Moises Alou is either a liar, or a really mean guy. Five years later he reveals that he wouldn’t have caught the Steve Bartman ball!? Is he you serious? He couldn’t have said that right after the game? Or the week after? Or the year after? Or three years after? Alou clearly doesn’t [...]
Seductively spicy, my curried kettle corn creation (lovely alliteration) started earlier in the week when I made an afternoon popcorn snack. The snack coincided with my recent fascination with Anjum Anand and Indian cookery. I wondered whether I could apply the curry flavors to my popcorn.
I love popcorn and could easily eat it for every meal -- actually, in grad school I did eat it for
Okay. Here is a disclaimer, as my previous plans went awry when I thought I would be going home. I may or may not be going to the Texas coast for a couple of days. There, Fate. Are you happy now?With that disclaimer out of the way, here goes...Since my father is not going anywhere and his condition is stable and unchanged (meaning, sedated and relying on a ventilator to breathe), I am considering taking Amos down to Rockport, TX for a few days to visit with my sister. I've never been to Rockport, although Phil and I spent a great deal of time in the Corpus Christi and Port Aransas areas when we were young pups in love. Now, I have the chance to take the pup of our loins to see the ocean for the first time. How cool is that, eh?Rockport is a bayside artist colony. I want to eat on a
I'm elbow-deep in mixing bowls and shortening, trying hard to get my holiday baking done. Sidetracked by a ill-advised stay back east with family and a dreadful journey home, I'm also suffering from a very bad case of bronchitis, which my doctor says is borderline pneumonia.Ah, the holidays!
Anyway, I was busy screwing up the gingerbread [...]
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If you sometimes are longing for the acid, the salty or the sweet meals, it means that yor body gives you specific signals. But how to understand them?Sweet foods Food produces with the sweet taste is, first and foremost, a powerful antidepressant. The habit to eat sweets when emotionally hurt or disturbed is typical especially for women. If you find that you have this passion, perhaps you should look for the cause in psychological discomfort, and try to resolve issues of conflict in the family and at work.The consumption of sweet is just an escape from some problems, but leading to others - extra weight, diabetes and others. The amount of eaten sweet has to be reduced gradually, replacing it with light physical loads or detracting on interesting occupations.When there is an urgent need of "sweets", it is better to have dried fruits, which supplies the organism with necessary substances and does not bring harm. If that was not enough, you can eat a piece of dark chocolate, a marmalade
It’s been a little while since I meet with Jean in Winchester for her signing of Salty Dogs. I finally have some time to write a few words about her book! This is the first book review by The Barking Blog but there will be more to come!
Title: Salty Dogs
Author: Jean Fogle
Published by: Wiley Publishing, Inc. Composition Services
Copyright: 2007
Inside front leaflet:
“I think we are drawn to dogs because they are the uninhibited creatures we might be if we weren’t certain we knew better.”-George Bird Evans
“Salty Dogs is a breath of fresh air. You won’t be able to look through these fun-filled pages without smiling. Dogs live in the moment and renowned dog photographer Jean M. Fogle captures those moments of sheer exuberance as carefree canines frolic and rollick on the beach. Engaging photos show dogs swimming, playing, romping, surfing, and lounging in the water and on the sand. Featuring dogs of varying pedigrees and personalities, including Germ
This is sort of related to horror, so I guess I have an excuse for posting it on this blog. I have to share this because it's so funny I had tears running down my face.Admittedly, this may be a bit disrespectful to another culture. I mean, I like Indian television--what with all the wet saris and hip-thrusts--as much as the next guy. But on the other hand, they're the ones who chose to do a bad rip-off of a Michael Jackson video, so they get what they deserve. Basically, it's in Hindi, but some smart-aleck has put in subtitles of the English words that it *kind of* sounds like they're singing.Now I gotta go get me some Salty Shanty's One Shot Tea. That sounds delish.Hat tip: Mark Shea
Kandra Bull, a worker at the McDonald’s in Union City, GA, was arrested on Friday for putting too much salt on an officer’s burger. The burger, he said, was so salty that it made him sick. Kendra spent the night in jail and could be facing more charges as the investigation unfolds. Bull said that she accidentally spilled the salt on the burger and told her manager about it. Another co-worker of hers tried to “thump” the salt off and then served it to the officer.
Kendra could possibly face charges of negligence for serving the hamburger “without regards to the well-being of anyone who might consume it.” She has been working at the McDonald’s for five months and wonders why the officer continued to eat the burger if it was too salty. Bull also claims that she ate one of the hamburgers with the salt on it during her break and it did not maker her sick.
