Concerning Bees: The Fear Factor

The bees are dying.
They are dying of a strange disorder that causes the worker bees of a previously thriving honeybee hive to just fly away and never return. The brood (larvae) are left capped in their cells in the hive, with no one left to care for them. (Typically, adult bees will not leave a […]

Holiday Weekend Kat Blogging: She Stands, She Talks, and Her Garden Grows!

There is much news to catch up on with Kat.
First of all, she is starting to stand quite well. Sure, she still leans on furniture or lightly holds our hands, but her balance is remarkable. She is also close to pulling herself up on her feet by herself.
On the other hand, she still shows little […]

The Locavore’s Bookshelf: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle

Barbara Kingsolver is one of my favorite writers.
Her prose is graceful, eloquent and spare; she is the master of poetic description punctuated with the occasional baldly-stated observation of ugly, yet undeniable truths.
With her training and background in evolutionary biology, Kingsolver cannot help but report on both the incredible beauty the natural world offers […]

Nina Planck Stirs the Pot; Vegans Get Steamed: Film At Eleven

You know, I used to like Nina Planck.
Now, I am not so sure.
I wrote a review of her book, Real Food, when it came out in hardcover last year, and although I noted it was not perfect, I mostly agreed with her premise and information. I did and still do have reservations about some of […]

Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake For Dan’s Birthday

My dear friend and brother, Dan Trout loves cheesecake. Dan loves it so much, he has been known to eat entire cheesecakes in a sitting. After the New Years Eve debut of my Pomegranate Cheesecake, he was heard to boast that he could even eat one of my cheesecakes by himself.
Well, as a cook and […]