Vintage Recipe: Green Congealed Salad

Diposting oleh good reading on Selasa, 30 November 2010

This is a recipe that's been in my husband's family forever! When I first saw what was in it, I wasn't so sure about it. But, y'all, it's so yummy! I love it!Ingredients2 1/2 cups water, divided 2 (3-ounce) boxes lime gelatin [...]
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Choline and Fatty Liver

Diposting oleh good reading on Senin, 29 November 2010

I've been writing about non-alcoholic fatty liver disorder (NAFLD) since the early days of this blog, because it's an alarmingly common disorder (roughly a quarter of Americans affected) that is typically undiagnosed. It often progresses into its more [...]
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Study of a Single Film: Forbidden Planet (in memory of Leslie Nielsen)

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Leslie Nielsen and Anne Francis star in Forbidden Planet (Fred M. Wilcox, 1956) Film Studies For Free was sad to hear that the king of deadpan movie humour, actor Leslie Nielsen, has died at the age of 84. Of all the films [...]
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Wide Screen Journal on Film Production Studies

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Javier Casanova in Vainilla Chip (Erik Knudsen, 2009) Watch this film here (or here) and read Knudsen's article on his workSet in the small Cuban town of San Antonio de los Baños, just outside Havana, Vainilla Chip tells [...]
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SECRET GARDEN TEA COMPANY, KERRISDALE

Diposting oleh good reading on Minggu, 28 November 2010

At the Secret Garden Tea Company, you get lovely real fine bone china and a menu of specialty teas to choose from.  Each person gets her own pot and I chose a lovely green tea.The tea menu is HERE.High Tea goodies are [...]
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GOLDEN HARVEST RESTAURANT

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Fish maw seafood soup.  Rating:  5/6I don’t eat fish maw so it always ends up in Stomach’s bowl.  Ha!  I liked the depth of the broth and found the seafood both abundant and cooked perfectly.Peking Duck.  [...]
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MUI GARDEN (MAIN STREET)

Diposting oleh good reading on Sabtu, 27 November 2010

Chasiu (bbq pork) noodle soup.  Rating:  5/6Lai Tong (house special soup…comp) Comfort food!Curry Beef Brisket.  Comes with accompanying steamed rice.  Price:  $8.50     Rating:  [...]
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME…

Diposting oleh good reading on Rabu, 24 November 2010

My birthday cake: a  6” Black Forest cake from St. Germain Bakery, Oakridge Mall, Vancouver, B.C.Stomach is out of town on a business trip for the week and end of term is near.  I’ve got marking coming out of my [...]
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New Screening the Past

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Image from The Portraitist/Portrecista (Ireneusz Dobrowolski, 2005),  Read Frances Guerin's essay on this film.The developments of new digital technologies and representational forms have revived interest between photography [...]
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Text Messages and Public Health: Can They Remove Barriers for "Calling" 9-1-1?

Diposting oleh good reading on Selasa, 23 November 2010

Text messages are a great time saver. You do not have to have a long conversation with someone...instead you can just send a quick message like "I made it home safe!" or "Can you pick up milk on your way home?" These [...]
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The heart of my home

Diposting oleh good reading on Senin, 22 November 2010

Ever since I started planning for my renovation, I realised that my kitchen is the Heart of my home.Although the kitchen occupies a space that is less than ten percentage of the whole house, I spent the most time planning [...]
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Study of a Single Film: Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo

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 Finding Equilibrium in Hitchcock's Vertigo  Roundtable discussion at the Philoctetes Center, New York, on November 6, 2010, with Richard Allen, John Belton, Joe McElhaney, Edward Neresessian, and Brigitte PeuckerVertigo (1958) is the Hitchcock [...]
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Southern Cornbread

Diposting oleh good reading on Minggu, 21 November 2010

This is true southern cornbread! It's not sweet and you'll need a cast iron skillet and buttermilk! :)Ingredients2 cups Self Rising Enriched white corn meal2 cups buttermilk1 egg2-3 tbs corn oilcast iron skilletDirectionsPreheat [...]
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Glucose Tolerance in Non-industrial Cultures

Diposting oleh good reading on Sabtu, 20 November 2010

BackgroundGlucose is the predominant blood sugar and one of the body's two main fuel sources (the other is fatty acids). Glucose, in one form or another, is also the main form of digestible dietary carbohydrate in nearly [...]
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Forgotten Places - Lost Circus

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Discover the origin of an inexplicable existence with Forgotten Places - Lost Circus, an eerie and unsettling search for answers.Obsessed by dreams of a mysterious circus, Joy opens her eyes to tears each night with a [...]
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Luxor 5th Passage

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Get ready to wield your winged-scarab shooter in an all-new LUXOR! Unlock all 20 achievements as you collect falling treasures and eliminate the oncoming chains of spheres in the #1 action-puzzle game. Save ancient Egypt [...]
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