A new study done in China is being reported which has found that people who eat spicy food (those containing capsaicin) 3-7 days per week died 14% less than people who do not. People who eat spicy food 1-2 days per week died 10% less. They undertook a prospective study of 487,375 participants, aged 30-79…

I didn’t know this, but it turns out that chicken “litter”, i.e. chicken feces, is used to grow organic rice. That is highly disgusting. When I have always thought about rice, I had an image in my mind of some idyllic rice paddy in harmony with nature, sort of like you see in those pictures…

I think I may have, finally, figured out what is wrong with me, after all this time. Something which was always inexplicable, which I could not understand, and which I tried over and over to comprehend but never could. I think that I have Life Force Sickness. There is too much life force in me.…

Took this pic today when I was leaving the farmer’s market and noticed this cute, tiny purslane plant growing in a crack in the street. As I was taking it there were several aggro crackheads passing by.

This is one of my best quinoa dishes to date. What I did was cook the quinoa, a variety called tricolor. After it cooked I cut up several small shiitake mushrooms and one hot Serrano pepper finely and put them in the rice cooker as the quinoa was cooling in order to let them heat…

Were I mayor of my city, or perhaps president of the country, there is one thing that I would certainly do that no one has done before. Hopefully there would be other things as well that I would do that have not been done before, but, among all the things, there is this one which…

… so utterly rancid. I would love to ride a bicycle. I love bicycling. But, overriding that, I refuse to expose myself to harm. Being on a bicycle on a street in the city means being exposed to a range of very harmful things. Have you ever been on your bicycle when a deafeningly loud…

This is truly shocking: Rice is toxic. It contains very high levels of arsenic which is a serious toxin. Consumer Reports, in an article dated from January this year, gives the recommendation to have no more than 4 1/2 servings of white basmati rice per week. There are several things about this. First, the amount…

I’m sure everyone has long known about scented candles and how nice they can be for creating ambiance. Over the years I have used a lot of these types of candles but there was always one thing that I didn’t like: When you have to put out candles they emit a noxious-smelling smoke that kind…

Wow. If I could. If I only could. How amazing it would be to wear something like this Diane von Furstenberg Zarita Lace 3/4-Sleeve Gown! Lately I decided to start looking at the offerings of high-end retailers on their websites. Even if I can only dream of pieces like this, it still gives me a…