image courtesy bookrags image courtesy ushistory.org Two things are on my mind right now: the folks at HHS, FDA, EPA and USDA, and those particularly who publish the guidelines for eating in the US might want to take a stroll over to the Library of Congress and take out a couple of books written by one of their predecessors. I'm sort of curious again about that wonderful American thinker, Thomas Paine. Just a month ago, I referenced … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2015
Super-Sconic Transport; Sunshine in Skin – Blood Orange, Hazelnut and Toasted Coconut Scones
sunshine in skin We are definitely between seasons now aren't we? You can feel it outside and in. The sun is warmer but the air is cold, it keeps snowing and yet, you know, in your heart, we are not too far away. The birds are busy and the buds in my windows are reaching out for the longer moments of daylight. I'm desperate these days, but you know that. I need to be super-sonically transported into consistent 60F weather, day in and … [Read more...]
Much Ado About Nothing? Freudian Instant-Messaging; Is There Something Deeper Cooking Here?
image courtesy poetryfoundation.org predicament, quagmire, conundrum, perspective Seems like there are no small problems in the world any longer. Seems like the world is so complex that complexity IS the problem? Anyway, when did Food become a World? It would seem as though Shakespeare, a person who's iconic work I sadly and uncouthly admit to having spat over (figuratively) in high school, as if interned in a chamber of torture, … [Read more...]