Monthly Archives: September 2014

A Vintage Cookbookery Mystery: What do Pachyderms and Cookbooks have in Common ?

CLICK ABOVE TO PLAY MUSIC Music – “Hatari!: Baby Elephant Walk (arr. R. Hayman): Baby Elephant Walk” from The Music Of Henry Mancini by Richard Hayman Symphony Orchestra. Released: 1991 What weighs approximately 8,900 pounds or 4.46 tons ? The … Continue reading

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A Vintage Cookbookery Mystery: Blue Corn and Culinary Ash

CLICK ABOVE TO PLAY MUSIC Music – “Taos Pueblo Round Dance Song” from Music of New Mexico: Native American Traditions by Ruben Romero, Ernest Martinez, And Juan O. Lujan. Released: 1992 “Taos Pueblo Elders say that at the beginning of … Continue reading

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Beloved, Beguiling, Beautiful Bacon!

CLICK ABOVE TO PLAY MUSIC Music – “The Bacon Song” from The Bacon Song – Single by Meekakitty, Jason Munday & Alex Carpenter. Released: 2011 As Saturday, September 5th, 2015, the Saturday before Labour Day is the unofficial “National Bacon … Continue reading

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Life in the Desert – Prickly Pear Cactus Jelly !

CLICK ABOVE TO PLAY MUSIC Music – “Don’t Sit On a Cactus” from Don’t Sit on a Cactus by Joel Frankel. Released: 1997 It’s that time of year around New Mexico, when the Prickly Pear cactus fruits begin to ripen … Continue reading

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