Category: food
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown is an American travel and food show on CNN which premiered on April 14, 2013.
episode 8 – “Congo”
Tony visits Congo, the setting of one of his favorite books, Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, and the basis for one of his favorite movies, the classic Apocalypse Now.
Click PLAY or get a glimpse on YouTube.
The Soul Spot, Brooklyn, NY
We wandered dark streets from the Brooklyn Bridge, looking for the greatest local restaurant in greater New York.
And found it. 🙂
Bare-bones and fluorescent-lit, this place looks like a hundred other storefront steam-table soul-food joints. But something extraordinary must be going on back in the kitchen.
“Supersavory” chicken and dumplings tread a delicious murky brown gravy.
… Nicely seasoned collards actually show signs of life—a refreshing departure from the norm—while sweet, juicy yams pack a cinnamon-sugar punch. …
Rockin’ agrees.
Urban Spoon – The Soul Spot 94%
Yelp – The Soul Spot
Olive Tree restaurant, Petrofka
Keith and Judy treated me for a gourmet Greek meal in a most unlikely location.
Urban Spoon – Olive Tree Restaurant & Blacktop Diner
Gymnasts at Emma Lake
Warren and Sandra hosted Warren’s group of gymnasts from Taiso up at their Emma Lake cabin this weekend.
The highlight was time spent trying not to drown. 🙂
Spring has sprung at Emma.
Millions of dragonflies. Millions of mosquitoes.
Food was GREAT. Thanks Sandy.
See a few more photos.
T-fal Actifry Low-Fat Multi-Cooker
My family loves this device.
… a low fat cooker that enables you to cook tasty dishes while reducing the amount of fat …
The food is evenly cooked thanks to the stirring paddle and the pulse heat system …
.. clean up is a breeze. The removable pan, lid, paddle, and tablespoon are all dishwasher-safe. …
($179.94)
Kelley Durbin-Williams
My friend Kelley is competing in fitness competitions.
I accused her of stealing the abs I lost 35 years ago.
… Truth is, I never had those abs. 🙂
She’s on the popular ViSalus Body By Vi program.
Message Kelley on Facebook if you want to know more.
Great Gatsby, Cape Town
A Gatsby is a South African style of deli sandwich very similar in content and method of preparation as a hoagie in the United States. It is mostly popular in the Western Cape province. It is a seasonal dish and oddly is not served anywhere in the Cape Town region past 25 February each year until it returns on 10 March.
Gatsbies usually consist of long bread rolls cut lengthwise and opened up to form a sort of cradle which is filled with various fillings. While the choice of filling in a Gatsby varies widely depending on customer preference and vendor, one standard item is usually hot chips i.e. French fries.
Different varieties of Gatsbys include masala steak, chicken, polony, Vienna sausage, calamari, fish, and chargrilled steak.
Gatsbies originated in the Cape Flats area of Cape Town, where people would often buy large rolls and fill them with whatever leftovers they had, and split them four ways. This practice has carried on in modern times, with gatsbies being bought in full, half or quarter sizes. …
My half Gatsby made 3 meals. And I threw out most of the fries.
related – The great Gatsby hunt in Cape Town: Where to find it and how to enjoy it
climate change – SOLVED
I’m a “global warming” skeptic.
The climate is changing as it always has. Ice ages come and go.
I’m skeptical that the Earth is warming mainly due to fossil fuels. And I hope I’m right. Because there is almost NO chance that the world is going to reduce the use of fossil fuels anytime soon.
Here’s the best solution I’ve yet heard. Allan Savory’s explains how we can improve the world’s climate in a cost efficient way. AND feed millions of the poorest of the poor at the same time.
Click PLAY or watch it on TED.
“Desertification is a fancy word for land that is turning to desert,” begins Allan Savory in this quietly powerful talk. And it’s happening to about two-thirds of the world’s grasslands, accelerating climate change and causing traditional grazing societies to descend into social chaos. Savory has devoted his life to stopping it.
He now believes — and his work so far shows — that a surprising factor can protect grasslands and even reclaim degraded land that was once desert.
Allan Savory: Grassland ecosystem pioneer
Thanks for the link, Ron.
Rick McCharles 