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Slower Sunday: A Hibiscus Named Rose

August 13, 2023

Doesn't smell as sweet as a rose. Doesn't smell at all. When you look this good, you don't need perfume. The day these start to open up, you just drop everything and stare. So, stare all you like. My hibiscus is your hibiscus. Just Press Play.

No tomatoes. Watermelon. Gazpacho.

August 12, 2023

Still a few weeks before we get great tomatoes here. But the watermelon's perfect. For gazpacho. Could be your first course. Or your dessert. A cool, refreshing, flavorful way to start or finish a Summer meal.

To Victoria Glacier from Lake Louise

August 11, 2023

August is Glacier Month at BCS. Because, well, what's Better than finding a cool spot in August? What's Better and Cheaper than a national park? What's Slower than a glacier? Or cooler? Let's hike to Victoria Glacier. In Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.

Spicy Cool: Cucumber-Yogurt-Mint Soup

August 10, 2023

A very aromatic, very summery, very light but yogurt-rich soup. Five minutes of preparation. A great Way to use the summer cucumbers now filling the Farmers Markets. Or the two-pounder I just grew.

Seven Layer Salad, Asian style

August 9, 2023

A salad you make a day or two in advance, store in the fridge, then serve crisp and cool when you're ready. More than 7 flavors and hundreds of phytonutrients. A Glycemic Load of zero with a very, very low calorie count.

Zucchini Carpaccio

August 8, 2023

Big fresh flavor. Light and refreshing. Impressively beautiful. A very cool dish for a very hot day. No cooking. Five minutes of slicing and dicing. In advance. Then just chill.

Naked Exercise #2: Flying

August 7, 2023

Stripped down. No equipment. No exercise balls, no balance boards, no weights. Not just Better and Cheaper. Better and Free. Look like Superman. Without the cape. Strengthen your lower back. Press Play.

Slower Sunday: Playing the slots

August 6, 2023

So why didn't it just go straight? You'd think that would have been easier. More natural, even. Just not as much fun, I guess.

Does Weight Gain Make You Hungry?

August 5, 2023

Sound backwards? Maybe not. Maybe gaining weight and storing fat really does make you hungry. Makes you eat more. And store more fat. Here's how and why it might be true. And why weight loss can be difficult to accomplish.

Walking, Eating & Climbing Mexico City

August 4, 2023

Time to continue our former Olympic Host City Tour with a big Walk in one of the world's great eating cities, Mexico City. And a shorter, steeper stair-climb on the Pyramid of the Sun, thirty miles away in the ancient capital of the Americas, Teotihuacan.