Tag: education
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III – Chicken chronicles
My first chicken dinner (This post is a contribution by the farmer man who raised the chickens I’ve been writing and talking about for the past several weeks. He was kind enough to let me post what he wrote, about the first chicken he prepared, thus testing to ensure our processing went off without a […]
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II – Chicken chronicles
Bastille day poulets Pictures are still pending It was a fine and beauteous day in the ‘burgh for Bastille Day. Sunny and not too hot, with a fine breeze blowing through seated at Monsieur’s picnic table while admiring the lushness of his garden, hearing him tell about the rose expert that visited him earlier in […]
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I – Chicken chronicles
Tortilla deux hommes Pictures pending Brunch the morning after a long afternoon processing chickens — which I’m tapping about and will post here, pics and all — was not without its chicken product — the egg, several of them. Killing chickens yesterday did not have an effect for our desire for them. Seemingly. Any conflict […]
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Just read, Doggit read list
Pic still pending. Finding myself frustrated by things recently. Life and myself, generally, are very well – the best it has been in years (the personal, barring worldwide externalities). But a peeve has been needling at me. It has nothing to do with what I’ll tap here. My notebook is at home, where it belongs, […]
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Harlem eat-a-bout
On this chilly late-winter morning, a group of women from the NYU Food & Culture Studies program set out on a cultural eating tour in Harlem. The objective was to feed on the flavors of Senegal and Soul–in three hours! The mission was accomplished with gastric ease. Following is a visual-twitter essay of the event. […]
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Just another naval-gazing Thursday
Can you name the folks in the picture? See you on the island with the other tribefolks..
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Rocket flurry
Work in a flurry and focused mode An e-mail arrives Respond to it Item in trouble, please advise Item in progress, the progress Another item in progress, the progress Two more item’s progress Meanwhile, Progress made for troubled item Score Interview Finally! Relief But no. . . Response not acceptable Progress not acceptable For one […]
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Letter from Pollan
Today’s naval gazing Thursday is a link to read an open letter, written by Michael Pollan, to the near-future President-elect that will be published in the Food Issue of the NY Times Magazine this Sunday. Buen provecho..
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Sushi in your pocket
There’s something fishy going on at the Monterey Bay Aquarium this month and it’s not just swimming around and around in the sardine tank. I’m tapping about it here because these programs reach well beyond Cannery Row to folks nationwide. On October 22nd, the Monterey Bay Aquarium (MBA) will launch the Sushi Seafood Guide. This […]
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Friday night debate
It’d be a fine night for another anchovy pizza with seltzer or a beer. Buen provecho..
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Naval gazing Thursdays
Journalism is kicking my @$$. Though today’s class was abbreviated; TH had to fly off to some place and sent class on a field trip to the library for a meeting with the journalism subject librarian to review databases and resources for new journo grad students. I attended a similar session last January with the […]
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Simple ou double?
Deux simples, mint chocolat chip.. ..et deux plus simples, chocolat walnut et coffee.. Buen provecho..
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Plain old cup of coffee
A work at home lifestyle afforded the luxury of developing an elaborate (by USAmerican standards) morning coffee ritual. It started about three years ago while I was studying nutrition. The whole thing would last about two hours everyday, including time to prepare and to drink a café au lait while checking e-mails, reading some bad […]
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The rules of Eating Club
The first rule of Eating Club is, you only tell trusted colleagues and food friends about Eating Club. The second rule of Eating Club is, you do not talk about Eating Club to food tools. If someone says stop, goes limp, taps out, the cena is over. Two girls and a guy to a cena […]
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Picturing pesto ricotta omelette
Here are pictures from the study-aid omelette I made the other day. I confess. The past few omelette’s I’ve made stuck to the pan. The key really is to lower the flame once the beaten eggs are poured in. Slow cooking takes patience, but pays off in spades. Now I’m back on track and posting […]
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Locked in the tower, again
Today begins my customary semester-end sequestration. With the exception of happy hour drinks tomorrow to celebrate with folks from the program who are graduating, I’m back in lock down mode. It will last through Monday night when final edits are finished for the paper I’ve been writing. The working title is currently—Bottle versus tap: a […]
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Post-Vermont group think
I’m working with S and B on a group project for Vermont rural food systems. We met tonight for a kickoff meeting after Food history. No meeting rooms were available at Bobst so we opted to head to Alta for wine and tapas. I believe the chef prefers to call them small plates as they’re […]
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Watch 20/20 tonight—Bodies exhibition
Finally. The mainstream press has finally picked this one up. May it lead to the closing of every exhibition in the US. Tonight at 10 pm, 20/20 is airing a segment about their three month investigation into the source of the bodies used in the Bodies exhibition. Due to public demand,—morbid curiosity?—the Gotham exhibition has […]
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My sister will love this one
This is dedicated to my sister. When we swam in the family pond as tadpoles, she told me she’d go through my things and laugh at my lists. Well, I’m listing less now and this comes kind of late into new year days, but what the hay. For my sister.. Eat the skins of root […]