Coffea (coffee) is a genus of ten species of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. They are shrubs or small trees, native to subtropical Africa and southern Asia. Seeds of this plant are the source of a stimulating beverage called coffee. The seeds are called "beans" in the trade. ...
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]]> Host Rule #1 -- reinforced I'll never forget those ghastly, ghostly jellyfish-looking gnocchi I was served at a dinner long ago, nor the twitching faces of all the guests pretending that this wasn't a horrible, horrible meal.
I'm getting ready for the deep-fried turkey on saturday. The dishes are reasonably straightforward. I am trying to figure out some clever way to to serve the balance of the crayfish I'd frozen up as leftover from the last party.
I took the day off, tested some recipes, and reminded myself the Host Rule #1 should never be violated.
]]> Bayou Christmas Party Whew! It's over!]]> Bayou Christmas Preparation Just back from Tokyo late Saturday night. Only seven days till I hold my Bayou Christmas celebration for twenty guests. It will be a tight schedule for the week, if I procrastinate until Saturday (party Sunday noon) I'll be dead meat. Today I practiced some new recipes and refined some old ones.]]> What the hell just happened to me? Thinking about dinner today, my initial plan was another round of pizza research. However, eating another pizza didn't sound that fun, so when someone mentioned crepes, I thought, "yeah! I haven't made those since we shifted house in April."
Made a mental list for the grocery store and then thought, "gee, I am not too enthusiastic about more chocolate/strawberry and ham/cheese crepes." Then Ling's mom said something about having nice seafood crepes in Paris my interest was piqued. Then I decided a nice carmelized apple would do for dessert. I ended up doing 4x more than I expected when I woke up today. Thanks Julia Child.....
]]> In Search of Pizza One of the cafes we enjoyed in Sydney was Bertoni Casalinga. They manage to do something that I have always found absolutely, inexcusably appalling: reheat pizza.
I detest how disgusting NYC 'pizzarias' oven-reheat their cold slices of shit. But the people at Bertoni do it different: they start out with fundamentally good pizza (thick , fluffy crust, beautiful rich sauce, and high quality meat toppings) which they heat up in a large electric sandwich grill. It really comes out nicely.
I came home (prematurely) early last week after being the first off my table at a poker game at the "Crows Nest Club." On the way home I saw a Domino's pizza. They're the closest it comes to the type of pizza I like, so it got me hungry and I ordered one. It was ok, not great, but alright.
All this got me thinking, "I know exactly how I want my pizza to taste, so why don't I just figure out the exact formula for that?"
So that's what I started research work on this weekend.
Really looking forward to nine hours in economy class with a sixteen-month old.
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Ling dropped Shannon at the airport monday afternoon. Tuesday morning, driving to work, I realized Shannon was still in the air, flying. *ouch*
It was good having her over to visit though. At lunch today with friends I asked Luke, "where's Tua-Kah ?" He looked around and gave me his sign language gesture for "not here."
Little man is now walking, tentatively. The longest I've seen him walk so far is about ten feet. He is no longer so resistent to walking. He used to plop on his ass if you tried to carry him along under his arms or hold his hand.
He's also making all sorts of babbling conversation-sound noises to himself, so I suppose that he'll be talking soon too. Ling read somewhere that at his age he should be speaking fifty words. What a joke. He probably knows fifty words, but since he chooses to skip all the one syllable words and go for the two-syllables like 'bubble' and 'tractor' it seems to be slowing his pace a bit.
I'm freed up to tag along with Ling and Luke next week for ten days in Sydney. The only problem is that three nights in a row out having big dinners and drinking plus a bad saturday sunburn knocked my immune system around and I've managed to catch a flu of some sort.
Normally this will kill us -- I get sick, then Ling does, and then Luke does. Three or four weeks later everyone is recovered. I don't want to spoil our vacation, so I went to the doctor and got a course of Tamiflu, that anti-flu viral medication. I gave Ling some too, as apparently taking it reduces the chance of her catching it from my by 92%. Relatively expensive, but well worth the cost of saving a vacation. Ling is sleeping in the other room for the time being, I've been avoiding Luke, and when we drove around today I was wearing a surgical mask. I was amazed how few looks i actually got for it.
