Favela (Brazilian Portuguese for slum) is the generally used term for a slum in Brazil according to Wikipedia. Slums exist throughout the world, but the ones in Rio de Janeiro have gathered the most attention...
A plant vaccine for cucumbers is finally produced in Japan.
Cucumbers become ill. There is a virus called Zucchini yellow mosaic virus (ZYMV) which attacks cucurbits, including cucumbers and courgette. If cucumber plants contract it, their...
The next few days of our Thai-Lao trip were interesting and now you’ll get to see some of the dishes we enjoyed.
One of the evenings, I tried a Lao “whisky bucket” which (I didn’t know...
Having grown up with a father from Texas, Tex-Mex food like tortilla soup has a special place in my heart and my palette. I make several variations including a clear broth-based version with chicken and...
Thanks to Tristan Louis for a laugh from his recent posting of The Independence #140 Style - in other words, if our founding fathers had Twitter. I have re-published his amusing account below. Found in...
Having generally found myself making a beeline for New York when heading East, my two recent visits to Philadelphia, the nation's six largest city, proved reason to expand my geographical preference. While its huge trove of...
Organic nettle veloute at L’Appart in San Anselmo.,
From the same people who brought us L’Garage, a somewhat quirky and always good waterside restaurant in Sausalito, comes L’Appart, opened almost a month now at 636...
The 2010 Robotics: Science and Systems Conference is taking place this week at the University of Zaragoza Spain. Research and development leader Willow Garage is there showing off PR2, which TMC News refers to as...
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