Slower Sunday: Standing room only
A two-minute vacation. Front row, standing room only. Press Play. Eyes wide open. Mind wide open. Find the right trail. Happy Sunday.
Lemon Tart with a Graham Cracker Crust
Rich but light, intensely flavorful but not too sweet. Bright lemon flavor in a real Graham cracker crust. Transcendent flavors. Spectacular mouth feel. Probably the best thing you'll put in your mouth today.
Kalalau Trail to Hanakapi’ai Falls. Wow.
Before you wade into the Falls, you'll have to stroll across Ke'e Beach. And then you have to walk along two miles of the legendary Kalalau Trail, hanging a couple hundred feet above the brilliant blue Pacific. Yes, it's tough hiking here on the Hawaiian island of Kaua'i.
Low Country High Pleasure: Shrimp & Grits
Wins the Pleasure Per Calorie Contest. Very High Pleasure. And surprisingly Low Glycemic Load. Sweet, creamy whole grain corn. Deeply, darkly rich sauce. Succulent, barely crisped shrimp. Do your mouth a big favor and make this.
Magic Mushroom Risotto
Rice and mushrooms so aroma- and flavor-enriched by a simple mushroom stock that you have a heightened sense of mushroom-ness. No drugs, just your common creminis and shiitakes. Deeply delicious, emphatically aromatic. Luscious, elegant and hearty at the same time.
Liquid Mushroom
Free soup. A hot, aromatic, deeply delicious improvement for a cold winter day. It's all in the mushroom stock you make by simmering leftover mushroom stems in a pot of water for a light, clear stock with a super-concentrated fragrance and flavor of mushroom.
Great Balls of Exercise: Leg Extensions
Another bouncy exercise. But not too bouncy. The Ball is unstable. It rolls. Unless you exert force to keep it in place. Which means you engage many large and small muscles. Very time-efficient. Comfy and fun. And it burns more calories.
Slower Sunday: Up the stream
As far as you can go until you're here. I'd walk four miles to see this any time. And the other four miles to get back.
4 degrees, -18 windchill. Hot Lemon?
That's the question at breakfast every morning ... if you're in Nepal. If you're in North America this week, it's the answer. Easily habit-forming. Great for recharging your immune system. A very good habit at this time of year.
The Most Beautiful Hike in the World
Kauai's Nu'alolo Ridge Trail delivers a visual punch line that's more powerful than any other I've seen. Even now, on my tenth or twelfth visit, it still gets me. Doesn't take me by surprise, but it still takes me. To that place where you really can't think, you just sense.