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Thursday, 7 December 2017

Book Review / Florike Egmond's An Eye For Detail: Images of Plants and Animals in Art and Science, 1500–1630

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In 2003, while browsing through images of sixteenth century naturalia  housed in Amsterdam University Library , Ms Egmond came across a col...
Thursday, 30 November 2017

French Cheese: Reblochon

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Reblochon in French means to pinch a cow's udder again . Centuries ago, the French Alpine tenant dairy farmers were taxed on the yield...
Wednesday, 22 November 2017

Happy Thanksgiving to our American Readers!

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Once Dirac the Cat  was informed that La Grand F ête   Americaine (the Great American Party) is approaching, he promptly exclaimed,  bon a...
Thursday, 16 November 2017

Swing Low, Sweet Sun

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On this cloudless day, the sun sits heavily in the sky, that is, when I am gardening behind the house. That's not the case in the front...
Thursday, 9 November 2017

The Bialy That Wanted To Be A Topknot Roll

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Most of us wish at one time or another to be somebody else. Who would have thought that a bialy , normally known for its adorable, deliciou...
Thursday, 2 November 2017

Book Review / Hot Bread Kitchen Cookbook: Artisanal Baking From Around The World by Jessamyn Waldman Rodriguez with Julia Turshen

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The word  hot  in the book's title says it all: hot inspiration, hot empathy, hot toughness, hot intellect, and hot skills. All these f...
Thursday, 26 October 2017

Fall Frenzy

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Our garden is a busy place in autumn. A spell of dry, warm weather is being cooperative allowing my speeding about trying to do this and th...