Arugala, Purslane, Mizuna Green Salad with Feta and Fava
Boy the Hillcrest, San Diego Farmer’s Market has gotten better and better as more and more people are understanding the value of Organic, Locally Grown Produce. In fact, anyone with four square feet of land, or even one or two wine barrels* and some decent sun...Keeping Naturally Cool in Summer
Are you keeping naturally cool in summer? In Classical Chinese Medicine summer is the season of maximum “yang,” a time of extreme heat, light, and activity; in summer our energy circulates centrifugally; it is closer to the surface and our radial pulse...May and June Gloom Vegan Odessa Borscht
Samuel Clemens’ remark that the coldest winter he ever spent was summer in San Francisco, could be modified to include May and June in San Diego, when morning and afternoon cloud cover keeps the air cool and moist. The clouds typically burn off by afternoon, but...Vegan Pear Waldorf Salad or Asian Pears for Dryness of the Lungs
A basic concept in Chinese Medicine is that successful medical treatment is hastened, and the patient made more comfortable, by nursing appropriate to the particular disorder. We used to have this in this Western Medicine, too, especially with infectious disease. I...How to Harvest Fresh Stinging Nettles
Stinging Nettles: Soup and Medicine I first heard about Stinging Nettles when I was a teenager, and I read by the story of Milarepa, “Tibet’s Greatest Yogi,” who used Stinging Nettles as both food and medicine. At one point in his career as an...