This is a great wine. Wife ordered it for me as part of a holiday sampler and it tastes great. Just the right out of balance between a full red and a thin red. Had it with a great salad, gluten free walnut bread topped w chèvre and honey. It also went great with a [Continue]

Have you heard of yiayia and disapproval of all things not Athenos brand products? Odds are you have. Even if you are a non-capable, nearly hulu only tv viewing person such as I, the odds are that you have seen some sort of clip or video of yiayia calling a stay at home dad a [Continue]

According to recent articles and postings on the web, the USDA is proposing to all-but-ban potatoes from school lunches. According to the Wall Street Journal, “The U.S. Department of Agriculture is proposing to eliminate the “white potato”—defined as any variety but the sweet potato—from federally subsidized school breakfasts and [Continue]

When the potato was first introduced to Europe is was much reviled, then it became a cornerstone in European cooking. The story of how this change in perception occurred is equally applicable to modern agriculture. [Continue]

When you post something to the web, it then becomes a part of your overall web presence and your "image" or brand. Just as it is not a good idea for gold medal swimmers, college co-eds or law school students to put video, photos, or written comments on the web that may present them in a bad way, you do not want to post things to the web or your [Continue]

Amongst all of the news and scary stories related to the egg recall is an interesting fact regarding the regulation of eggs and their production, no one agency was responsible for making sure they were safe for production. [Continue]

The other day a client mentioned his frustration with having to manually synchronize his smart phone with his computer every evening in order to insure the client contact database, address book, and calendar on the phone and computer are up to date and display the same information. While one could argue the practice of manually [Continue]

If you think organic or local farming is something reserved for "them" and not you, you are wrong. [Continue]

So, isn't grilling or bar-b-queing cooking? Yes. So why claim not to cook and then profess a passion for cooking by another name? In a word, perception. [Continue]

According to the October 10th Economist, part of the global nutritional crisis is “soluble" with fortified foods. Is this true or a nutritional case of robing Peter to pay Paul? [Continue]