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Interesting article forwarded to me by Jon Flanders. Thanks! Smithfield Farms Fled US Environmental Laws to Open a Gigantic Pig Farm in Mexico, and All We Got Was this Lousy Swine Flu By Al Giordano Special to The Narco News Bulletin April 29, 2009 US and Mexico authorities claim that neither knew about the “swine flu” outbreak [...]

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Thanks to COMFOOD, the listserve of the organization Community Food Security Coalition,  I could learn more about the Swine Flu issue. The mass media community is having such a ball playing with the scare levels that the real info gets buried if given at all. An insightful discussion on the COMFOOD list mentioned the blog [...]

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Pierre made my “Tasty Fluffy Golden Pancakes” batter for breakfast this morning. As we were meated out from last night’s BBQ dinner, we opted for a lighter option than eggs and bacon. After surveying the fridge and the fruit basket the pears and the fresh (plain) goat cheese revealed themselves as a tasty option. And [...]

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Les semaines se suivent et ne se ressemblent pas or in English: Week follows week; none are alike. Here’s the one coming up for me, and wow,  is it busy! First, this weekend I am preparing for  the shoot of a short independent movie “The Cry” by talented young director James Mehr. I will play [...]

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FRANCE 24 report: French scientist Eric Seralini says research shows Roundup herbicide is highly toxic to human beings. ‘Superweed’ explosion threatens Monsanto heartlands Sunday 19 April 2009 By Clea CAULCUTT link “Superweeds” are plaguing high-tech Monsanto crops in southern US states, driving farmers to use more herbicides, return to conventional crops or even abandon their farms [...]

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I am in Albany packing our house for our definitive move to Brooklyn. As I was packing my archives I found a batch of old menus from my family hotel that my mother had sent me a few years back. Coincidentally there was one for April 20th 1954. On the left my mother wrote a [...]

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It can be spelled Molokhia, Mulukhiya, Malukhiya, Molokia; A.k.a: Juteplante in Germany, Jew’s mallow in the UK, corète potagère or chanvre du bengale in France, Crain-Crain or Krin-Krin in francophone’s Africa, Corchorus Olitorius in Latin and finally, in Arabic, ملوخية. Until my trip to a Syrian grocery store yesterday in Bay Ridge, NY, I had [...]

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Two of my most recent posts were about turmeric (curcuma) and today this piece was posted on the ASFS List server (Association for the Study of Food and Society) by Cara de Silva via Dana Jacobi. A very scientific article on the source of turmeric’s healing power finally uncovered in U Mich lab (American Chemical [...]

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While I was cutting my pear, the bright turmeric (see turmeric blog) yellow stain on the cutting board retained my attention and then an association of visual and cooking ideas occurred: “I have to try to poach pears with turmeric they must become bright yellow”. I was obsessed all day with what else to poach [...]

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Yesterday I attended the first day of Food Film Fest 2009. What started as a dreary, wet, miserable trip to the Action Center at Battery Park ended up as a full, enlightening, insightful and tasty one. I will not have time to get into too much details but just a few notes about the event. [...]

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