Culture
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Joy from the Past
When an experience occurs through the palate, a unique physical and spiritual state will arise. It will sensitize memories into references of the present, and transport one back to the past. Subsequently, some otherwise unreachable memories may leave oblivion. After all, what is the organic and biological sense of memory storage, if there are no…
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The Himmas Kassa Process
lemons in salt chickpeas cinnamon, coriander, black pepper, cumin, caraway garlic and ginger added some lemon juice parsley, mint, olive oil and the chickpeas added, and pounded to a paste…
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Celebration Day — twenty-two
On this day of celebration I began working last year. After the planning began, the first physical step was realized on December 31st, as I put four lemons in a salt bad. Here is to the hummus from ancient times.
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Aspiring Noble Digestion
Everyday brings impressions.Everything we intake must be digested.Every bite and every swallow, every perceived picture, every heard sound, every understood word, every recalled memory, everything is bound to bring repercussions.Intention is at the beginning, intention belongs in the end. To the animal aspiring to become noble, inspiration is everywhere —- in the kitchen, at the…
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Celebration Day — fourteen / Yukio Mishima
In 1925, on this day, January 14, the novelist Yukio Mishima was born as Kimitake Hiroaka, in Nagazumi-cho 2-chome, Yotsuya-ku, Tokyo City, Tokyo Prefecture, Empire of Japan In 1982, a Cutty Sark ad with a portrait of Philip Glass caught my eye. In his hand he held a bunch of music notes, and in the…
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Cha An Teahouse — Japan in New York City
Today I walked to one of the most wonderful cities in the world. After taking the #6 train to ‘Little Tokyo’, I walked east out of the Astor Place station, up to 9th Street, and within minutes found myself in front of Cha An. This teahouse is in an area where Japanese restaurants, shops, tea…
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To Beat or to Grind — that is not a question
The Turks excel us in this. They employ no mill to torture the coffee, but beat it with wooden pestles in mortars. When the pestles have been long used, they become precious and are sold at great prices. I had to examine and determine whether in the result one or the other of the two…
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Celebration Day — nine
In the same graceful manner, and similar genuine spiritual essence with which believers ought to be thankful when things go against their wishes, hard work ought to be seen as celebration. The usual number of circles turned when cranking any of my hand grinders,is commonly around four hundred and seventy, after which a single shot…
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Celebration Day — seven
This is pure celebration, in part because the opera world has been an important source of joy in my life for the last four decades. Magnificent as realm of music composition and theater since the sixteenth century in Italy, it is a school on human condition, with its comedies, tragedies, and transcendental exercises, a school…
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With Intent
To animal and noble alike, the more popular variation of this concept is its absence. Common is the equivocal deed, more than the unequivocal. “I’m sorry! That was not my intention” “You misunderstood me” “That is not what I meant” At the very beginning of this strange global state of pain, fright, insecurity. and seclusion,…
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chick peas, sesame seeds, fresh mint, olive oil, caraway, coriander, black pepper, fresh ginger root, cinnamon, walnut, lemon juice, wine vinegar, salt, salted lemon, pistachio, parsley, cinnamon, garlic, and rose petals
If you wish to accompany me in the composition of a very old-fashioned hummus, begin gathering the ingredients. I plan to prepare it during the first 2021 week.
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know your duty … … … … … … … … … know you rights … … … … … … … …
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