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Poodle snacks

Posted on March 24, 02008 by Daily Prandium

Who would have thought an old, stale whole wheat and blueberry bagel would incite food aggression in two generally amiable poodles? I think I’m onto something with this though. I don’t have a local spot to compost so that’s five … Continue reading →

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An Easter omelette

Posted on March 23, 02008 by Daily Prandium

After nearly a week of motoring to, from and around Vermont, it’s been a treat to spend the weekend with the dogs. I’ve enjoyed a relaxing and productive time of it. Since today’s a holiday, I’ve consolidated the traditional foods … Continue reading →

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Health and prandium

Posted on March 22, 02008 by Daily Prandium

As you’ve likely heard in the news, oatmeal helps lower cholesterol. The interesting thing about oatmeal lowering cholesterol is the fact that the effect is transitory. If you stop eating it, your cholesterol level will increase again. Of course the … Continue reading →

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Fromages et deux mains

Posted on March 21, 02008 by Daily Prandium

A week in Vermont ended this afternoon lunching at a brew pub in Burlington on a boat of cheese fries and gravy. I enjoyed a bite into nostalgia to seeming endless days shushing occasional powder slopes at Killington, evenings sneaking … Continue reading →

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V. Vermont rural food systems—from milk to maple

Posted on March 20, 02008 by Daily Prandium

This is the fifth and final reflective journal entry assigned for class. Today was indeed the day that resonated most for me—for my personal interests in food and agriculture, and for my personal wellbeing. After breakfast we headed to near-about … Continue reading →

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DIY: Dog sweaters

Posted on March 19, 02008 by Daily Prandium

Before shutting down to lay me down for some shut eye, I came upon this article about two kooks who knit their dogs hair into sweaters. I’m excited to find this, but then disappointed to learn yet another idea is … Continue reading →

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IV. Vermont rural food systems—from milk to maple

Posted on March 19, 02008 by Daily Prandium

This is the fourth of five reflective journal entries assigned for class. During breakfast we briefly discussed final projects with Amy. She also talked more about the final reflective essay. She is interested to see we met the learning outcomes … Continue reading →

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III. Vermont rural food systems—from milk to maple

Posted on March 18, 02008 by Daily Prandium

This is the third of five reflective journal entries assigned for class. For breakfast this morning I ate fried eggs over a beat and root hash, buckwheat pancakes with Vermont maple syrup, and fresh fruit. The b&b also served Canadian … Continue reading →

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II. Vermont rural food systems—from milk to maple

Posted on March 17, 02008 by Daily Prandium

This is the second of five reflective journal entries assigned for class. Class began this morning with breakfast here at the b&b. We were served buffet style homemade cornmeal waffles with Vermont maple syrup, eggs scrambled with spinach and cherry … Continue reading →

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First night in VT

Posted on March 16, 02008 by Daily Prandium

For once padding my travel start time worked. My colleague and navigator, E arrived a few minutes early this morning. We packed the car and were on our way. Some cops vibed me for double parking outside café con leche … Continue reading →

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I. Vermont rural food systems—from milk to maple

Posted on March 15, 02008 by Daily Prandium

This is the first of five journal entries assigned for class. We’ve been asked to write one or two pages describing: the ways in which past and current experiences shape current perceptions of Vermont’s contemporary food and farming system; any … Continue reading →

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Bella bruja tortilla

Posted on March 15, 02008 by Daily Prandium

See, I told you. No fingers in the tortilla. When will you ever trust me. This is the most perfect tortilla I’ve made yet. It’s beautiful. I was very pleased with myself with how it turned out. I tapped the … Continue reading →

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A new omelette on a fine Saturday afternoon

Posted on March 15, 02008 by Daily Prandium

Today started early and was a beautiful afternoon in Gotham. Except for some cold snaps, rain, and perhaps vaguely recall snowfall a while back, the winter has been more springlike throughout. A puffy vest and scarf kept me warm and … Continue reading →

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Vermont rural food systems—from milk to maple

Posted on March 14, 02008 by Daily Prandium

A group of eleven from my graduate program are heading to Vermont this weekend. We will spend a week traveling about visiting farms and artisanal producers as part of a one week intensive course. The class is an informal exchange … Continue reading →

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Sixty days makes a habit

Posted on March 13, 02008 by Daily Prandium

An old roommate of mine struggled to maintain good eating habits and an exercise routine. His diet essentially consisted of greasy delivery food and too much alcohol. A meticulous diet analysis I conducted over a month sitting on my bookcase … Continue reading →

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Soft bites before bed

Posted on March 12, 02008 by Daily Prandium

bon nuit..

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Commercial hits—A new birth..

