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Archive for May, 2008

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 eaten [...]

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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 important lessons Mr. Mondavi taught us was to always be [...]

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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 have time [...]

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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 show [...]

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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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