Fish

Virgil on December 4th, 2012

I made this the other night and it was incredible. I will make this one again. Pan-Seared Salmon with Shiitake Cream Sauce 4 salmon steaks, skin on 2 tablespoons vegetable oil (not canola because all US and Canadian canola oil is from genetically engineered rape seed, unless you get organic) 3 tablespoons salted butter 1/3 [...]

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Virgil on August 16th, 2012

I ran across a little tidbit today that is too good not to pass along. Kind of like the “apple a day keeps the doctor away,” here we have “a handful of walnuts a day keeps the fertility doctor away.” At least that is what some recent research published in the journal, Biology in Reproduction’s [...]

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Virgil on May 31st, 2012

It is nothing new that eating a “Mediterranean Diet” is linked to better health. Now, a new study confirms this and perhaps expands on the benefits. It just so happens that I love the foods associated with a Mediterranean diet and now I have even more reason to chow down on olive oil, fish, chickpeas, [...]

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Virgil on January 27th, 2012

Since we are stuck in Kuwait City waiting on Iraqi visas to get back into Iraq, we have been exploring Kuwait City. Yesterday, we set out to find the National Museum and ended up at the big Fish Souq (souk means market) on the Arabian Gulf in downtown Kuwait City. How we ended up here [...]

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