2017-01-20 05:00
by Larry Geller Tonight we’re going to enjoy Hawaii-caught fish that is completely traceable—so that we know that we won’t be feasting at the expense of trafficked f… Read More
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2016-03-19 18:53
by Larry Geller Good grief—an engineering magazine has produced a food issue. The IEEE Spectrum underwent a transformation some time ago into very much a general-interest technical ma… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
by Larry Geller It’s been frustrating all these years—buying Safeway seltzer in the 2-liter bottles because there is no alternative in Hawaii. Safeway seems to have a monopoly on… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
“Insects, or mini-livestock as they could become known, will become a staple of our diet, says [food futurologist Morgaine] Gaye. It's a win-win situation. Insects provide as much nutr… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
by Larry Geller I first visited Singapore in December 1971, to canvas local GE managers on the possibility of using GE’s time sharing services. The job was made infinitely more difficu… Read More
2014-08-21 02:55
“What could possibly go wrong with vanilla flavoring brewed by DNA-manipulated yeast? Well, like genetic engineering, synbio falls into a regulatory void that often allows products to… Read More
2012-06-25 05:49
“One of the report’s authors, Dr. Michael Antoniou of King’s College London School of Medicine in the UK, uses genetic engineering for medical applications but warns agains… Read More
2012-06-14 19:53
by Larry Geller Tuesday June 12 was the first day of the new KCC Tuesday Farmers Market, 4-7 p.m. at the same location (Kapiolani Community College Diamond Head Road parking lot) as the wild… Read More
Health Concerns Mount After Study Shows Chemicals Quickly Leach Out Into Food From Plastic Packaging
2012-04-17 21:03
“In a study published last year in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, researchers put five San Francisco families on a three-day diet of food that hadn’t been in cont… Read More
2012-03-07 04:20
by Larry Geller On Friday, Iowa governor Terry Branstad signed a bill that will make it much more difficult for animal-welfare advocates to sneak cameras into Iowa's factory livestock farms… Read More
2012-02-13 06:10
Many readers don’t look at comments, so I’d like to “promote” this comment, attached to the article At last–exploding pig poop explained (2/11/2012) by Malama F… Read More
2012-02-13 01:22
by Larry Geller At last, an explanation is in for the pig poop explosions at barns in the Midwest that have plagued commercial pig farmers. In the latest incident, 1,500 pigs died and one wo… Read More
2011-11-19 22:31
by Larry Geller If you buy this honey at Costco, you are buying a product that appears to violate the USDA’s COOL (Country-of-Origin Labeling) laws. The honey doesn’t say where i… Read More
2011-09-10 03:02
by Larry Geller If you’re headed out to market tomorrow (Saturday), you have a choice. There are two new markets in addition to KCC Farmers Market. One is on the Sears parking lot at… Read More
2011-08-08 03:27
by Nanette Geller I haven’t seen frisée (curly endive) at the KCC farmers market for a couple of months, so I was delighted to find this gorgeous bunch yesterday… Read More
2011-07-24 20:42
by Nanette Geller When we lived in Brooklyn, I stood in line outside the local Jewish bakery on Fridays for fresh challah, hot and fragrant from the oven. Even in winter, it was worth the wa… Read More
2011-07-17 04:13
by Nanette Geller Larry loves Vichyssoise, a rich, suave cold soup of leek and potatoes. For all its elegance, it is rooted in French peasant cooking. It starts with a base of Potage Parment… Read More
2011-07-13 05:56
by Nanette Geller Pasta alla Norma is a classic Sicilian eggplant and tomato dish created in the 19th century. It was supposedly named in honor of the Sicilian composer Vincenzo Bellin… Read More
2011-07-12 19:13
by Larry Geller I walked past one of those chain sushi restaurants downtown just before lunch time yesterday, and I have to tell you, I suddenly really wanted some. But no. One thing I love… Read More
2011-07-10 23:37
by Nanette Geller Yes, apple pizza. For breakfast. We do like to mix it up on Sundays! Larry’s the baker chez Free Range Gourmet. He makes the pizza dough and shapes it, ready for me t… Read More
2011-07-10 07:01
by Nanette Geller I was planning to serve nattō tomorrow for nattō day, but since it’s already 7/10 in Japan I decided to go ahead and make nattō soba for dinner. We bot… Read More
2011-07-09 08:07
by Nanette Geller I love the Japanese penchant for numerical puns. Seven can be pronounced “na” and ten can be “to” so 7-10, “na-to,” becomes the excuse f… Read More
2011-07-09 02:03
by Nanette Geller OK, technically, uova in purgatorio is eggs in purgatory, not hell. But then, I’m probably making it hotter than most Italians would. This is another of those classic… Read More
2011-06-18 00:26
by Nanette Geller In all cultures, Spring is a time to celebrate rebirth and renewal. Nowhere is it greeted more joyously than in Japan, where the unfolding of the season brings one symbol a… Read More
2011-06-17 21:06
by Nanette Geller Big Island Abalone will be bringing their incredible Kona Kea shrimp to the KCC farmers market tomorrow. Sweet, fresh, never frozen. I’d forgotten how much be… Read More
2011-06-17 03:40
by Nanette Geller I have quite a backlog of posts I want to write. I’m going to try to catch up but meanwhile things may not be in the order we ate them! A couple of weeks ago, I bough… Read More
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