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Living a balanced life. We’ve written about Hygge (coziness) and Lykke (happiness), both Danish concepts which might explain the consistently high rankings Denmark gets for being the happiest country. Now comes Lagom (pronounced LAH-GOM), another Scandinavian concept, only Swedish this…
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Unexpected, exotic – and kind of like a snow cone. Seoul, Korea is out in front internationally on many food trends. We were in Seoul recently and loved the Korean Shaved Ice desserts. They are exotic, easy to make at…
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Sharon Lorenzo explores the New York Botanical Garden. NY Botanical Garden, 2019 This bird’s eye view shows the walking paths and peripheral gardens at the New York Botanical Garden where the lucky visitor is in for a treat to experience…
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China is no longer buying our plastic – what does that mean for our recycling? The Problem: The world produces over 400 million tons of plastic every year. More than one trillion plastic bags are thrown away worldwide every year. …
Continue readingConcentrated nutrients, served in top restaurants and kind of cute. Edible microgreens are featured at many serious restaurants. They are a popular item at our farmers’ market – sold still growing in soil in flats. They are edible, nutrient rich…
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Welcome the smallest birds in the world into your yard. A friend and ASE subscriber has attracted these small, exciting, long beaked, fluttering hummingbirds into her yard. They are the smallest birds in the world, typically 3.5” to 5” long…
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‘Hospitality Included’ – What does it mean and is it catching on? Last night, we ate at a restaurant which told us their ‘Hospitality Included’ policy before we got our menus. It was our first exposure to a ‘no-tipping’ trend…
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Alternatives to Dairy Milks. Since I wrote the original alternative milks article in 2012, much has changed! There has been a 61% increase in non-dairy milk consumers. There are at least 8 new types of non-dairy milk that didn’t exist…
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Calling all mixologists, here are some new (vintage) flavors! Subscriber Patty E. suggested that we share Shrubs with you. ‘Shrub’ is a general term for a sophisticated drink syrup made of some combination of fruit, sugar, berries, aromatics and vinegar….
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