A journal for random experiments

Tropical Paradise

The tropics bring images of luxurious holidays with magnificent sunset views, the romance of lost civilizations, the allure of exotic flora, fruits, and spices.  Epic seafaring adventures were made in order to obtain the most precious spices grown only on the most remote islands of Southeast Asia, all the while proving that after all, the…

Food is Desire

“With apricots and dewberries,With purple grapes, green figs, and mulberries;The honey-bags steal from the humble-bees,And for night-tapers crop their waxen thighsAnd light them at the fiery glow-worm’s eyes,To have my love to bed and to arise;And pluck the wings from painted butterfliesTo fan the moonbeams from his sleeping eyes:Nod to him, elves, and do him…

Food is Home

“A woman is like a tea bag – you can’t tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.”- Eleanor Roosevelt High up in the Bohea Mountains of China, farmers cut terraces into limestone crags and built dikes and drains in order to grow tea.  Endowed with fertile soil and a mild,…

Food is Science

Legend has it that the panettone came into being from a forbidden romance in the 15th century.  During a Christmas Eve feast hosted by the Duke of Milan, Ludovico il Moro, his head pastry chef burnt the dessert while stealing a kiss from a nobleman’s beautiful wife in the medieval passageway.  A young scullery boy…

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