Posts from — July 2009

Yesterday I sat down to eat my lunch and continue working on the computer while eating; as I opened my browser I saw a news snippet that caught my eye. I’m a former news addict and have worked to minimize my news consumption since Jan, but this one I had to check out. It was a story about Pres. Obama’s daughter and the bigotry that emerged after some right wing radicals saw her wearing a peace sign on her shirt. [Read more →]

The other day my business partner, Matt, and I had planned to work through lunch. Matt had brought food for lunch and said he had plenty for two, asking if I’d like to share. I was glad to join saving the time I generally spent thinking about what I should eat, since I generally haven’t given things like lunch much thought until I find I’m really hungry. [Read more →]

Food equals so many things to so many people on this planet. Think about it: What is bread, rice or meat to someone who has not eaten in a few days? Or a week or two for that matter?

It is everything. It is the world. Their instincts tell them that they must eat and eat immediately. I remember hearing a story about Holocaust survivors being fed hard food too quickly when they were being rescued by troops and dying because their systems could not handle the military rations they were being fed by their rescuers. [Read more →]

Written by: Tom Pellicane

New Belgium Brewing shared three of their craft beers with the Green Palate to experience. They shared their Mothership Wit Organic Wheat Beer, Fat Tire Amber Ale and Enlightened Black Ale. We were all excited to get started with our tasting and thought we’d fine tune our process for this tasting since it was now our third time together as a panel. We all agreed on a couple of changes that would enhance the experience. First, we decided not to read anything about the beers before we tasted. We wouldn’t even let Katie, our keeper of knowledge, begin to speak. Second, we agreed that after each initial action taking in the nose, savoring on the palate there would be no talking for one minute. These were both instituted to avoid subliminally affecting our interpretations of the beer. [Read more →]