Our wonderful mae baan has been cooking us tasty dinners three days a week for the last two weeks. What a treat to come home and have a delicious Thai meal waiting for us on the stove! And since my day starts at 5:45 in the morning, I’m usually ready for dinner at around 4:30 pm…
Yesterday one of the tasty Thai treats Khun Duang Lam left for us was green mango with sugar, salt, chili dip. Delicious! Like Sour Patch Kids - only real fruit! Try some prik kab kleua at your house - all you need is a green (sour) mango, and some salt and suger mixed with crushed chili for dipping. I promise you’ll love it!
That Salty Air
Ernest Hemingway would be proud of Tim Sievert’s "That Salty Air". It’s amazing the bond that fisherman have with the sea. Since the "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", man has either battled or come to the grips that the sea always triumphs over man, no matter how hard you try control it. Pollute it, dam it, over-fish it. The sea will find a way to get you. You have to live with the sea, accept it, you cannot change it. It can be your friend and be your deadliest friend that will take your life. Many believe we came from the sea and have a maternal attachment to it, considering 80% of our bodies contain water. I always loved the story of one man versus an element of nature. Tim Sievert at the ripe age of 24 delivers on all accounts with this richly illustrated tale. Preview
Hugh is a fisherman with a special relationship to the sea; a relationship based on respect and reverence. But when Hugh feels that the sea has betra
Who knew that putting a bit of salt on your tongue before you guzzled a glass of wine could change many of the wine's innate qualities? And who knew that the reason that you sometimes struggle to get the pit out of a piece of fruit is because those sneaky fruit trees can grow BOTH cling and freestone fruits on the SAME tree? Let me backtrack just a bit. Those are just 2 things I learned at Copia, the food and wine education center in beautiful downtown Napa.Copia is a lovely large airy building filled with kitchens, classrooms, theaters and lots of display space for exhibits on food and wine, as well as a magnificent garden, soon to be expanded by a big new greenhouse, currently under construction. It was founded by Robert Mondavi, among others.They offer an interesting schedule of daily events and classes. I had told H(usband) that a particular day was to be devoted just to Copia, so he kindly went along while I explored every square inch of the place. We started with a half hour gen
I'm in a salty mood today.
All I can think about is how I'm not going to Blogher, and how totally, utterly stupid it is that I am not. It's taking place in my backyard, but I'm 1,200 miles east on Cape Cod.
Stupid!
I planned poorly. I should have flown straight to Chicago from Boston in time to meet up with y'all. Instead, I'll go directly home to Urbana next Wednesday, and I'm already
Marc Almond is 50 today! 50!! Can't believe it, but hey, all our pop stars have to grow older at some point. Marc is doing this as disgracefully as possible and will be celebrating with a sold out concert at Sherpherd's Bush Empire tonight. I'm going, so I'll report back, but until then, here's the TV ad for Stardom Road (see seperate post, thanks YouTube and your dumb embedding nonsense) and a gorgeous over the top cover from 1986.A Salty Dog - Marc Almond (mp3 Download) Marc outside my favourite cafe on the edge of Soho.
Now I know why John Carlton signs everything "Stay frosty"! He is salty. If he were a woman I'd say he's sassy but he's not so I'll call him salty instead. It's a much more masculine adjective. :)This is an entertaining post on the advantages of long copy over short copy. Check it out - I guarantee you'll learn a thing or two. All of his posts enforce my firm belief that he is a master. I love his copy. Enjoy.Create a nice day,Lara
The Salty Coffee. He met her on a party, she was so outstanding, many guys chasing after her, while he was so normal, nobody paid attention to him. At the end of the party, he invited her to have coffee with him. She was surprised, but as he was polite, she promised. They sat in a nice coffee shop, he was too nervous to say anything, She felt uncomfortable, she thought, "please, let me back home".Suddenly he asked the waiter: would you please give me some salt? I'd like to put it in my coffee.Everybody stared at him, so strange! His face turned red, but still, he put the salt in his coffee and drank it. She asked him curiously:Why you have this hobby?He replied: when I was a little boy, I was living near the sea, I liked playing in the sea, I could feel the taste of the sea, salty and bite, just like the taste of the salty coffee. Now every time I have the salty coffee, I always think of my childhood, think of my hometown, I miss my hometown so much, I miss my parents who are still li
More and more Jarrod Saltalamacchia’s name is being brought up with the world “trade” some where in the sentence. Yesterday on the way to work I was listening to the replay of Baseball This Morning on XM 175, they had Ken Rosenthal on and they were talking Braves. Rosenthal and Buck Martinez were going on [...]
