If It’s Spring It Must Be Shavuot: Rooftop Salad
As the spring holiday of Shavuot reminds us of growth, new life and the beginnings of Jewish peoplehood, 3200 Recipes decided to feature the making of a perfect spring salad harvested from the heights of our rooftop garden.
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Shavuot, Spring, and Eternal Beginnings
Shavuot, originally a festival associated with the spring harvest, begins this year the evening of Tuesday May 14. Over the years, Shavuot has been repurposed to celebrate the epic moment when the scriptural tome we call “The Torah” was given to the world on the top of Mount Sinai (beginning famously with the Ten Commandments.)
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Salads for the Senses: The Zen of Food Prep
The process of cooking or even preparing foods from scratch can be a therapeutic process for me. I will spend a whole afternoon making a meat sauce, preparing a soup to fill my freezer … I have music playing on my jam box or I listen to a talk show… I don’t rush; I enjoy the beauty of the vegetables I am slicing or the smell of the blood oranges that I am juicing.
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Monologuist in a Strange Land
There are lots of things I don’t know about myself — but for the past 20-odd years I’ve at least been certain of this: I’m a monologuist. I am one of those self-absorbed people who stand alone onstage and talk (and talk and talk). But now! — well, now I face a new phase in [...]
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RB Eyes Fridays
RB EYES Shavuot: A Love Story
NOTE: Rachel’s holiday post is a riff on the long-standing association between the holiday of Shavuot (which started Tuesday) and the revelation on Mt. Sinai where, according to the Biblical narrative, the Israelite people were given the 10 commandments from God via Moses. For hundreds of years, Jews all over the world (including San Francisco) [...]
Fitness
Do the Fitness Math: Using Tools to Track Your Fitness Goals
The Biggest Loser star Jillian Michaels was in San Jose on April 12 on her “Maximize your Life” tour. She emphasized how important it is to set a goal. Setting a fitness goal is easy: ‘I want to increase my endurance; I want a stronger upper body; I want to lose 10 pounds…’ But how [...]
Arts & Ideas
Jaron Lanier Live from Kanbar Hall
What a terrific evening with the man who coined the term “virtual reality.” Jaron Lanier, a true Internet pioneer, gave us a brilliant analysis of what’s wrong with the Internet today and how to fix it. And as a special treat, he brought along world renowned flutist Robert Dick, with whom he played a duet [...]
Community
Art of Aging Gracefully: Donald Abrams Live from Kanbar Hall
Dr. Donald Abrams, Integrative Oncologist, UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, was the final speaker of the day at the Art of Aging Gracefully as he had been in 2012. According to Dr. Andrew Weil, who co-authored a textbook on integrative oncology with Dr. Abrams, the best approach for treating older patients combines Western diagnostic [...]
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Jaron Lanier Live from Kanbar Hall
What a terrific evening with the man who coined the term “virtual reality.” Jaron Lanier, a true Internet pioneer, gave us a brilliant analysis of what’s wrong with the Internet today and how to fix it. And as a special treat, he brought along world renowned flutist Robert Dick, with whom he played a duet [...]
Mary Roach with Jack Boulware Live from Kanbar Hall
Mary Roach is America’s funniest science writer. In a hilarious conversation with Litquake’s Jack Boulware, Mary shared insights from her latest book Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal. Mary explained that her first published work was a column in the San Francisco Examiner called “Pet Tips” that she wrote as part of her job at [...]
Eleven Madison Park Live from Kanbar Hall
This year, Eleven Madison Park, was named the fifth best restaurant in the world. Chef Daniel Humm and General Manager Will Guidara, the geniuses behind the acclaimed restaurant, discussed their gorgeous new book I Love New York: Ingredients and Recipes with Top Chef Masters Judge and Saveur editor-in-chief James Oseland. Humm, of course, has a [...]
Ezekiel Emanuel Live from Kanbar Hall
Zeke Emanuel regaled the audience with stories of his younger brothers, Rahm and Ari, growing up in Chicago during the early civil rights movement, and why he thinks his family produced three very successful, but unique siblings. Some fun stuff.
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