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The art in science
I started my professional life as a medical scientist, a serious scientist on the faculty of the University of California Medical School. But then a tool of science – a microscope – opened me to the ART IN SCIENCE. Seeing photographs of chemicals of the brain at the...
Instinctual Intelligence
Naming wines If you ever have wondered where do our words come from, particularly our words for food, wine and abstract ideas? Read Naming Nature: The Clash between instinct and science by Carol Kaesuk Yoon.
Bio-Dynamics
I am always surprised at how much discussion and angst the topic of biodynamic wine brings. So I decided I wanted to do my part at looking at bio-dynamics. How about definitions first before getting into philosophy. Bio = life. Dynamics = related to physical force...
Legacies
I’ve often thought that a legacy I would leave would be scientific discoveries or artistic creations. Tonight after talking to both my children – grown adults with families of their own, I realize my legacy, so far, has been the love of food and cooking. My son lives...
A Fat Taste
Great news – our tongue has graduated from its 5 tastes to 6. Science Daily (2010-03-10) – A newly discovered ability for people to taste fat could hold the key to reducing obesity, researchers believe. They also found that people with a high sensitivity to the taste...
Cells and the Sacred, a conversation
For decades I’ve been bridging science and the sacred –I did it first with cells and molecules before looking at wine from 'both sides'. It was through the microscope and my spiritual search that brought me to seeing that our cells can be our teachers. What they do...
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