Apparently the Sunmaid Raisin logo has been updated! ( three years ago?) turning the sunbonnet-clad happy vineyard worker, (actually a model, ) of 1915 into a silly looking computerized doofus with a dumb hat. Not much of an update at all.  Anyway,...

Ever grateful for the endless treasure that is Netflix--I reserve it for the obscure, the old, the unheralded but good, rather than for the new--I stumbled upon this lovely Brit tv series written for the remarkable actor Richard Griffiths, whom I had...

Pumpkin multi-grain pancakes with dried cranberries, for breaky today, with an old friend at Son of Foodie's pad.  Real maple syrup. (Obviously.) And an eclectically tasty Tgiving feast on the day. We are in DC for meetings about an upcoming...

I missed our new NM Senator Tom Udall's resolution to skip two meals, and donate the "saved" money to a local food bank; I missed the invitation by the post office to donate canned goods in my mailbox to the hungry, too. But I did buy and donate a can...

Excerpts from the USDA release November 16 on Household Food Security in the US : "... in 2008, 17 million households, or 14.6 percent, were food insecure and families had difficulty putting enough food on the table at times during the year. This...