Fresh Strawberries Poppin Off

I’ve been enjoying the incredibly delicious first fruits of my Alpine strawberry plant this week (read that link for an excellent article about them). These wild strawberries are smaller than the regular type of strawberries you buy in the store, and have a more intense and more interesting flavour. They are difficult to breed and [...]

Unexplained Phenomena

Yesterday afternoon and last night something went awry with my blood sugar, raising mysterious questions worthy of Lost. My blood sugar was inexplicably high before dinner, and despite a correction dose and a dinner not unusually high in carbs — a chicken and grilled vegetable burrito, sin arroz y sin frijoles — it soared up to [...]

Birthday Cheesecake with Splenda

I turned 25 last week, and my girlfriend baked me a cheesecake sweetened with Splenda and topped with fresh strawberries. It was fairly awesome. The recipe was based on this one from epicurious, but substitute cooking Splenda for the sugar and add the sliced strawberries.