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Archive for May, 2008

Hawaiian Break

Posted in Miscellaneous/Quirky, Travel, tagged on May 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I have to apologize for my lack of postings but I have been away for over a week and I actually do not have easy access to the internet without paying a fortune for regular access so I’m finding it hard to stay on a computer long enough to type anything meaningful. I have [...]

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My Tribute to Robert Mondavi

Posted in Wine, tagged , , on May 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Robert, Margrit & Tim Mondavi with Employees (me holding the teddy bear), October 2004

Christmas Party 2004
From the Napa Valley Vintners website:

On May 16, we lost an extraordinary leader in the world of wine, legendary American vintner Robert Mondavi.
One of the many [...]

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Passionate about Free-Range Eggs

Posted in Eggs, tagged , , on May 14, 2008 | 4 Comments »

Even before I wrote a paper on eggs, I have always adored eggs. Eggs are truly the ultimate fast food complete with its own packaging. A single boiled egg is “cheap as chips” and has been a savior for me many times when I was running a little late to work and didn’t [...]

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Asparagus Canapés

Posted in Asian, Beef, tagged , , , , , on May 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Every spring when I was a teenager, I remember watching Good Morning America and without fail, there was a cooking segment that introduced the asparagus season and whenever I saw the episode featuring asparagus, I knew that spring had officially arrived (since we didn’t have seasons in the tropics). I think that that morning [...]

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The Fragrance of Guavas

Posted in Fruit, tagged , , , on May 3, 2008 | 4 Comments »

Remember how I mentioned the perfumed fragrance of Quince? Well, guavas are even more intense – more heady and intoxicating…just like the tropics.
About a month after we moved into this house, I had noticed a tree at one end of the car park that had an abundance of yellow round fruit on the tree [...]

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