It’s been a while
Writing this entry just to check in, as my last post was in 2015. In the time since my last entry, I’ve been fortunate to welcome two kids and achieve a career advancement. Nevertheless, I can’t envision myself adopting a …
Author: gatis
Low fat vegan soups (Borsch)
During winter, I’ve been experimenting with various low fat vegan soups. Particularly I created or adjusted recipes of soups well known in post Soviet Union, Eastern Europe and Nordic regions. This time Borsch.
Sauerkraut – next health trend?
While listening Rich Roll podcast with I think it was Jason Wachob from Mind Body Green, I heard that one of the trendy things in health movement will be sauerkraut… I immediately remembered my childhood. I was raised with strong …
Notes from life in a Northern country
Whenever outside temperature hit below zero Celsius and days becoming shorter than nights, I question if this is optimal weather for us as human species to thrive. Survive… sure, but thrive? We wear bunch of clothes, try to block Windows …
Brands in Japan that use GMO
Since I time by time visit Japan, I noticed that food product business is run by huge companies that produce various products. For example take Meiji. This company produces products starting from candies until dairy products. However Japan is still …
What do the Okinawan centenarians ate?
If we check the comparison data between Okinawa and Japanese diet in late 1940-ties, we can see some food intake patterns. I think the image of comparison by itself speaks a lot. High-carbohydrate diet has always been a Japanese and …
Grapefruits with TBZ
While strolling around fruit stands in Japanese supermarkets I noticed sign in Japanese that says that grapefruit is covered with TBZ. As later I found out, Japan has a labeling rule (Source: USDA) that if fruit is covered with TBZ …
Wastage
Some insight in behind the scenes of animals for entertainment businesses. Next time we choose to go circus, horse race or see other “animal performance” think what you VOTE for. “The horse racing industry’s best kept secret…”