.
This was...
January 2011
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"Smoked Chipotle"
Smoked chipotle anything is upsetting me today. Most smoked flavors have an artificial quality. A mistake. I almost burned it, but now I call it smoked. Chipotle was overused by the entire chef class at the Food Network.
What is the point of combining two intense flavors? Which one will win? Which one will lose? If you are trying to shock me as an eater, don’t. I am not twenty one,...
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Garden Planning Web Based Application →
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December 2010
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Levantine and Greek Christmas Sounds →
Christmas is truly dominated by western European and American sounds. Yet, Christmas is celebrated in countries that do not have the western European musical roots.
First is an Arabic Nativity…
October 2010
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Rethink Holiday Giving: Local and Charitable →
The holidays are coming and the mega merchants are eagerly looking forward to the season. Holiday shopping is about 60% of the annual retail income. But, face it, most of the stuff they…
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The photo making people rethink chicken nuggets -... →
I know I am now on the path to parental hell, let my son eat this when he was little.
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September 2010
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Creativity Hunger →
We have a situation, a misuse, over-use and abuse of the word creativity. There seems to be a national hunger to be creative. Creativity is the new virtue that will make us reach our aspirations….
It’s Official, Massage Is Good For You →
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Conclusions: Preliminary data suggest that a single session of Swedish Massage Therapy produces measurable biologic effects. If replicated, these…
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Anthony Bourdain: Writing Challenge
Anthony Bourdain’s favorite answer will get published in the paperback edition of his bestselling book, Medium Raw! Plus, Anthony Bourdain will award a Special Added Prize of $10,000 to the Grand Prize Winner.
I despise challenges. I hate that this is probably some kind of marketing scheme to use the “social media” to push a book. It seems that everything now a days on the...
Prickles and Goo: What are you? →
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Food Turnoffs # 1
It never fails in restaurants, food blogs, or food articles there is a great deal of group think and pretension. Part of the game is to make normal people feel like they are not worthy, or capable. No, food, good food does not need to be a sport.
Recipes that list the ingredients : heirloom tomatoes with sea salt, purple basil and a balsamic drizzle. It’s a tomato salad. And...
Contraction →
Fall has a strange pattern in Northern California. It is fall, it’s just not what most Northern Hemispheriacs think fall is. The heat comes just as the days contract. As the hours of sunlight…
Serving Food →
The guests are, seniors, vets, disabled, homeless, working poor, addicts . In the dining room there is a system of serving meals to our guests. Sixty years of serving meals, 365 days a year, you…
August 2010
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A Warm San Francisco Night →
Our Northern California climate is devoid of extremes. We live in a bandwidth of temperatures, in the winter, typically the 40′s to high 50′s. In the summer, from the 50′s to the mid 70′s, this is…
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Plums, plums →
Plenty of plums. Made a batch of Amoretto plum jam, now making an apple, plum, hazelnut conserve. Next homemade plum sauce.
About 16 cups of plums, washed and cut.
First batch, 4…
Plums...plum jam →