Skip to content

Monthly Archives: February 2010

The coffee of yesteryear

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Buffalo china cups, Victor mugs Those enormous coffee mugs and gigantic paper coffee cups are symbols of the rat race. Once upon a time, it was understood that a cup of coffee was something to relax with and savor. The drinking vessels reflected that. There is a science, of course, behind the new style and […]

Filed in Culture, Food | | Comments (0)

A classic poem for a classic snow day

Friday, February 5, 2010

Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. My little horse must think it queer To stop without a farmhouse near Between the woods and frozen […]

Filed in Uncategorized | | Comments (1)

Potassium broth

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Now that I’m back on the cold and snowy East Coast, I’m remembering how good it is to have an arsenal of warm drinks. How about a bit of old-fashioned broth? It was from Jethro Kloss, in the hippy handbook Back to Eden, that I first heard about potassium broth. Kloss’ version of potassium broth […]

Filed in Food, Health issues | | Comments (2)