I had a day that turned out to be all about water. My newsfeed was pushing articles about limited water resources in other countries, and while I was sitting at… [Continue Reading]
Phosphorus is a Lynchpin to Life
Phosphorus is a lynchpin of our food system states ScienMag, the reason why is that plants cannot grow without it and [it] has no substitute. Phosphorus is also a component… [Continue Reading]
Make Your Own Spice + Herb Blends
This is a follow up to my spice post, where I provide directions on making your own spice blends from the spices you already have in your home, plus some…. [Continue Reading]
Our Horrendous Wobbly Global Food Supply
This is a post to update the state of our global supply food chain, because the recent Baltimore bridge disaster might disrupt USA’s soybean and tofu supply. Last year, Canada… [Continue Reading]
Make Savory Pancakes Now + Thank Me Later
As you know, being German, I already have a fondness for potato pancakes (kartoffelpuffer) but it is usually served with applesauce, and German crepes (pfannenkuchen) is served with a cinnamon… [Continue Reading]
Refrigeration is Great, but Heats Our Planet
I started this post thinking about Refrigerators and wanted to review them the way I did Dishwashers. So I started by looking into our attempts at food preservation, from cellars… [Continue Reading]
An Important Annual Rainy Day Kitchen Revival
As I write this post, it is very rainy and cold outside, perfect timing for me to do a once-a-year kitchen revival. Although I do have to admit sometimes I… [Continue Reading]
How Pepper Changed the World
I started to read an article titled: Pepper changed the world – but how many people know that? by Dr. Anna Sulan Masing. Basically she tells the story that colonialism… [Continue Reading]
You Must Wear Your Cook’s Uniform to be Safe
In 2021, the USA employed ~2.6M cooks. A year earlier, the Census calculated there were ~124M households in the USA, and we can safely assume each household had someone who… [Continue Reading]
The Real Complexity of Fantastic Iced Teas
There are interesting things about iced tea that I did not know until an article about Southern Sweet Tea caught my eye. I decided to share what I knew about… [Continue Reading]
Hot Sauce for the Sensitive Among Us
I like hot sauce, but not Southeast Asian hot. I like heat that makes my mouth slightly burn, where my eyes slightly water and my nose runs; but not the… [Continue Reading]
Control the Spice, Divert the Global Wealth
Spices have been a globally traded luxury product for thousands of years, grown by mainly poor people who rarely make livable wages. They are also hard to trace, which means… [Continue Reading]
How to Choose Your Cuppa Joe
In my area, the greater San Francisco Bay Area, there are loads of coffee joints. We have the gazillion Starbucks splattered all around, hundreds of Peet’s Coffee, and “only sold… [Continue Reading]