From the monthly archives:

December 2009

What’s on the table?

2009.Dec.10 Thursday

 I never see any home cooking. All I get is fancy stuff.” – Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh So what’s been gracing the table here at home the last week. Haven’t been going out at dinner time, pretty much all home cooking. Some of it, a chance to play with dishes that Henry’s not fond [...]

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Rain & Dew

2009.Dec.09 Wednesday

 It is strange that Jews in every country of the Diaspora begin to pray for rain in the daily Amidah prayer (Ten tal umatar, “please give us rain and dew”) on December 4 or 5, about ten days ago, at the onset of the rainy season in Babylon (Babylonian Talmud Taanit 10). It would be [...]

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Mothra Comes to Visit

2009.Dec.08 Tuesday

 The nocturnal Black Witch – the largest moth in the continental United States, with a wing span of six to seven inches – has been vested with a foreboding aura of darkness and mystery. It bears common names such as Mariposa de la Muerte (Butterfly of Death) in Mexico, Duppy Bat (Lost Soul) in Jamaica, [...]

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Church of Activists

2009.Dec.06 Sunday

 Disappearances of Argentinean citizens began in 1973, before the death of Juan Peron and continued through the presidency of his wife Isabel until such heinous human rights violations reached a head under the new military government (called the Proceso) after 1976. The repressive regime instituted a state of terror, involving kidnappings, torture, rape and drowning [...]

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Feel the Machine Love

2009.Dec.05 Saturday

 ”What were you just thinking?” — Jenna “In that particular moment, I was reconfiguring the warp field parameters, analyzing the collected works of Charles Dickens, calculating the maximum pressure I could safely apply to your lips, considering a new food supplement for Spot…” — Data “I’m glad I was in there somewhere” — Jenna – [...]

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Let’s All Go to the Pizza Store

2009.Dec.04 Friday

 For the first time ever, overweight people outnumber average people in America. Doesn’t that make overweight the average then? Last month you were fat, now you’re average – hey, let’s get a pizza!” – Jay Leno, comedian Much as I like pizza, I don’t think I could undertake the task that Adam Kuban has undertaken [...]

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Wine… Big Deal…

2009.Dec.04 Friday

I wouldn’t normally post something that’s simply advertising, but the owners of Terroir wine shop here in town are good friends, and I think what they’re offering for the holiday season will be of interest to both expats and visitors from the U.S., especially given how expensive it is to ship anything of size or [...]

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To Be Wed or Not

2009.Dec.02 Wednesday

 Now very often events are set up for photographers… The weddings are orchestrated about the photographers taking the picture, because if it hasn’t been photographed it doesn’t really exist.” – Elliott Erwitt, photographer I do wish it would all go away, this question of gay marriage. I really do. But then, that’s because, at least [...]

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Peruvian Send-Off

2009.Dec.01 Tuesday

 The country possesses extraordinary biodiversity, and its cuisine showcases this bounty of ingredients in exciting dishes inspired by Spanish, native Indian, African, Chinese and Japanese kitchens. For a food traveler, Peru is paradise.” – Patricia Unterman, food critic, San Francisco Examiner A quick wrap-up on this weekend’s dinners, I know this is a third dinner [...]

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