We've been eating grilled sardines with some frequency at Chez Hoover, and they are just fabulous ( Read more... )

(analysis should be extended to water as the amount of "embedded" energy in a liter of water varies from place to place. -ch)

Math Lessons for Locavores

By STEPHEN BUDIANSKY
Published: August 19, 2010

Leesburg, Va ( Read more... )

Kathmandu Restaurant is a quite fine restaurant. I was with a couple of vegetarians and we ordered as such. I'd like to go back and try some of the chicken and lamb dishes.

The Feds are going to cut off water from California's Central Valley ( Read more... )

i'm am looking for good pho in the vicinity of the west valley.  any help?   i know about pho ha, which is passable.  but i'm trying to find  good to excellent.  come on, people!

The Maillard Reaction: Chemistry, Biochemistry and Implications
by Harry Nursten

There are two main types of ( Read more... )

there are few better sides to accompany a fine t-bone steak than a nice helping of ordinary brown mushrooms, sliced, cooked in olive oil, a pat of butter and shallots, and finished with a little vermouth.

everything else i can think of that comes close involves potato (mashed, boulangère, frites). or is that potatoe? i can never remember.

Edit: ( Read more... )

Kim and I had a wonderful private New Year's Eve celebration. We fixed ourselves a buffet of elegant appetizers. We prepared a cheese platter with Port Salut, Manchego, Maytag Blue, aged Monterey Jack, and Kaseri. We had several kinds of olives, dolmas, and tabouli. We made bruschetta from organic Roma tomatoes and fresh basil. We had fresh ( Read more... )

 
I rode my cruiser over to the polling place and voted. Then I rode over to Vasona Station and had lunch at the little Chinese place. Garlic chicken. Yum. Back to work.

p.s. It is really hard to pull off a hanging chad joke. (It wasn't me who tried.) So don't even go there, folks.

I tossed some just cooked mostaccioli with olive oil, tuna, capers, red pepper flakes, fresh basil, coarse salt, and cracked pepper. Delicious!