Fragrant Lamb Stew for Stew Week
Earthy, sweet, tangy, tart, herbaceous and spicy all at once. Totally luscious and satisfying. It warms up the kitchen, it warms up the house. When it's miserable outdoors, this stew makes it wonderful indoors.
Stew Week: Boeuf Bourguignonne
When it's miserable outdoors, make it wonderful indoors. Warm up your kitchen with a highly aromatic humidifier. Boeuf a la Bourguignonne. Beef braised in a rich wine sauce until it's beyond tender and into the zone of melting.
Your Monday #9: Look ma, no chair
Like all first-Mondays-of-the-month, today's comes with a simple, gentle one-minute Way to improve your health. Get up! C'mon, you can read standing up. By the time you finish reading this Way, you're done with the first rep of today's healthy exercise.
Slower Sunday: When you’ve seen one
When you've seen one waterfall, you want to see them all. Don't you? Want to see this one? I hiked 13 miles to see it. You can just Press Play. Happy Sunday.
Boardwalk to Heaven. And a High Swamp
4,000' above the Pacific Ocean, right on top of Kauai's Waimea Canyon. The highest swamp in the world. Eight miles out and back. Strangest, and maybe the coolest, trail I've ever hiked. The Alaka'i Swamp Trail. You have to see the photos.
Don’t Just Do Something
Sit there. And think about what you might do with your extra day. An extra sunrise and sunset. Twelve hours in between. Press Play. C'mon. The e-mail can wait. Happy Leap Year.
Back to BCS Basics: Poaching Chicken
Less than five minutes of preparation to get an exceptionally tender, flavorful and aromatic chicken. The chicken, some herbs and your stove do the rest. Then you eat. Tender, moist, delicious. Way to be.
Chicken-Coconut Soup, sweetly spiced
A bright, refreshing but very warm party in your mouth. No signs of Spring where I live, so I'm making soup this week. Starting with this south by southeast Asian Chicken-Coconut Soup. Inhale. All the Way. You won't get stoned, but you'll be transported.
Your Monday #8: Strengthen The Flip Side
Good news: all you need is frequent exercise to maintain muscle strength and mass. At any age. Like all fourth-Mondays-of-the-month this year, today comes with a simple, three-minute Way to increase your strength. This month: your triceps, the flip side of your biceps.
Slower Sunday: Not Too Bright
Not dark. Just right. This is what you want to see when you open your eyes. You hear the surf, you stumble out of bed, you feel the sand between your toes. You give your eyes a minute to adjust. C'mon. Press Play. Give 'em a minute. This minute.