Archive for October, 2008
Tsuchinoko
Ok now I bet you all are thinking what the heck is Tsuchinoko… Is it some kind of exotic mushrrom, or maybe a Japanese delicacy, and both of those guesses would be wrong. Scotland has the Loch Ness Monster, Nepal has the Yeti, and the beloved Bigfoot roams many places in America..
But something that is [...]
Sustainable Sushi
Recently three conservation groups have published some pamphlets with the subject of sustainable sushi. These are the first ever sustainable guides having to do with sushi. Mackerel is the in fish while octopus is so yesterday, according to the guides. And don’t even think of eating Blue Fin Tuna which has always been the king of [...]
Masquerade
The Great Masquerade is upon us, and one of my favorite holidays. It is the time when the walls between the world of the living and the world of the dead are there thinest. This Celtic Festival was known as Samhain and was related to the movements of the stars and planets, it symbolized the [...]
Milk for Adults
In keeping a subject flow, lets continue the stories about milk this week. With the woes of practically everything coming out of China having something wrong with it, most recently milk. Four children have died and 13,000, let me say that again thirteen thousand remain hospitalized after drinking milk from China that was tainted with [...]
Soy Milk Bath
I know that most people have heard of a milk bath, well how about a milk bath for Vegans, a soy milk bath. On the big island of Honshu in a place called Hakone there was a recent soy milk festival. I remember visiting Hakone back in 1989 when I was living on the volcano [...]
