Garden in the City

I am trying my hand at gardening again, and expanding some this year. In one box I’m sticking with flowers, the other is devoted to herbs. I have Sweet Basil, Dill, Cilantro, Curly Parsley, and one TBD, because I have room for more than I thought. I bought two new Continue Reading

Twinkie for the first time

So after I read the book “Twinkie Deconstructed” (see review below) there was quite a bit of discussion and debate about it in my office. I recall Twinkies fondly, with a bologna sandwich at my mom-moms house. Someone confirm this is a true memory and not something I imagined. But Continue Reading

Book Review "Twinkie Deconstructed"

There is this book out “Twinkie Deconsructed.” It is enlightening, although I did not find it life altering. Yes there are some crazy ingredients in industrial baked goods, and yes some of those ingredients are used in things, like rocket fuel, and explosives, and weed killer, but really they won’t Continue Reading

Spring Is in the Air

It sure feels like it anyhow at a sunny 52 outside. A far cry from my last post with all the snow. (pic from Brooklyn Botanical Garden 2006) Rob and I went out this morning for a bakery breakfast where we clipped coupons from the bakery newspaper – a good Continue Reading