Global Noodles + Soups 4: Looking at what is actually in the instant noodles + soups packages in terms of health, diets, toxicity, and how to improve the soup’s nutrition…. [Continue Reading]
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Indigenous Southern Grits
Let me say up front, I like porridge, which means I inherently like grits. Porridge is a usually warm, ground cereal that provides the eater with a full belly and… [Continue Reading]
Packaged Instant Noodles
Global Noodles + Soups 3: A discussion of the precooked noodles in instant noodles + soups packages. Followed by tastings of Chinese healthy instant noodles + soups, geared for the… [Continue Reading]
Tex-Mex Cuisine
My Story My Tex-Mex food experience is mainly what I have eaten in restaurants, and many “hole in the wall” places in California and areas in the Southwest; specifically: Arizona,… [Continue Reading]
Global Noodles + Soups 2
Global Soup + Noodles 2: Each of the package of instant noodles + soup, seen in the photo above, shows this weeks topic. The packages all look similar, and in… [Continue Reading]
Regenerative Agriculture
Introduction A reader asked me to explain Regenerative Agriculture. However, because this is one of those very large topics that books, academic journals, and web authors have written about for… [Continue Reading]
Global Noodles + Soups
History + Importance I have spent over $80 on purchasing a variety of Asian-inspired or imported quick noodles and soups from local stores, and from a new website called Noodelight.(Noodlelight… [Continue Reading]
Veggie + Fruit Purée
My Purée Favorites I use this cooking technique regularly, although not frequently. For me, as a gal who loves soups, it is a go-to technique in the Fall when squashes… [Continue Reading]
From Plagues to Protein
Another very large topic. All I want to do here is introduce the idea and answer some common questions that come up when this topic is discussed. Entomophagy A term… [Continue Reading]
Korean Cuisine
My Korean Food Experience A Country Divided Up front, let me say that I understand the North and South Korea situation through my own experience of East and West Germany…. [Continue Reading]
Pandemic: The Cleanse
The Cleanse Story This story twists and turns in the normal way life often does. We started in 2019 with a personal reaction to climate change (fires + heat leading… [Continue Reading]
Soft Herbs I Use + Grow
In a previous post I discussed drying herbs (and veggies), growing woody herbs, and today I am looking at growing soft herbs. Gardening I tend to look at my herbs,… [Continue Reading]
Tasting Umami
Human Taste It is interesting how much we have learned about taste since I was a young girl. For instance, when I was growing up we were told that our… [Continue Reading]
