Tag: original photography by me
member name: Madame Donna C.
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March 19, 2008 08:29 PM EDT --
We each faced an hour and a half drive--or more--to the point in the middle: a restaurant in Mission Viejo. I had no idea what he looked like, but I was eager to meet him.
In typical California . . .
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April 24, 2008 05:17 PM EDT --
There comes a time in the kitchen life of every cook when failure strikes. Sometimes, as in the case of my dinner last night, it's salvageable.
The flavors and texture were spot on . . .
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April 25, 2008 02:47 PM EDT --
The folktale about trees I heard as a child as my parents sought to teach me respect for nature and the environment, comes to mind each Arbor Day. It is paraphrased here to the best of my . . .
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June 22, 2008 12:00 AM EDT --
I got a lovely invitation to lunch in La Jolla from two handsome men. I never turn down invitations to dine, but turning down two men is out of the question. In fact, my only pause before . . .
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August 30, 2008 03:45 PM EDT --
From our first walks around the block in our neighborhood, our parents imbued their children with a sense of wanderlust.
Since then, my travel destination wish list stretches across several . . .
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May 02, 2008 04:11 PM EDT --
In observance of Yom Ha'shoah, the Day of Remembrance for all the souls who perished at the hands of hatred, a silent essay:
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March 30, 2008 07:44 PM EDT --
As much as I enjoy visiting points of interest wherever I roam, residential neighborhoods give me a very different perspective of each new place. Seasoning our adventures with side trips, detouring . . .
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April 03, 2008 07:59 PM EDT --
The little girl in me, the one with tomato sauce on her cheek, wanted to exclaim, "Lookie what I found!" but the cook in me said I should get a grip and contain my excitement. After all, . . .
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May 16, 2008 01:01 AM EDT --
As a foodie, and a cook, the preservation of plant biodiversity and ecosystems are important to me. Food production and good nutrition result from the availability of food from plants. Naturally . . .
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June 06, 2008 08:05 PM EDT --
While visiting Kauai recently, one of the most luxurious hotels in my travel experience became my temporary home for half of my vacation. Occasionally treats such as this cross my path---and I always . . .
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July 01, 2008 02:54 PM EDT --
Hours of waiting in airport security lines, pangs of hunger gnawing at me and sleep deprivation drove me to distraction.
As I rode the escalator up and down in an airport recently, in an . . .
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July 11, 2008 01:23 AM EDT --
Today I created Whirled Peas. It's an old joke but it stuck with me since I first heard it years ago. Yet, today, after my kitchen experience, I knew I had created Whirled Peas. . . .
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July 19, 2008 12:35 PM EDT --
As requested, here is the recipe for my Garam Masala Spice Blend. The recipe for the felafels that use this ingredient can be found here: Israeli Felafel.
The following ingredients are all . . .
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October 27, 2008 04:47 PM EDT --
Of all the subjects photographed in my travels, four themes that consistently appear as the object of my eye are food, signs, architectural details and natural scenery .
Sorting through the past . . .
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September 19, 2008 02:04 PM EDT --
For the last week, I've been immersed in healthful cooking using things like brown rice flour, agave nectar, grains and carob chips. As rewarding as healthful cooking can be, it was time to . . .
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April 23, 2008 02:46 PM EDT --
When my niece, Jiggly J, came to visit recently, a day at SeaWorld was on the top of her mini-wish list. Inside the park, she couldn't wait to encounter sharks, dolphins, penguins, seals, flamingos . . .
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March 16, 2008 02:25 AM EDT --
On my recent visit to Kauai, the treats of many meals from an old friend of days gone by, with his accompanying humor, regaled me. He's lived in the islands for decades and is one of the local . . .
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March 22, 2008 06:51 PM EDT --
Tranquility lives in any chosen moment
Depending on the impulse of perception
That reveals either reality or reflection
Of where we happen to be
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April 14, 2008 12:44 PM EDT --
When chicken soup simmers on the stove it fills the kitchen with a fragrant aroma and it's scent will slowly infuse the house. Chicken soup evokes memories of mothers standing over the stove, . . .
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May 01, 2008 07:41 PM EDT --
A classic French rémoulade is a combination of homemade mayonnaise with mustard, capers, gherkins, herbs and anchovies. It is a flavorful, rich sauce traditionally used as a condiment for chilled . . .
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