Posted on March 11, 02008 by Daily Prandium

..control pill makes the claim it is the first drug proven for premenstrual symptoms, including potassium deficiency. This is what Daily Prandium prescribes if you’re concerned about your potassium levels.. Buen provecho..

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The self, the other, and the beans that bind

Posted on March 10, 02008 by Daily Prandium

Daily Prandium is back on the bean trail. Today I am preparing Dominican style beans that my friend B’s mother and aunt taught me to make a few weeks ago. I know. It’s been a long time since they came … Continue reading →

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Fat replacer in baked goods

Posted on February 27, 02008 by Daily Prandium

Dovetailing from yesterdays guilty pleasure confessional and in keeping with a baked goods theme, here is an abstract from the Journal of the American Dietetic Association. An experiment I partnered on in food studies lab in fall 0’06 was submitted … Continue reading →

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Cookie monster would be proud

Posted on February 26, 02008 by Daily Prandium

More on the guilty pleasure trail.. A larder full of cookies and nothing to snack. Isn’t that always the way. Since returning from tree dodging and wind chasing in California I’ve wound up with seven packages of cookies. I recall … Continue reading →

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Busted

Posted on February 25, 02008 by Daily Prandium

I swear I did not eat the fuzzy pink loaf in the upper right corner. Just couldn’t bring myself to take so much as a nibble. But I admit to an occasional weakness for those Swedish meatballs of unknown bovine … Continue reading →

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Millet cakes

Posted on February 24, 02008 by Daily Prandium

Cafe Orline is a place I’ve been going to for brunch for years now. It’s a popular spot in the East Village. Artists, actors, and generally cute and interesting folks eat there. So it makes for great people watching if … Continue reading →

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Biohazard beware

Posted on February 23, 02008 by Daily Prandium

A recently published conclusive and irrefutable study shows females in their mid-to-late thirties with a last name beginning with the letter Q who eat Liberté yogourt are subject to severe and potentially life questioning reactions. All Liberté yogourts, especially those … Continue reading →

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Green dreams

Posted on February 22, 02008 by Daily Prandium

Sneak attack snow day in Gotham today. So have a little green from past summer to synaesthete warm breeze over chilly skin. Salut to warm, light, and bright days someday again in Gotham’s future..

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Phone book of the dead

Posted on February 21, 02008 by Daily Prandium

Gust Vasiliades April 10, 01965 – February 21, 02004 Today a candle is burning in my makeshift window shrine for Gust. It’s been four years since he passed. I woke at dawn that morning and sat straight up. It was … Continue reading →

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City chickens and urban bees..

Posted on February 20, 02008 by Daily Prandium

..or is it urban chickens and city bees. I suppose it’s no matter. You and you and you were not there. It’s been a long time coming, but this evening I finally popped my Slow Food cherry and attended a … Continue reading →

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How apropos of the lunar eclipse

Posted on February 19, 02008 by Daily Prandium

There will be a full lunar eclipse Wednesday night. Beginning around nine pm my time the earth and sun will come into alignment and cast its umbra across the moon which will also be in lockstep. By ten pm and … Continue reading →

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When it rains in Gotham..

Posted on February 18, 02008 by Daily Prandium

..there’s sunshine in here. The infamous honeybells finally arrived. Indeed I’ve already finished one flat of the four. For sure I am in fruitarian mode eating a few or four or five of these and Italian fruilkiwi each day. Though … Continue reading →

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Birthday prandium..

Posted on February 16, 02008 by Daily Prandium

..for a little poodle. How does a blind sword wielding enlightened one—Bodhi Zatoichi—who turned two years old and is now a man dog spend a birthday? Begin with getting his pack leader a café con leche before a hike and … Continue reading →

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Honor The Nick

Posted on February 15, 02008 by Daily Prandium

Nicholas Louis Caruso February 9, 01916 – February 15, 01995 The Nick—my first kindred love from another place and time—who learned to cook by the Greeks and was their go between with the Jews to order meats because theirs was … Continue reading →

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Chocolat?

Posted on February 14, 02008 by Daily Prandium

This car is bitter-sweeter than any box of chocolats. In 01992 it was for sale fifteen minutes from the pond I, hardly bigger than a polliwog, swam around in. Back then I was driving the Friendly Bleu ovloV and simply … Continue reading →

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Warm, roast chicken tuchus..

Posted on February 14, 02008 by Daily Prandium

..shared among people who love each other is the ideal of happiness. Not quite a quote by George Sand

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Qu’ils dure toujours

Posted on February 14, 02008 by Daily Prandium

I rode the A home another evening after seeing Juno at Gotham Square theater. An old chaika got on and sat next to me. We happened to be traveling to the same stop. She started chatting and told me she’d … Continue reading →

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