Author: Patty

A Plum Story Wikipedia states that plums may have been one of the very first fruits to have been cultivated, and originated in Iran. The fruit is a drupe, meaning… [Continue Reading]

My Story My son, who just turned 30, told me that he remembered me boiling veggies when he was a child. I had to smile when I corrected him, I… [Continue Reading]

Zulay Kitchen (#collaboration) I have a relationship with Zulay Kitchens. If they send me kitchen wares, I will cook with those wares, and write up my experience in a post…. [Continue Reading]

Achieving Personal Change This past Monday, 29 June 2020, I celebrated my retirement from UC Berkeley, after 33+ years working at the campus. Over those years, I raised through the… [Continue Reading]

Published 26 June 2020; updated 12 May 2022 The Industrial Meat Complex All the major news outlets have written articles on the pandemic, and sources of the outbreaks that are… [Continue Reading]

Pandemic Pounds Here in the California Bay Area, we are slowly lifting restrictions, and as expected, infection numbers are raising. Because I am in a susceptible group, I continue to… [Continue Reading]

Pandemic Pet The pandemic continues although in some places it is slowing, other places, that unadvisedly reopened, are exploding; meanwhile, I am still at home working remotely, and my spouse… [Continue Reading]

As I was writing this article, intending to focus exclusively on Vitamin D, Forbes posted a similar article. So I decided to widen my view, and ask the following question:… [Continue Reading]

Two days prior to this photo, taken by my spouse, I received the much talked about Pandemic Haircut. So it was only natural, that once I got to see this… [Continue Reading]

Published 20 May 2020, Revised 28 January 2022 I am using Bangladesh as the ”canary” to show the impact changing climate and global warming is having on food in poorer… [Continue Reading]

Hand Hygiene This post was initially drafted last year, when hand hygiene was not a pandemic issue. The reason I started this post was that The Guardian (April 2019) printed… [Continue Reading]

Cellars and Pantries Some people, especially in more rural areas and living in older homes, likely have a cellar pantry that they can use to hold home-canned foods, potatoes and… [Continue Reading]

4/23 Industrial Ag Meat News Read some news and have some thoughts. Just as industrial, large meat production is terrible for the animals, it is also terrible for the workers… [Continue Reading]