January 2010
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Sustainable Sushi Strains Couples in Therapy
In case you missed this from an article in the New York Times the other day titled “Therapists Report Increase in Green Disputes”:
Mr. Fleming, who says he became committed to Ms. Cobb “before her high-priestess phase,” describes their conflicts as good-natured — mostly. But he refuses to go out to eat sushi with her anymore, he said, because he cannot stand to hear her quiz the...
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“If Atlantic bluefin tuna becomes an endangered species, that’s big news. That...”
– Trevor Corson
There I go, quoting myself again, this time from an AP article that’s been running on ABC News and numerous other outlets: “Sushi-Loving Japan Fears Push for Tuna Export Ban.”
This is a difficult issue, because popular opinion in Japan seems to interpret efforts to...
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WatchNeed a moment of Zen? Watch this video in which nothing happens.
I’ve been in Delray Beach, Florida, this week, as a visiting speaker at the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens. Situated around a large lake, the Morikami boasts extensive traditional Japanese gardens designed by landscape architect Hoichi Kurisu, whose work emphasizes the therapeutic healing effects of nature.
My schedule...
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Lobster Side Dish: Bricks, or Oysters?
Bricks are not delicious. Oysters are delicious. Both are heavy.
Heaviness is what you need for a lobster trap to sink to the bottom of the sea and stay there. When I worked as a lobsterboat crewman in Maine, numerous winter days were spent outfitting new traps with heavy bricks.
But the lobstermen pictured above, who are part of a pilot study in Massachusetts, are trying something different....