1. 4 May



    TANO - MAY 3

    kambui

    One. Been in meetings day and night, but cool to donate my time—plus I still got a chance to swap gossip with my Parents.

    Two. Given how the Food and Drug Administration respects our food supply by being cool with farmers rocking arsenic in feed, endorsing the use of potentially dangerous antibiotics on farm animals, and possibly leaning toward allowing aspartame to be added to milk, you would think the criminal gangs passing off rat meat for lamb in China would at least think about giving America a shot…

    Three. The latest Pew report proves that President Obama is a redistributionist, except not in the direction typically cited by the Right…

    Four. Not only should hearing Chuck Hagel talk about whether the US should finally arm the Syrian rebels ring unmitigated BS in our ears, but we should also be reminded that the US will still has the problem of figuring out which jihadists should get the shiny new hardware…

    Five. I’m responding to a request of more unobstructed photos of me by uploading a slightly overexposed and blurry shot of what’s likely my final cold weather ensemble for the season…

    song currently stuck in my head: “where i am going” – oldell brown & the organ-izers

     

  2. 4 Apr


    (Laughing) Could it happen? You have to admit, it’s not pasteurized. Artwork by John Caelan… song currently stuck in my head: “telephone” - erykah badu

    (Laughing) Could it happen? You have to admit, it’s not pasteurized.

    Artwork by John Caelan…

    song currently stuck in my head: “telephone” - erykah badu

     

  3. 15 Mar


    Aside from my renegade opinion that most bakeries suck, the cupcake craze is played out and we shouldn’t make a habit of putting so much damn fat and sugar in our systems anyway, I found the story about the Food and Drug Administration shutting down New Jersey’s Butterfly Bakery for the company’s misrepresentation of the sugar and fat content in its baked goods to be a particularly disturbing example of either an understaffed team of government inspectors, or a selective food integrity scheme. Don’t get me wrong, a company posing as sugar-free crusaders in front of an audience of diabetics and weight watchers needs to be shut down, but I suspect the close-‘em-down list is much larger. For example, The New York Times – with the help of filmmaker Casey Neistat and the  New York Obesity Nutrition Research Center at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital – tested the caloric content of select foods pushed by Starbucks, Morrison’s Pastry, Chipotle, Subway and Natural Power-Fu against the foods’ declared calorie levels, and the results were not encouraging. A fair comparison exists here since sugars and fats obviously represent a chunk of those misrepresented calories. You also begin to ask yourself “What the hell else is being misrepresented?” The test also shows that Subway appears to have the most caloric integrity (laughing), but I wonder what would have happened if St. Luke’s performed a sodium test… McDonald’s Big Mac is mentioned in the video, but the sandwich was never tested. I have my own theory about why not… You might be like me and almost never count calories but I embedded the video below and provided the Times link for your curiosity… song currently stuck in my head: “somebody new is loving on you” – lou courtney

    Aside from my renegade opinion that most bakeries suck, the cupcake craze is played out and we shouldn’t make a habit of putting so much damn fat and sugar in our systems anyway, I found the story about the Food and Drug Administration shutting down New Jersey’s Butterfly Bakery for the company’s misrepresentation of the sugar and fat content in its baked goods to be a particularly disturbing example of either an understaffed team of government inspectors, or a selective food integrity scheme.

    Don’t get me wrong, a company posing as sugar-free crusaders in front of an audience of diabetics and weight watchers needs to be shut down, but I suspect the close-‘em-down list is much larger. For example, The New York Times – with the help of filmmaker Casey Neistat and the  New York Obesity Nutrition Research Center at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital – tested the caloric content of select foods pushed by Starbucks, Morrison’s Pastry, Chipotle, Subway and Natural Power-Fu against the foods’ declared calorie levels, and the results were not encouraging. A fair comparison exists here since sugars and fats obviously represent a chunk of those misrepresented calories. You also begin to ask yourself “What the hell else is being misrepresented?”

    The test also shows that Subway appears to have the most caloric integrity (laughing), but I wonder what would have happened if St. Luke’s performed a sodium test…

    McDonald’s Big Mac is mentioned in the video, but the sandwich was never tested. I have my own theory about why not…

    You might be like me and almost never count calories but I embedded the video below and provided the Times link for your curiosity…

    song currently stuck in my head: “somebody new is loving on you” – lou courtney

     

  4. 7 Mar


    (Laughing) In case you REALLY need additional reasons. Source: Business Insider song currently stuck in my head: “relax baby be cool” - serge gainsbourg

    (Laughing) In case you REALLY need additional reasons.

    Source: Business Insider

    song currently stuck in my head: “relax baby be cool” - serge gainsbourg

     

  5. 18 Feb


    A high-calorie moment… #food #mousse

    A high-calorie moment… #food #mousse

     

  6. 2 Feb


    Yes, it’s homemade… #Food #NYC

    Yes, it’s homemade… #Food #NYC

     

  7. 7 Jan


    Absolutely. There are many students whose school lunch is their only proper meal… Via thirteenny: In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, the school system made all lunches free. Food advocates would like to see the change made permanent. Good idea? http://bit.ly/XeLPof ( via City Limits) http://on.fb.me/13dUGd4

    Absolutely. There are many students whose school lunch is their only proper meal…

    Via thirteenny:

    In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, the school system made all lunches free. Food advocates would like to see the change made permanent. Good idea?

    http://bit.ly/XeLPof ( via City Limits) http://on.fb.me/13dUGd4

     

