Category Archives: food

This Week in Tea

By spider | Published: January 26, 2009

Well into the fourth week of ’09 and the tea hits just keep on coming! First of all, the Year Without Coffee is progressing brilliantly. My affection for tea, which was more a hope than a certainty a few weeks ago, has been cemented for all eternity. I have quickly come to love the ritual [...]

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This Week in Tea

By spider | Published: January 13, 2009

This Week, I did not drink any coffee. But, I did drink lotsa tea! So far, The Year Without Coffee is on track. In fact, to my shock, I really haven’t missed coffee at all. Mainly, that comfort is thanks to these delicious teas I’ve been indulging in. Mainly, I’ve been making Chai tea with [...]

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I’m In Love

By xtina | Published: November 11, 2008

Our granola recipe was inspired by Amy Carol of Angry Chicken fame. This is our modified recipe based on her granola recipe. 3 cups rolled oats 1 cup seeds, nuts, or other add-ins. (I use 1/2 cup pumpkin seeds, 1/2 cup chopped walnuts, 3 tbsp flax seeds) 1/3 cup maple syrup or honey or agave [...]

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You’ve got to Vibrate On

By xtina | Published: November 8, 2008

Eating: fair-trade organic milk chocolate (I love you green & black!) Whum, straight into the 8th day frizzle-frazzle. Ima tired. So durn tired, but I will write. What should I write about? Wade sez I should write about the ‘rhythm of the universe’. Herm. Instead I think I will write about why we spend so [...]

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getting dirrrty with it

By xtina | Published: October 27, 2008

So allo, you. Long time no see, eh? Tis been a bit busier than usual round these parts. Mommy’s been working on this and that, cooking up a lil bit of gardening with a dash of exercise and a heaping portion of yumdiddly good foods. Right now I’m gearing up for a month of blogging [...]

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Why soda pop is so good for you:

By spider | Published: January 8, 2008

I know none of you actually drink soda. But … just for good measure, here is a gut-wrenching close-up look at what sippin’ that can o’ Coke gets you: In The First 10 minutes: 10 teaspoons of sugar hit your system. (100% of your recommended daily intake.) You don’t immediately vomit from the overwhelming sweetness [...]

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Agua

By spider | Published: October 25, 2007

I’ve lived nearly all my life living in the Bay Area, a region with a climate ideally suited for humans. The past five years I have been living in San Francisco, basically the coolest and among the wettest parts of the Bay Area. Surrounded by (salt) water on three sides, cooled by the marine layer [...]

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That’s Odd, or, The Gross-ery Store

By spider | Published: January 29, 2007

- In an odd twist of fate, I ended up inside a Safeway the other day. Not a big deal, you say? For me, it was. Looking back, it has likely been close to a year since I’ve set foot inside a Safeway. It’s not that I don’t grocery shop; I do. But I shop [...]

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When vegetables attack

By spider | Published: December 3, 2006

Ever been injured by a raw veggie? I have. I attempted to open a package of zucchini, a plastic plate shrunk wrapped with celophane: I stabbed through a tense area of the plastic wrap with my index finger, and then, WHAM! CRASH! BURN!!! AARGH! The momentum of my hand hand penetrated the saran with great [...]

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Seattle

By spider | Published: October 21, 2006

I have arrived in Seattle on a glorious, sunny, crisp day. The flight was a little too early in the morning to be pleasant, and then it was delayed for about 40 minutes. The airport was a fucking zoo, man. And I was not able to sneak Moula in sans ticket. So it started out [...]

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Cough cough snore

By spider | Published: October 16, 2006

Talk about bad timing. So, just as I embarked upon my bodily cleanse, I was overtaken by a foul virus. In addition, at the very same moment, I had begun a new dietary supplement – ‘Ultimate Meal‘. Actually it is a meal replacement, not a supplement. But whatever. The point here is that just as [...]

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How do you fuck up chicken noodle soup?

By spider | Published: October 12, 2006

Ok so I am doing this ‘total body cleanse’ which consists of taking powders and packets of pills for seven consecutive days. It also requires eliminating certain things from my diet: refined sugars, processed foods, fats, caffeine, alchohol, red meats, etc etc. So that is great. I started it yesterday. It is great and I [...]

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