Monthly Archives: January 2016

The Joys of Commingling in the Kitchen

CLICK ABOVE TO PLAY MUSIC Music – “The Leftovers” from Homemade Fun by Keith Munslow. Released: 2009. (PS:  Don’t take this song too seriously!) In Forensic Anthropology, there is a term “commingling”, which is a mixture of the skeletal remains … Continue reading

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“The legs exhaust if hip joints are easily loose, chicken, is doing”

CLICK ABOVE TO PLAY MUSIC Music – “Dancing Rhythm” from Chinese Traditional Music by Yan Ani. Released: 2011 One of the most delightful pastimes is trying to fathom translations from “foreign” restaurant menus, into English. (see my related post of … Continue reading

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2015 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 4,200 times in 2015. If it were a NYC subway … Continue reading

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Some Restaurants Just Make You Want to Go Home and Cook!

CLICK ABOVE TO PLAY MUSIC Music – “Eat That Chicken” from Don’t Worry ‘Bout a Thing by Albie Donnelly’s Supercharge. Released: 2011 No question about it: people around the world like to eat out. And many do on a regular … Continue reading

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Gone Gaga for Gastronomic Gadgets?

CLICK ABOVE TO PLAY MUSIC Music – “Kitchen Cacophony” from Noise Music by Speedcore Tech House In 2013, I published two posts about kitchen gadgets (“Got Gadgets” – 09/01/2013 and “Got Gadgets Part 2” – 11/01/2013). Since that time, I … Continue reading

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