  8. 27 Dec


    One. Do you break your neck cooking special dishes that are reserved for guests only? I don’t. I think I eat well every day, so what I end up cooking is good enough for any guest. Special requests aside, of course… Two. Forget about the new Instagram terms for use clause that allows the company to sell your photos. You can always leave or publish your good stuff through another channel while leaving the adopted Son of Facebook with relative rubbish. What makes me more nervous is Instagram’s new binding arbitration rules while barring you from joining class-action lawsuits! Three. This infographic from Toshl Finance says its North American users spend into a 22% monthly deficit relative to monthly income. Europe wasn’t much better. Some of you would be in a better place if you stop treating these iPhones as if they’re damn oracles or new oxygen sources.  Four. Perhaps the scope of evil committed by the Japanese government and TEPCO when they downplayed the dangers of the Fukushima reactor meltdown will become newsworthy items, now that eight US sailors are suing TEPCO for lots of loot. Five. I’m just getting around to hearing Bryan Ferry’s The Jazz Age album where he gives a few the good ol’ Roxy Music hits the 1920’s Jazz treatment. I really, really wished for a Jazzed-up “All Night Operator,” but I’m thankful for the new (old) “Avalon” which has a rhythm that reminds me of ancient Ska… Extra – Rest in Love, Fontella Bass. I dig the singles tribute on Derek’s Daily 45 site today…

    One. Do you break your neck cooking special dishes that are reserved for guests only? I don’t. I think I eat well every day, so what I end up cooking is good enough for any guest. Special requests aside, of course…

    Two. Forget about the new Instagram terms for use clause that allows the company to sell your photos. You can always leave or publish your good stuff through another channel while leaving the adopted Son of Facebook with relative rubbish. What makes me more nervous is Instagram’s new binding arbitration rules while barring you from joining class-action lawsuits!

    Three. This infographic from Toshl Finance says its North American users spend into a 22% monthly deficit relative to monthly income. Europe wasn’t much better. Some of you would be in a better place if you stop treating these iPhones as if they’re damn oracles or new oxygen sources. 


    Four. Perhaps the scope of evil committed by the Japanese government and TEPCO when they downplayed the dangers of the Fukushima reactor meltdown will become newsworthy items, now that eight US sailors are suing TEPCO for lots of loot.

    Five. I’m just getting around to hearing Bryan Ferry’s The Jazz Age album where he gives a few the good ol’ Roxy Music hits the 1920’s Jazz treatment. I really, really wished for a Jazzed-up “All Night Operator,” but I’m thankful for the new (old) “Avalon” which has a rhythm that reminds me of ancient Ska…

    Extra – Rest in Love, Fontella Bass. I dig the singles tribute on Derek’s Daily 45 site today…

     

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  10. 2 Dec



    Food consumers seldom hear about the drugs oestradiol-17, zeranol, trenbolone acetate and melengestrol acetate and the names are certainly not on meat labels. But those synthetic growth hormones are central to U.S. meat production, especially beef, and the reason Europe has banned a lot of U.S. meat since 1989.
    — 

    The Drug Store in American Meat by Martha Rosenberg.

    Source: Counterpunch

     

  11. 29 Nov


    Americas largest health provider warns about the dangers of GMOs. This is HUGE news.

    h/t WillametteLive.com

     

  12. 7 Aug


    Make your own mayonnaise. It’s easy and you’ll beat the store-bought version every time. Use olive oil to get a deep flavor or roll with the grapeseed oil for a more palate-neutral version. Coconut oil yields a heavy mayo that borders on ridiculously heavy, and you may find that making mayonnaise with ghee is over the top… Nah, I don’t label my Mason jars. Gave that up a while ago… song currently stuck in my head: “if this world were mine” - zulema

    Make your own mayonnaise. It’s easy and you’ll beat the store-bought version every time. Use olive oil to get a deep flavor or roll with the grapeseed oil for a more palate-neutral version. Coconut oil yields a heavy mayo that borders on ridiculously heavy, and you may find that making mayonnaise with ghee is over the top…

    Nah, I don’t label my Mason jars. Gave that up a while ago…

    song currently stuck in my head: “if this world were mine” - zulema

     

  13. 2 Aug


    I don’t have an issue with Mayor Michael Bloomberg banning diabetes potions served in oversized containers, but I also want families, particularly the folks living in under-served communities who currently seem to only have access to options for how to get diabetes, to have greater access to fresh fruits and vegetables. That’s why I dig Mount Sinai Hospital’s Farmers Market in New York City.

    More living food + food education → longer lives → smaller hospital bills → more smiles. Everybody wins…

    song currently stuck in my head: “do what i gotta do” - the imperials

     

  14. 25 Jul


    Epic…

    Epic…

    (via warm-ways)

     

  15. 21 Jul



    KNIFE ETIQUETTE

    I visited my parents today and used the big knife you see above to chop food. Dad’s a rapiermaniac—apologies, not sure of the clinical term nor what else to call a guy, albeit lovable, who has six drawers full of large sharp objects, not to mention the additional knives hanging off walls and resting in protective bags in the name of processing food—so I had plenty of knives to choose from.

    Anyway, I took a break from chopping and walked into Dad’s home office to ask him a question. He didn’t say anything and wouldn’t make eye contact with me. All he did was stare at my right hand—the one that was still holding the 17-18 inch knife.

    I retreated to the kitchen, put the knife away, came back to see him and he acted as if nothing happened. Let that be a lesson, y’all…

    song currently stuck in my head: “ape is high” - mandrill