Energy gain is the primary reason we eat!

Very interesting study from Harvard: http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2011/11/why-cooking-counts/.

Despite the fact that energy gain is the primary reason we eat, until now no one had done any significant research into this aspect of cooking and its impact on us.

Update

Found some pearl tapioca today so am looking forward to doing a baked tapioca in the next few days.

The vege garden is going well -- I've planted quite a few more herbs.

Susan & I are looking forward to three weeks in Sydney looking after our 1 yr old grandson. They've just purchased a new house so we're looking forward to seeing that too.

Found a whole new exciting area to study--brain plasticity--there are some great videos around explaining how it works--basically, any learning, no matter what your age, increases your neural networks--as we've always known, "use it or lose it" & "no pain no gain" there's no short cut, lots and lots of repetition is necessary to form new & lasting networks in our brain.

Trip to Tassie

Mum's sister, Beryl, died recently (aged 84). I travelled to Launceston, Tasmania for the funeral. It was a sad occasion, however, it was also a time for a celebration of Beryl's life with her family. While there, I went walking and jogging with members of Beryl's family (my cousins) in a lovely gorge see photos below:

My cousin's Wayne and Cathy cooked us all marvelous meals while I was at their place. Cathy runs her own catering business. As I love cooking myself it's not surprising that we started sharing recipes. This experience has prompted me to start my own favourite recipes blog: http://paul-chippendales-favourite-recipies.blogspot.com/