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Monday, July 28, 2025
Monday, July 21, 2025
Garlic Ice Cream
Greetings all!
If you love all things garlic, then you have to visit Gilroy, California, which is the self-proclaimed “Garlic Capital of the World”.
This coming weekend (July
25-27), 9,000 garlic lovers will enjoy all sorts of garlicky food – including
garlic ice cream! - refreshing drinks, live music and entertainment, culinary
competitions, and arts and crafts.
The festival started in 1979, and as I am writing this post, the tickets for the 2025 festival have been sold out.
If you are going or went in the past, I want to hear from you! How did you like the garlic ice cream? It sounds strange, but apparently it is a fan favorite!
If
you cannot make it to the festival but are curious about the ice cream and have an ice cream machine at home, here is
the Gilroy-festival inspired recipe:
Ingredients:
- 2 cups whole milk
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 vanilla bean, split in half, seeds scraped out and reserved
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 8 large egg yolks
- Put the milk and garlic, along with the vanilla pod and seeds, in a saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat and remove immediately.
- In a medium bowl, whisk the cream, sugar, and egg yolks until combined. Place a strainer on top of the bowl and, whisking constantly, slowly strain the hot milk mixture into the cream, sugar, and egg mixture.
- Return the mixture to the pan and stir continuously over low heat until it thickens slightly and coats the back of a spoon, about 10 to 12 minutes. Do not boil.
- Pour the mixture into a bowl and chill over an ice bath. After the mixture chills, pour it into an ice cream machine and churn until done. Freeze the confection until you're ready to serve.
What did you think? Drop
me a line!
P.S. I really liked the garlic hats!
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Monday, July 14, 2025
Most Beautiful Libraries in the World
Library of
Strahov Monastery (Prague, Czech Republic)
Photo: Getty Images
Wiblingen
Monastery Library (Ulm, Germany)
Photo: Getty Images
Old Library
of Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland)
Photo: Oliver Strewe/Getty Images
Library of
the Monastery of St. Gall (St. Gallen, Switzerland)
Photo: Imagno/Getty Images
Raza
Library (Rampur, India)
Photo: Salman Usmani/India Pictures/Getty Images
Starfield
Library (Seoul, South Korea)
Photo: Getty Images/Chris Jung
Tianjin
Binhai Library (Tianjin, China)
Photo: Zhang Peng/Getty Images
National
Library of Latvia (Riga, Latvia)
Photo: Getty Images
Source (and more!): https://www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/most-beautiful-libraries-in-the-world
Monday, July 7, 2025
Cognitive Shuffling
Greetings all!
Have you heard about cognitive shuffling? I have been seeing a lot of articles about this technique to help you fall asleep faster, so I decided to give it a try!
Dr. Scott Walter says, “It’s a way to rearrange or reorganize your thoughts similar to shuffling a deck of cards — basically, distracting your mind from conscious thought patterns that may keep you awake.”
There are several ways to shuffle random ideas and thoughts:
- Think of random words that are not connected.
- Select a letter of the alphabet, count your heartbeat, and every eight beats, think of a word that begins with that letter.
- Pick a word. Then then think of words that begin with each letter and visualize each word. Move through each letter but do not overthink or try to make any connections.
I decided to try the formula #3 and added another layer to help me think of words. I picture an alphabet and then words just flow through my mind. For example, for the word ‘amuse,’ my words that started with letter A were:
- aBacus
- aCacia
- aDagio
- aFfogato
- aGate
I think this technique works as I do not remember going through every letter so I must have fallen asleep!
Give it a try and let me know what you think.
In the meantime, I will be dreaming of enjoying a refreshing affogato under an acacia tree while the agate stones on the abacus are clinking out some adagio notes.
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Monday, June 30, 2025
Thought of the week – The Wonders of Ordinary Life
Image from https://pxhere.com/en/photo/87676
“Do not ask your children
to strive for extraordinary lives.
Such striving may seem admirable,
but it is the way of foolishness.
Help them instead to find the wonder
and the marvel of an ordinary life.
Show them the joy of tasting
tomatoes, apples and pears.
Show them how to cry
when pets and people die.
Show them the infinite pleasure
in the touch of a hand.
And make the ordinary come alive for them.
The extraordinary will take care of itself.”
~William Martin, as seen on James Clear’s site, https://jamesclear.com/3-2-1/november-2-2023
Monday, June 23, 2025
Watermelon Mint Mojito
Greetings all!
Summer is finally here, and here is a cocktail that promises you “summer in a glass”!
Image and recipe from
Ingredients:
- 2 part(s) White Rum
- Muddled Watermelon (4 chunks muddled per serving)
- Fresh Mint (10 leaves per serving)
- 3/4 part(s) lime juice
- 3/4 part(s) simple syrup
Instructions:
- Add lime juice, watermelon, and mint to shaker tin and muddle gently.
- Add remaining ingredients, add ice, and shake hard.
- Strain into a tall glass filled with ice.
Bon Appetit! Let me know how you like it!
Monday, June 16, 2025
Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards
“Declaration of love” by Roland Kranitz
“Cheeky” by Barbara Fleming
“Forgot your birthday again” by Charles Janson
“Sir no photos please” by Dario Nessi
Hide and seek” by Jean Jacques Alcalay
“Mama’s Tired” by
Kathryn Cehrs
"I'm too sexy for my love" by Artur Stankiewicz
"The Rock star" by Sanjay Patil
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