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Lee Iacocca’s Olivio Premium Spread and the Diabetes Connection

On our last visit to Younger Sister in Florida last Thanksgiving, she handed us a tub of Olivio Premium Spread for our toast at breakfast.  I was first intrigued by the packaging because it carried Lee Iacocca’s name on it.  But when she told me that it was made from olive oil, I got even more intrigued. [...]

Super Foods for the New Year

According to published reports and because another new year has just began, someone has again come up with a list of Super Foods which are all supposed to be G-R-E-A-T for you. Not unlike the Super Heroes of our youthful fancy, they are supposed to fight the evil cancer-causing whatever it is that causes cancer [...]

Organic

This is a photograph of an ampalaya (bitter melon or bitter gourd) vine grown organically by my newly found cousin, Pito Garcia. We’re second cousins actually and we connected through a website on geneology my maternal relatives have just discovered.  It’s the coolest thing to find relatives online and meet them for the first time [...]

Bangkok Fried Rice

    This is a recipe I picked up after coming from a 3-month Bangkok work assignment several years ago.  The photo was taken just before the final stir, aftet I just threw in the scallions, diced tomato and scrambled egg strips.  The street food of Bangkok fascinated me of course.  The little soi where our [...]

Will They Grow Scales Too?

I was just going over my regular news sites while having my Sunday morning cup of coffee when I found a Yahoo news report about scientists making pigs with heart-healthy fats. I saw the headline, read it out loud to Spouse, who was in front of his computer next to mine and told him jokingly, [...]

  

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