photo credit: realSMILEYHave you ever thought about where your food comes from and exactly how it gets to you? Sure, you got most of what you eat from your local grocery store. Or you might get some portion of what you need to survive from a restaurant or fast food joint. I have often been curious about where the food I’m eating comes from and what it had to go through in order to get to my plate.
Recently, I thought I’d look into some of what I was purchasing for consumption. As you may know, after 26 years [...] Continue Reading…
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By James
– March 5, 2010
Actually, not as strange as watching the toast girl but that’s a post for another time!
As I learn more about food, both from a local production perspective as well as techniques required to prepare it to be its most tasty, I come across interesting food related items. I’m thinking I might create a category here that recognizes these things and start a regular feature of bring some of it to you.
The embedded video below shows an interesting scene that takes place in a kitchen, presumably in either Japan or France. Not really sure which. Also not completely understanding the [...] Continue Reading…
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By James
– February 22, 2010
photo credit: @joefoodieDo you ever have brief moments where some seemingly out of the random blue mental event occurs and you’re flashing on a concept you had no recognition about just moments before? As I continue to inundate my brain and some other senses with all of this food stuff, I believe a slow, almost imperceptible transformation is occurring in how I’m conceptualizing what food really is.
Well, really is to me anyway. Speaking for others and their relationships to food is not something I’m qualified to do now. Or ever, I suspect. My journey thus far has made [...] Continue Reading…
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By James
– February 13, 2010
photo credit: rutloSo there appears to be a previously overlooked benefit to my sinus challenges of late (and let me apologize for continually bringing up the state of my head!) A symptom I’m suffering is that the muscles which allow me to move my eyes left and right (without turning my head that way) are fatigued and motion makes it hard for me to focus on an end point.
Okay. But with care and by slowing down, I’m able to get around, to the store, bank, etc. I try to do all that late at night with less traffic [...] Continue Reading…
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By James
– February 10, 2010