Anyway, the dinners were worth it. Particularly saturday night's italian dinner at Valentinos. Most noted item we had there was white truffle. All the girls had generous shavings of white truffles in their olio porcini pasta. I've never had truffle like that before. The smell is truly amazing. The taste, a comparative letdown. Definitely not worth the absurdly outrageous price.
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29 Tips To Stay Young And Healthy 1. Eat Super Food: If you want to keep young and healthy, then the advice from researchers are: Eat Super Food! Super Food is food you make from fresh ingredients; berries, fruit and vegetables, salmon and other fat fish, bird and game, nuts, red wine and green tea.
2. Give your lungs a challenge: Frequent exercise increases lung capacity with up to 25 per cent.
3. Put the cigarette out: If you smoke: put it out now!
4. Become aware of your breath: Breathe with your stomach – ideally is 12-14 deep breaths per minute.
5. Keep your weight: It is a burden for your joints to carry too many kilos
6. Eat breakfast: A good and fibre healthy breakfast.
7. Build up musculature: A study of men between 60-72 years show that they have doubled the muscle strength by frequent exercise in 12 weeks.
8. Enjoy your sex life: Scottish researchers have proved that regular sex – three to four times a week – releases substances from your brain which slows down aging.
9. Check your posture: You can better our posture through exercise as yoga or Pilates.
10. Fill up the oil: The best oil for the body is fat fish, walnuts and linseeds.
11. Check for rust treatment: The best treatment for your body is green tea, nuts, berries, fruit and green vegetables, dark chocolate, red wine, red meat and Soya.
12. Stay away from bad diets: Milk, plus fat fish is important to maintain healthy and strong bones.
13. Enjoy the sun: The body needs sun to produce vitamin D, some researchers recommend you take a few minutes under a sun bed frequently in the winter.
14. Drink water: Drink at least eight glasses of clean water a day. Check your urine - It should be clear. If it is yellow, then that indicates that you do not drink enough.
15. Go for a walk: Frequent walk reduces the risk of developing osteoporoses.
16. Strengthen your heart: Eat food that is rich on vitamin B, magnesium and Zink, as meat, fish, egg and milk. Other protective food is carrots, cabbage, avocado, nuts, garlic and wholemeal.
17. Watch your blood pressure: Remember salt, overweight and stress increases the risk of high blood pressure, while exercise, a healthy diet and distension reduces it.
19. Don’t stress: People who stress have three times as much risk of developing heart illnesses at a young age, according to American study.
20. Use sun cream: It is important to use sun cream with a high UVA factor. And remember that sun cream is fresh, so invest in a new one for each new season.
21. Reduce sugar intake: If you have to have something sweet, then dark chocolate that contains at least 70% cocoa beans is preferred.
22. Have your beauty sleep: You should sleep a minimum of seven hours a night.
23. Give the skin nutrition: Use a lotion that contains vitamin A, C and E. From the inside nourish your skin by eating fruit, berries and vegetables, salmon and tuna and drink green tea and red wine.
24. Prioritize your body’s need: Divide 24hours in three eight hours batches, one for work, one for recreation and one for rest.
25. Plan your day: Think and plan today for tomorrow. Shop food for several days ahead and plan food preparation, meals and exercise.
26. Look after your teeth: Brush your teeth twice a day and avoid too much coffee, tea and red wine. Use dental floss daily.
27. Keep in shape: Your body is not made to doze off on the sofa! Get up and out to be active.
28. Think positive: The expert’s advice is that you every day thinks of something you are grateful for. It creates positively which makes you happy and younger.
29. Mental maintenance: According to a Swedish study you increase the risk of dementia with 30% if you spend too much time in front of the television.
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