[This will go well with your morning coffee. This is for a the gourmets in The Jungle who want a break from leaves and bananas. SB SM] https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-is-kiviaq?ref=thebrowser.com For many in northwest Greenland, the iconic flavor of winter is that of fermented meat, perhaps most iconically kiviaq, a dish made by packing 300 to 500 whole dovekies—beaks,... Continue Reading →
[Thank you to Silverbelle Babsje (Heron SBs) for turning on to Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher, the First Lady of Food in American food writing. SB SM] One of the most revered food writers shares a memory of a summer road trip and the perfect peach pie BY M. F. K. FISHER Published in the newsletter https://airmail.news/... Continue Reading →
[ What? ... Cutback on bananas? I don't think so. Whoever heard of a skinny Silverback. Still ... it makes some sense. SB SM] Today's selection -- from Lifespan: Why We Age -- and Why We Don't Have To by David A. Sinclair, PhD. For decades, scientists have known that restricting calorie intake is a reliable path for... Continue Reading →
[Silverbelle C. Jane Taylor's memoir Spirit Traffic should be on the bookshelf of every great ape. You can buy a copy here: https://cjanetaylor.com/product/spirit-traffic/ Jane also sends a weekly "Love Letter" to her followers. She'll send one to you if you sign up https://cjanetaylor.com/contact-jane/ . It's free and it's fun. Her most recent missive really makes... Continue Reading →
The Outside Story Suggested headline: The Canada Goose Migration: A Grand Spectacle of Nature By Susan Shea Word count: 780 The musical honking of Canada geese and their V-shaped flocks streaming overhead are classic signs of autumn. I hear the clamor of geese as they fly low over my house, preparing to land in the... Continue Reading →
[By The Numbers was a regular feature in Green Living Journal. Not long ago we revealed the many uses of coffee grounds. This sent me back into the archives to see if there might be some useful information for readers of Silverback Digest. Here's what I found in the spring issue of 2014. SB SM]... Continue Reading →
Today's encore selection -- from Serve It Forth by M.F.K. Fisher. In medieval Europe, royal banquets were held to celebrate extraordinary guests. These guests were honored with "subtleties," which were elaborate food displays made of sugar and other food items commemorating the character or achievements of those guests. To highlight these subtleties, they were paraded in front of... Continue Reading →
["Extra-Ordinary" is the title of my never-finished, never-published memoir, or is it an autobiography? The title is a play on the word extraordinary, which denotes something anything but ordinary. By putting in the hyphen my intent is to communicate that the only thing exceptional about my life is that it has been ordinary to the... Continue Reading →
[This being Valentine's Day Week, we're focusing on sugary topics. Silverback Mark (Pill Hill SBs) shared his color-coordinated Zoom background with others SBs. My comment ... "Not enough Morris-colored titles, although I approve to the company I am keeping." SB SM] Today's encore selection -- from Citizen Coke: The Making of Coca-Cola Capitalism by Bartow J. Elmore. As... Continue Reading →
[In honor of Valentine's Day, we're devoting this entire week to the subject of sweetness. SB SM] An anthropologist explains the evolutionary origins of why so many people seem practically programmed to love sugar. By STEPHEN WOODING 4 JAN 2023 THE SWEETNESS OF SUGAR is one of life’s great pleasures. People’s love for sweet is so... Continue Reading →
