Archive for January, 2007
Friday, January 26th, 2007
Spandex on the Kalahari?
A reader from Scotland sent this link to an upcoming survivor type reality show called “Fat Men Can’t Hunt”.
4 Comments » - Posted in rants by mdeades
Thursday, January 18th, 2007
Dressing Up Squash Soup and Tuna for a Lite Nite Bite
Sorry to have been so lazy at the blog desk of late, but we’ve been on the road and unlike Mike, I don’t do well blogging from the airport lounge or passenger’s seat of a car. Besides, doing so would require that I wrest control of the laptop and Verizon National Broadband from his grasp. Not an easy undertaking, I can tell you. I do much better from my own little old desk.
No Comments » - Posted in dining, recipes, travel by mdeades
Sunday, January 7th, 2007
Tag; I’m it!
My husband’s loose lips (or more correctly his loose finger tips) when he recently got blog-tagged by Regina Wilshire and revealed not only unknown parts of his past, but of mine as well, have reaped his (undoubtedly) intended result: I, too have been blog-tagged by Alcinda Moore.
6 Comments » - Posted in travel by mdeades
Saturday, January 6th, 2007
Grilled Fennel and Endive with Anchiode
Fennel, native to the Mediterranean, grows well in the similar climate of the California Central Coast. It grew in abundance all over the uncultivated slopes of our erstwhile avocado ranch, along with prickly pear cactus, now sadly unavailable to us. But no matter; just as it does abroad, the plant grows wild here, springing up plentifully on roadsides, hillsides, vacant lots, and cracks in the sidewalk.
3 Comments » - Posted in food and food products, rants by mdeades
Thursday, January 4th, 2007
Acrylamide: Another Reason to Shun Starch
Yesterday’s paper brought an interesting article by Libby Quaid for the AP titled:Cancer-causing food byproduct raises concern: FDA takes heat over natural byproduct in starch.
1 Comment » - Posted in food and food products, rants by mdeades
Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007
A Food-filled, Fun-filled Farewell to 2006
As has become our custom, we celebrated the passing of the old year and the coming of the new with music, fine wine, good food, and great friends.
This year, the group organized a progressive party, beginning at the home of two of our close friends, who got the party rolling with the fish course: crab cocktail, smoked salmon blinis, and scallop appetizers and some bubbly to get the evening off to a good start.
