Chinese Oolong tea has a variety of flavors, depending on the plants’ location, climate, and processing decisions a tea master makes; and can range from light to full bodied, vegetal to… [Continue Reading]
Author: Patty
You Can Make an Incredible Turkey Veggie Soup
Out of the blue, my spouse indicated that more veggies in our meals would be a good thing. I realized my spouse was actually saying “I want some good, home… [Continue Reading]
Gayle’s Fabulous Holiday Zucchini Loaf Recipe
I try to make this each year for Gayle, in time for her big sister’s annual flight from the Bay Area back to the “home country” of Yonkers, New York…. [Continue Reading]
Hosting a Vegan Holiday Dinner Can Be Easy
For this holiday dinner we hosted a young college person who stayed in the dorm over the holidays. She is vegan, and amazingly, making this feast was less wearing on… [Continue Reading]
Did Rebellion Stoke a Fire for Coffee in America?
I have written many posts on tea, but recently saw that over half of the USA consumes coffee on a regular basis. In fact, 63% of the population drinks coffee… [Continue Reading]
Serve Only Safe Holiday Foods for Fido + Friends
With holiday celebrations underway, especially since they coalesce around food, we all could use reminding about what our pets can and cannot eat. This definitely includes me, as I am… [Continue Reading]
The Veracity of Food Influencers
In Nov 2023 the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and various news organizations brought up the twin issues of blog writers’ truthfulness, and the lack of financial transparency of some health… [Continue Reading]
Learning that White Tea is Actually Good
The Tea Association reported that in 2021 USA consumed almost 85B servings of tea (more than 3.9B gallons). About 84% of all USA consumed tea was black tea, 15% green… [Continue Reading]
Harvest Thanksgiving at Turtle Island
Each year I try to make my Thanksgiving post about some aspect of that peculiarly American myth, the Thanksgiving story. Where the European Colonialists are called righteous Pilgrims, and the… [Continue Reading]
2022 Food as an Intangible Cultural Heritage
The United Nations Educational, Scientific, Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was founded after WWII on November 1945, to contribute to global peace and security. One goal is global collaboration among nations, through… [Continue Reading]
The Tea Business
There are a lot of sources for tea available to drinkers in the Western world. There are specialty stores that sell one brand of tea, perhaps also teaware, and will… [Continue Reading]
Legumes are a Nutritional Force
Legumes are a class of vegetables that include beans, peas, and lentils. They are an affordable, nutritious, satiating, and sustainable protein source that can help us tackle raising food costs,… [Continue Reading]
Everyday Food That Can be Poisonous
All plants have some form of chemical or physical protection for themselves in their daily fight for survival. In food plants, some of those protections we may biologically experience as… [Continue Reading]