February 2012
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December 2011
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September 2011
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“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.”
– Hippocrates
June 2011
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Avocado Plant Development
It’s been about 260 days since my first avocado plant germinated and almost 100 days since I last posted about it. Since both of those times, it’s come quite a long way and I’ve been impressed by it’s ability to thrive so well up here in Central New York when it is primarily grown in southern California, Mexico, New Zealand, and some parts of South America. It does...
stellapiumata asked: Any news on your avocado plant? Just curious to see how it has developed ;)
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May 2011
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julliaholland asked: You post such delicious looking food!!
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Remy's Ratatouille
After seeing Disney Pixar’s animated film, Ratatouille, some time ago, I felt how I assume many people felt: wanting to try this supposedly overwhelming French vegetable dish, known as ratatouille. After researching what ingredients make up the dish, I discovered that there are a couple ways in which the dish can be prepared. The first being Michel Guérard’s gorgeous, concentrically...
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April 2011
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March 2011
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“You want an acronym? Let’s try ERF: Eat Real Food.”
– Mark Bittman, Is ‘Eat Real Food’ Unthinkable?
February 2011
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Current Worldwide Annual Coffee Consumption Per...
Source: ChartsBin Statistics Collector Team. 2011. Current Worldwide Annual Coffee Consumption per capita. ChartsBin.com. <http://chartsbin.com/view/581>.
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January 2011
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“You don’t have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces - just good food...”
– Julia Child
December 2010
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November 2010
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October 2010
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September 2010
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“The nature that people love and want is the nature that is under their control.”
– Dr. Mark Meisner
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“If you’re standing in a field in Iowa, there’s an immense amount of...”
– Michael Pollan, King Corn
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August 2010
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July 2010
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“Nature runs on sunlight, uses only the energy it needs, fits form to function,...”
– Janine Benyus
June 2010
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Ethnobotany at Cranberry Lake
Since arriving at the SUNY-ESF Cranberry Lake Biological Station this past Sunday, June 20th, I have already had a handful of new experiences. On the first day of the ethnobotany course I am taking here, my fellow classmates and I went out into the forests surrounding the field station to harvest young saplings for the construction of a traditional Algonquin wigwam. We had to work with and learn...
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May 2010
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Anonymous asked: Hi so this is a 2 part question: part 1. why do I keep burning my coffee?? and part 2. what makes a good friend?? thanks!
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Anonymous asked: heard of http://bit.ly/cAUUW9 ? what do you think?
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Anonymous asked: where does your sweet style come from? aka Why are you so fly? really though!
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WatchMGMT on the Late Show with David Letterman.
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“The rain forest beckons to botanists like Mecca to the faithful.”
– Robin Kimmerer, Gathering Moss
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April 2010
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