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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
