Category: Blog

This post is tied to the Tex-Mex Cuisine post I published last year, in that Mexico’s food history has a critical role in both cuisines. While Mexican cuisine stands on… [Continue Reading]

In the USA, ~62% of adults consume coffee every day, drinking nearly 400M cups daily. But not all of us can drink coffee without negative side effects. Either, as a… [Continue Reading]

I have posted about our RV trip to the Peace + Plenty Farm where we bought some of their California grown, organic saffron. The picture above was taken once we… [Continue Reading]

I have written about food waste before, but it always bears repeating since this problem is so acute. Reviewing the Bay Area Recycling Outreach Coalition website is what initiated this… [Continue Reading]

This is not only a large topic, but it also has lots of emotions and differing perceptions of its overall role in the feeding of people/animals and its positive/negative impacts… [Continue Reading]

Curry is too large of a topic for one post, so similar to other large topics, I will start with this more generic post. Starting with the highlights of what… [Continue Reading]

Braising is a cooking technique I use a lot, using either a deep or soup pot with a tight lid for stovetop cooking, an oven approved pot for braising in… [Continue Reading]

I have a family member who had thyroid cancer and, as a result, had to have her thyroid removed. She is now on lifelong medication to regulate her body, the… [Continue Reading]

Blueberries are a member of the heather family and are related to cranberries, bilberries, and huckleberries. I have two different varieties of blueberries planted into a little space next to… [Continue Reading]

For the past week we have had a visitor stay with us who is from the East Coast. Kate is adventurous, funny, a good sport, a good cook, and vegan…. [Continue Reading]

Our visitor Kate has been introducing us to a variety of vegan restaurants, delis, and markets that are all around the Bay Area. We never knew some of these places… [Continue Reading]

Forbes writes that Berkeley, California, is so vegan-friendly that it passed a resolution that required only vegan food to be served once per week at all the city’s meetings and events. It’s… [Continue Reading]

We had a vegan visitor from the East Coast, so while in San Francisco we took her to Greens Restaurant. This is a review of our meal and the restaurant…. [Continue Reading]