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Are Fussy Egg Handlers Rational?
Are you a fussy egg handler, quickly washing your hands after touching raw eggs and never, never licking batter from a spoon or bowl if a raw egg has been mixed with it (for fear of salmonella)? In terms of … Continue reading
Artificial Sweeteners are a Better Choice Than Sugar
Including for your children. At least according to Dr. A. E. Carrol: __________ As for me, I’m a big consumer of Diet Ocean Spray Cranberry Juice–I probably drink about a liter or two of it a day. It has Splenda … Continue reading
What’s the Single Best Thing You Can Do for Your Brain and Health?
This piece of advice comes from Matthew Walker, a professor of psychology and neuroscience at UC Berkeley, as reported at The Atlantic Monthly website: “I think you have about 16 hours of optimal functioning before the brain needs to go offline … Continue reading
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Saudi Woman Links to International Have a Meal with a Muslim Day (Sept 17, 2010)
At her Twitter feed, the brave Saudi feminist, Eman Al Nafjan, who blogs at SaudiWoman, linked to International Have a Meal with a Muslim Day, which I take as an endorsement. And I’ve also been informed that an imam in Baltimore … Continue reading
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Tagged Buddhism, dialogue, food, Hinduism, international, Islam, Jesus, Judaism, muhammad, Muslim, Muslims, the Enlightenment
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September 17th, 2010: International Have a Meal with a Muslim Day
In response to the Florida pastor who recently called people to an “International Burn a Koran Day,” I thought I’d set my own International event, a siren call, not to hate, but to love and dialogue: September 17, 2010: International Have … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, communication, food, gandhi, ground zero mosque, international have a meal with a muslim day, Islam, Judaism, love, Muslims, peace, quran, Santi Tafarella
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Instead of “Burn a Quran Day,” how about an “International Have a Meal with a Muslim Day”?
In response to the “Burn the Quran Day” Florida pastor, I’ve decided to promote a counter day: The First International Have a Meal with a Muslim Day Or coffee. Initiate dialogues, not bonfires. And so The First International Have a Meal with a Muslim … Continue reading
Good News
This according to Bloomberg: Demand for seasonal-flu vaccinations has soared because of public awareness of the H1N1 virus, known as swine flu, Cohn said. Walgreen administered twice as many doses in September as in the entire 2008 flu season, he … Continue reading
What I Had for Breakfast
A spinach, egg, and cheese burrito, as well as some eggs and ketchup on the side. What? And I ate them on this cool Japanese Zen-looking plate I got at Target a couple of days ago. My wife doesn’t think … Continue reading
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Evolutionary Psychology and the Outdoor BBQ: You Are What You Cook?
Did cooking play a big role in making us human? A new book discusses the evolutionary pressure that cooking placed on the human body, brain, and social instincts, and Slate just reviewed it. Money quote: Cooked food, by contrast [with … Continue reading
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Tagged anthropology, carnivores, cooking, diet, evolutionary psychology, food, hamburgers, health, science, steak, vegans
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Mental Health Break: “I’d Say You’ve Had Enough!”
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Tagged beans, blazing saddles, comedy, food, life, mel brooks, mental health break, psychology
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BBC Chef Gordon Ramsey Was in Our House!
Metaphorically, so to speak. My wife (who is British) and I love to watch Ramsey’s Kitchen Nightmares, and it turns out that The BBC’s uber-chef was in our town (in California) trying to shape up one of our local restaurants. This … Continue reading
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“Popcorn”: A Poem by Santi Tafarella
At dusk, above the heads of two hundred movie goers standing bored and perhaps too politely in line, two-thousand egg-shaped leaves cupping ten-thousand unbuttered white blossoms, salting in the ocean air
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“Eating Disorder”: A Poem by Santi Tafarella
fat black bee with bitty bee face burrowing a blood red rose buzzing
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Tagged eating disorders, food, garden, gardening, literature, love, poem, poetry, roses, Santi Tafarella, sex, sexy
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