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The Carns family goes to London — September 2014
Here is the first installment of this year’s travelogue — Jim, Anthea, and Teri are off to London for a couple of weeks, with a quick stop in Seattle to start the trip. These were originally … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, England, travel
Tagged Anchorage, Chugach Mountains, Pike Street Market, Seattle
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Homer Alaska delights, July 13, 2014
Wild roses, Homer. [Photo, TWCarns] Swift at its nest in the vent on a building [Photo, TWCarns] Evening rainbow caught in the mountains across Kachemak Bay from Land’s End [Photo, TWCarns] Cow parsnip head going to seed [Photo, TWCarns] Sandhill crane and half-grown … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, Alaska Travels
Tagged Alaska, Beluga Slough, Bishop's beach, bluebells, cow parsnip, Homer, Homer Spit, Land's End beach, peonies, ravens, sandhill cranes, wild rose
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Greek lemon cookies — not just for special occasions
Greek Lemon Cookies — not just for special occasions Greek lemon cookies, slow-roasted grapes [photo, TWCarns] Trying to replicate someone else’s recipe is always a chance for lots of discoveries. In this case, I was attempting to make something … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, Food journeys, Greece
Tagged coconut oil, Greek lemon cookies, olive oil, roasted grapes, shortbread, Wheatavore
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La Baleine on the Homer Spit, open for 2014
La Baleine. Mandy Dixon has just re-opened La Baleine on the Homer Spit (here’s my post from last year about the opening days). Go for absolutely fresh food, cooked to order, and beautifully presented. It’s easy to spot, on the left … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, Alaska Travels, Food journeys
Tagged beignets, breakfast, Homer, Homer Spit, La Baleine, Mandy Dixon
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Fresh Sourdough Express is open in Homer!
Scones made with the trademark sourdough in the bakery cabinet at Fresh Sourdough Express, Homer. Last year, Kevin and Donna Maltz sold Fresh Sourdough Express on the road to the Homer Spit and headed for a well-earned retirement. And at … Continue reading
E.J.’s authentic Philly pretzels
Soft pretzels, Philly style, with sea salt flakes, and butter glaze. [Photo, TW Carns] My friend E.J. from Pennsylvania says these are the real deal. Having never eaten a Philly pretzel, I have no way of telling, but the ones … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, Food journeys, Uncategorized
Tagged bagel, bakers emblem, baking soda, Dutch, E.J. Philly pretzels, Easter, Lent, malt, Middle Ages, pretzel, sweetener, TW Carns
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Dante’s Inferno, the ballet — produced by Glenna Burmer
Dante’s “Inferno” — the ballet, composed and produced by Glenna Burmer Dante Aligheri’s Divine Comedy, and especially The Inferno, has been known since its publication in Italy in about 1317 for beauty and intense humanity. In February 2014, Glenna … Continue reading
Garlic Bread, a poem
Baugettes, Fire Island Rustic Bakeshop, Anchorage. [TWCarns Photo] Garlic Bread Streamlined torpedo. Exterior, a hard brittle crust, but it’s a sham. At your core, you are soft and yielding. Indulgent tang of garlic minced in butter. My … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, Food journeys
Tagged garlic bread, Hemingway, Joyce, MontMarte, Parisian waiter, Paul Winkel, poem
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The history of grasses — a timeline
Snow’s melting in Berrien County, Michigan, showing the winter wheat greening up, March 22, 2014 [Photo, Micki Glueckert] The dates given in this timeline are the best approximations available at the time of publication (March 25, 2014). One hundred million … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, Food journeys
Tagged agriculture, dinosaurs, gluten, Gobekli Tepe, grasses, grasslands, hominids, humans, time line, Turkey, wheat
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Road Trip Teri 