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Sky News reports: “The elusive giant squid is proving an illuminating subject of study for Japanese scientists. Footage, which for the first time captures the creature in its natural deep-sea realm, shows Taningia danaes emitting a dazzling display of light.” Click here to read the rest of the article.
Update: A New Zealand fishing crew caught [...]

I love Dailymotion because it has videos such as this one — how to make risotto with cepes (a type of mushroom). I make risotto all the time and am not intimidated by it. People think it’s so difficult to make. The only secret is patience. You have to stand over the stove and keep [...]

Here’s a short video clip I took with my new Nokia N93 video phone at Kim Thanh, a Vietnamese restaurant on Geary and Jones in San Francisco. My friends, Gabriel Amaya and Glen Bolosan, are raving about the seafood (baked salted crab). Kim Thanh is one of the best Vietnamese restaurants in the San Francisco [...]

Cafe Maritime on Lombard Street (between Divisadero and Scott) is not part of the San Francisco brunch routine . . . yet. Perhaps it’s because they only started serving brunch. Unlike other breakfast places in the city, it’s not loud and does not make your head spin with menus featuring 30 items.
I went there [...]

I don’t know what inspired me to bake today. It’s very warm here in Amsterdam and working in the kitchen is not the most logical thing to do. But I just felt like baking!
I used Granny Smith apples, although you can use Bramley apples as well (they’re even better). Use fine crystal sugar (also known [...]

On my last evening in San Francisco, Carol and I went to Maverick on 17th at Mission Street. The San Francisco Chronicle reviewed Maverick and liked the food, but found the place unbearably loud (it got the “bomb” designation under noise levels). When we went for an early dinner it was quiet so we had [...]

This weekend I went to the Farmers’ Market at the SF Ferry Building to meet Glen Bolosan and Gabriel Amaya, two San Francisco photographers whose Flickr photos got me thinking seriously about devoting more time to photography. I have been drooling over Glen’s and Gabe’s photos for sometime now and wanted to meet the people [...]