Sex in Glass Houses?
Go ahead. You know you’ve wondered. At night, in the dark, do passersby see all of you in glass houses – and I mean, ALL of you? The idea of living in a glass house is titillating, so don’t try to…
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Cooking with Pao-Pao
The food heritage of one's grandparents is a cultural birthright. Independent filmmaker Kevin Longa embraces his good fortune by cooking and eating with his beloved 97 year-old grandmother whom he…
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Curating Buttons: The Lore of the Artisan
An artisan's back story fascinates me. In particular, the ones that are unlikely, quirky or unexpected. There's an artist in France, a son who cared for his ailing father until his death when the son…
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Chef NOBU HOYO
How many small towns in America can boast having a resident artisan baker? In the Silicon Valley hamlet of Los Altos, California, a century-old railroad station is poised at the town's entrance,…
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What is your Why?
(recipe for the featured Pizza Cioccolato is at the end of this post.)
The turning over of a new year begets a seasonal soul searching. What is my direction? Where are my passions taking me? What…
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A Trio
Three is my favorite number. It's an odd number that creates a perfectly even balance. A trifecta, a trio, a trilogy.
Metamorphosis © Yvonne Cornell, 2012
Originally posted as Botanical…
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What's a Drupe?
A stone fruit is also called a drupe or any fruit with a hard "stone" inside. The stone or pit is sometimes called the seed, but that's a fallacy because the seed is actually inside the stone.…
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Life's Little Lumps (Dumpling Soup)
When life gives you lumps, make dumpling soup. In Italian, gnocchi translated means "lumps" and gnochetti is an even more diminutive size or little lumps. Today we are making an easy finger-pinched…
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persistence is omnipotent
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.
Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a…
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