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Monthly Archives: November 2012
Longer Than You Think
Have you noticed that whatever the project, it takes longer than you think? Uh, like, much longer. Never, ever shorter. Definitely not your usual bell curve of averages. Especially at this time of year, it seems. I (thankfully) didn’t host … Continue reading
Maybe It Was The Sashimi…
…as in fish, not fauna, that nudged our ancestors of 2 million years ago (already striding on their highly-functional feet) along the path toward larger & more complex brains. Granted, they probably didn’t enjoy succulent hamachi like we do today (no … Continue reading
Posted in Humans Love Food!, Our Primate Nature
Tagged climate change, history of cooking, homo erectus, human primate, sushi
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Spinning in the Wind
By now the images are familiar: satellite shots of monster hurricane Sandy bearing down on the northeastern U.S. seaboard & scenes of cars floating like ice cubes in dirty floodwaters. We all do what we can when the wind comes…move … Continue reading