Category: Blog

During this pandemic, in some parts of the country, we are once again being allowed to bring our own bags. The condition however, is that we have to do our… [Continue Reading]

UPDATE: In September 2020 I found a nice video of a person invited to eat a Moroccan meal with a family in the region. It showed what I describe in… [Continue Reading]

My Story During the initial “stay at home” period of this pandemic, which is still active here in the Bay Area of California, I have been watching lots of cooking… [Continue Reading]

Food is Political When I started this blog in December 2018, I boldly stated that I would never run out of topics to write about. The reasoning I gave, was… [Continue Reading]

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]