Dork Chow

We took advantage of abundant fresh figs and made this yummy dessert the other day. This is probably not the most nutritions of recipes but one must be moderate in all things, including moderation.
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Picture a mile long lane lined on both sides with the juiciest blackberries you have ever seen, in profusion, on a sunny but comfortable August morning. The birds are singing, the bees are buzzing and you and your faithful canine companion are harvesting God’s gift to the Pacific Northwest, Himalayan blackberries. An [...]

My early translucents are still coming on, and now the really beautiful firm perfect fruits are here. It looks like I will be able to make some dried apples after all.
If you want to do the peeling coring and slicing efficiently I recommend the Apple Master. Just poke the spikes into the rear [...]

This is me with my very good friend Shannon Dealy.  Every year Shannon does demos at the local technology festival of Cobb construction techniques.
Shannon lives in a 70 sq ft. cobb cottage and he also has a larger cobb structure on his property which I helped him build about four years ago.
Here is [...]

As per my custom for restaurant reviews, I’ve outblogged my main  review of Fireworks restaurant at FoodBuzz, to give Fireworks the additional benefit of being inserted a worldwide restaurant database. Pictured at left is “Maya,” their signature wood-fired oven, which is something you can’t do at Food Buzz.
If you don’t read the link, at least [...]

We have exceeded 350 parts per million (ppm) of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) in our atmosphere, and bad things are happening to the planet.   Scientists have determined that below 350 ppm the bad things will reverse. All of humanity should be focusing on what we individually and collectively can do to get that [...]

Shiitake mushrooms are loaded with chitosan, a natural component that is said to attract fat and cause it not to be turned into blubber on your thighs, hips or middle. They also have a lot of antioxidants. Plus they are delicious.

We have adapted this recipe from Christina Pirello’s macrobiotic cookbook. Don’t let [...]

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We are lucky to live in Oregon, a very progressive state regarding environmentalism. (At least people from all the other states think so until they move here and get involved in the constant wrangling.) My family personally have been composting in a happy-go-lucky fashion for 21 years. Basically what we do [...]