We all know about Salty and his problems last year, this year..not so much.
Saltalamacchia, a 6-foot-4 switch-hitter, has been the top-rated prospect (by Baseball America) in Atlanta’s organization the last two years. In his Double-A debut with the M-Braves in 2006, he didn’t look the part, batting just .230 with nine homers and 39 [...]
Two creative chefs in Winnipeg recently came up with a recipe for candy that helped them win the Gold Medal Plates Canadian Culinary Championships, and all they needed to do was create olive brittle. Minced kalamata olives were coated with caramel to create the award-winning treat, but since I’m not a fan of kalamatas, I’m not sure how this would actually taste. I guess everything should taste better with caramel…right?
Here’s the recipe, for those adventurous enough to try it out themselves:
Olive Candy
½ cup kalamata olives, pitted and minced
1 cup sugar
¼ cup water
- Mince olives and air-dry overnight.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Sprinkle with olive pieces.
- Combine sugar and water in a pot over low heat. Stir to dissolve. Cook over low heat until caramel forms.
- Pour caramel over olive pieces. Let harden. Smash brittle into small pieces.
Strangely enough, I’ve tasted a snack that can best be described as sweet olive candy. Preserv
He met her at a party. She was so outstanding, many guys chasing after her, while he was so normal, nobody paid attention to him.At the end of the party, he invited her to have coffee with him, she was surprised but due to being polite, she promised. They sat in a nice coffee shop, he was too nervous to say anything, she felt uncomfortable, and she thought to herself, "Please, let me go home..."Suddenly he asked the waiter, "Would you please give me some salt? I'd like to put it in my coffee." Everybody stared at him, so strange! His face turned red but still, he put the salt in his coffee and drank it. She asked him curiously, "Why you have this hobby?" He replied, "When I was a little boy, I lived near the sea, I liked playing in the sea, I could feel the taste of the sea, just like the taste of the salty coffee. Now every time I have the salty coffee, I always think of my childhood, think of my hometown, I miss my hometown so much, I miss my parents who are still living there." Whi
כ"ז באדר תשס"זJust a quick observation about two shorashim: מלח and מלץמלח is the Hebrew root for "salt". Salt pertains to Gevurah and bitterness.מלץ is the Hebrew root for "being sweet and pleasant". Sweetness and pleasantness pertain to Chesed.Interestingly, the two shorashim are very similar, sharing the first two root letters (מל) and differing only with respect to the third root letter. The two differing letters cut from the shorashim together spell "clear" and "pure", in Hebrew צח.Consequently, in terms of sacred femininity, we can see that pure clarity is not made of "sweet pleasantness" any more than it is made of "bitterness". Pure clarity is brought about by neutralizing and overcoming the obscuring effects of both circumstances and psycho-emotional dispositions.Technorati tags: Torah Talmud Torah Judaism Kabbalah jewish mysticism mysticism jewish meditation meditation shamanism jewish shamanism kabbalah iyunit kabbalah maasit jewitchery jewitch jewi
I feel like I'm losing it. My last shred of sanity is slipping away. I can't even hold a coherent conversation.
My poor friends. A few have made the mistake of asking how things are going, and I just start babbling. And babbling. All kinds of things spill out.
But I can't say what I want to say. How do I tell someone in e-mail that I'm scared that my grandma may not want to get better. And I'm
Well, of course I had to post a photo of the ocean. What kind of Island Girl would I be if I didn’t?
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A few weeks ago, I posted a photo of a diver from the submarine we rode in Hawaii. This photo is looking back at the Honolulu skyline from the boat en route to the submarine.
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The gang from Dorm Daze is back, but this time their dorm is a cruise ship on a tropical voyage through the high seas and higher comedy. The captain and crew of the Surveyor, a floating classroom for Billingsley University's Semester at Sea program, is about to make a voyage they'll never forget. Add to the cruise an educational stop at the island of San Paradiso where these "scholars" are supposed to see an important archeological site, and things go from crazy to crazier when it turns out that their visit coincides with every other college's spring break. The moment the boat docks, class is over!Starring: James Debello, Marieh Delfino, Tony Denman, Larry Drake, Danielle Fishel, Vida Guerra, Jeremy HowardGenre: ComedyRating: 2/5
I'm trying so hard not to succumb to the idea that I am too old for this kind of thing. Or maybe it's just this day and age I don't really know of any band worthy enough for me to put myself through this. As I write, now only an hour or so from leavi...
