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]
Kate’s Vegan Bay Area Adventure
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]
Vegan Soul Food
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]
The Butcher’s Son
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]
A Day Trip to Greens
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]
Avoiding Nightshade Food
A friend is currently avoiding and eliminating “nightshade” plants from her diet based on medical advice. Since I want to have her over for dinner, I have been thinking about… [Continue Reading]
Plant Milks: Rice
My Milk Series This is most likely my last post on milk. I have researched and written about the milks, animal or plant, and have given each their due. Today… [Continue Reading]
Global Noodles + Soup 10
Some interesting new instant noodles and soups I have recently tried from the website Noodelight. While many of the ramen they sell are less than $2/package, they do have some… [Continue Reading]
Too Many Greens
One of the big things about a home garden is related to like-foods needing harvesting at the same time. So, you have mustard greens, chard, kale, and collard greens in… [Continue Reading]
The GERD Diet
I am one of the ~3M people in the USA that experiences gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). I can eat throughout the day with only minor symptoms, but an hour after… [Continue Reading]
A Taco on Tuesday
I love “Taco Tuesdays”, currently my spouse and I have a standing date to visit a Mexican Restaurant each Tuesday for taco lunches. There are three types of taco varieties… [Continue Reading]
Restaurant Home Deliveries
DoorDash ordering data (1 Jan 2019 to 31 Oct 2020) combined with a DKC Analytics national consumer survey of 1,000 Americans (6 Nov – 7 Nov 2020), has produced some… [Continue Reading]
Technique: Steam
Steaming Foods Wikipedia: Steaming works by boiling water continuously, causing it to vaporise into steam; the steam then carries heat to the nearby food, thus cooking the food. By many it is… [Continue Reading]
