Jil Sander’s Green Grass

It seems everywhere you go Big Companies are planting a piece of nature in the city, because that's about they'll see these days. the latest to join this endeavour is Jil Sander. when the exhibition is said and done, some of the plants will return to where they were harvested. others will be reformed into…

Black Butterflies

Carlos Amorales' made a swarm of a thousand of black butterflies to invade the fondazione adolfo pini in milan, populating its new and already existing spaces, starting from the staircase at the very entrance.

Gentrification Fever

Those low house prices won't last now.

Food word: dopiaza

dopiaza, n.[‘In South Asian cookery: a dish typically consisting of meat cooked with onions and garnished with raw or fried onions.’] Pronunciation Pronunciation: Brit. /ˈdəʊpɪɑːzə/, /ˌdəʊpɪˈɑːzə/,  U.S. /ˌdoʊpiˈɑzə/Forms:  18 dopiyazah,   18– dopiaza,   18– dopiyaza,   19– dopyaza. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Urdu. Partly a borrowing from Persian.  Explanation The most unique aspect of dopiaza is that a large amount of onions…

Incubating thru the Years

From an otherwise wonderful book on animal Science, mentions only the Chinese in the annals of poultry raising for eggs. We know though, from archaeological data that the Egyptians had layers and there were whole rooms devoted to the Incubation Stations;  you gave them 3 eggs and they returned 2 chicks back. Whether they were…

The magical egg

Hens only have one ovary.  They are born with two, and within a few weeks, one withers away and dies, leaving them with one functional ovary for their lifetime.  I do not know why, though most scientists believe that two ovaries would make two eggs or double yolkers and perhaps at one time they did,…

It’s Spring and Purple abounds

With the camel hair trench the purple suit reminds me of my crocuses.  We've had a good spring this and so the crocuses are coming up for Palm Sunday.  Alas not nearly not as many as I planted a long time ago.