Would The China Study Turn You Vegetarian?

2010.Aug.16 Monday

 Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital.” – Aaron Levenstein, retired professor For that matter, would any study turn you vegetarian, or change your diet in any particular way? The China Study came to my attention over dinner with one of my students, her husband, and a [...]

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Festival of Stars

2010.Aug.13 Friday

 The stars twinkle in the Milky Way and the wind sighs for songs across the empty fields of a planet a Galaxy away.” – L. Ron Hubbard, author The Tanabata was upon us. Not to be feared, it is no bug-eyed, slavering monstrosity. We had no need to draw swords to fight it off, merely [...]

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Tap-tap-tapas…

2010.Aug.09 Monday

 Star light, star bright, first star I see tonight. I wish I may, I wish I might, have the wish, I wish tonight. We’ll make a wish, and do as dreamers do, and all our wishes (all our wishes), will come true.” – Wishes Sometimes I think places get good writeups just because people really [...]

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In the Shadow of Dinner

2010.Aug.05 Thursday

 Instead of a quote, a quiz… The Shadow, a.k.a. The Dark Eagle or The Black Eagle, was originally a figment of the pulp fiction genre, later the radio, and still later, television and cinema. His motives and methods were always a touch suspect, and, particularly in the early years of pulp and radio, he was [...]

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Radio – On Local Food Trends

2010.Aug.03 Tuesday

I’ve gotten a few requests to post the links for the last radio show for people who missed it. The show, Rise & Shine, hosted by Al Adams, retired U.S. ambassador, is a local Saturday morning talk/interview format, with music, on Urbana FM 89.5. You can always go to their website to download and listen [...]

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Stepping Out for a Bite

2010.Jul.30 Friday

 It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.” – Bilbo Baggins, in Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkein A trio of mini-reviews, some quick bites here and there over the last week, [...]

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One Tequila, Two Tequila, Three Tequila, Floor…

2010.Jul.27 Tuesday

 But my humble opinion is, I’m not quite sure where I stand on the legalization of drugs – though, if tequila is legal, pot should probably be legal.” – Ted Demme, Director Still catching up – I’m going to skip over last weekend’s private dinner, it was all dishes we’ve done before selected from amongst [...]

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Last of the Rebels

2010.Jul.24 Saturday

 Little known facts about the great state of Georgia: When the colony of Georgia was founded in 1733, lawyers, hard liquor, and Catholics were banned. In Gainesville, the Chicken Capital of the World, it is illegal to eat chicken with a fork. The kazoo was invented (by a man from Alabama) and introduced at the [...]

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Conversations with Porteñas #2

2010.Jul.22 Thursday

[Setting the scene: Me, answering the phone. Her, as a guess, 60s, and, as another guess, a trifle tipsy.] Me: Hello Her: Yes, I would like to talk to whomever is responsible. Me: I’m guessing that would be me, but responsible for what? Her: For creating a restaurant that’s completely uninteresting to eat at. Me: [...]

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