I started to read an article titled: Pepper changed the world – but how many people know that? by Dr. Anna Sulan Masing. Basically she tells the story that colonialism… [Continue Reading]
You Must Wear Your Cook’s Uniform to be Safe
In 2021, the USA employed ~2.6M cooks. A year earlier, the Census calculated there were ~124M households in the USA, and we can safely assume each household had someone who… [Continue Reading]
The Real Complexity of Fantastic Iced Teas
There are interesting things about iced tea that I did not know until an article about Southern Sweet Tea caught my eye. I decided to share what I knew about… [Continue Reading]
Hot Sauce for the Sensitive Among Us
I like hot sauce, but not Southeast Asian hot. I like heat that makes my mouth slightly burn, where my eyes slightly water and my nose runs; but not the… [Continue Reading]
Control the Spice, Divert the Global Wealth
Spices have been a globally traded luxury product for thousands of years, grown by mainly poor people who rarely make livable wages. They are also hard to trace, which means… [Continue Reading]
How to Choose Your Cuppa Joe
In my area, the greater San Francisco Bay Area, there are loads of coffee joints. We have the gazillion Starbucks splattered all around, hundreds of Peet’s Coffee, and “only sold… [Continue Reading]
Oolong Teas Need Masters to Produce Complexity
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]
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]
