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Barber shop
It is harder and harder to find a good old fashioned barber in an old fashioned barber shop.
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Philadelphia blognic?
I will be in the area of Philadelphia from 12-21 Feb…. if flights go well.
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Preaching to the converted, rather than preaching to convert.
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Louis D. Bifano, Morrisville, PA US
|Patent application number
|Delivery of Call Features to a User Device Via a Multimedia Terminal Adapter - Described herein are systems and methods for providing call features of a telephone service to a user device, such as a television set top box or a personal computer, by using a multimedia terminal adapter to establish a first network connection with a call management server (CMS) and a second network connection with an application server associated with the user device so as to receive and forward call features and requests for such call features between the CMS and the user device without the need for an interface between the CMS and the application server.
|FACILITATING PLAYBACK OF RECORDED CONTENT CONTAINING A SERVICE TRANSITION - A method for facilitating playback of recorded content having a service transition point is provided. The method includes recording content containing a pre-transition service and a post-transition service, in which the pre-transition service occurs prior to the service transition point and the post-transition service occurs after the service transition point. The method also includes generating a content change file having content change records associated with the pre-transition service, the service transition point, and the post-transition service, and communicating the content and the content change file to a playback device configured to play the recorded content.
|Bookmarks in Recorded Video - In general, in one aspect, the disclosure describes a video recording system including a user interface to enable a user to enter commands. A bookmark manager is to generate bookmarks corresponding to locations in the videos being recorded based on bookmark commands received, to assign end points for the bookmarks, and to generate a program based on selection of one or more of the recorded videos and selection of at least a subset of the bookmarks associated with the one or more recorded videos. A video record/playback manager is to control recording of the videos and the associated bookmarks and to present the program by playing the at least a subset of the associated bookmarks for the one or more of the recorded videos. Playback of each of the at least a subset of the associated bookmarks is to end at the assigned endpoint.
|SECURE TRANSFER OF DATA USING A FILE TRANSFER APPLICATION OVER A USB TRANSPORT LAYER - A media device includes a memory for storing a file transfer application and a storage device for storing content. The device also includes at least one processor and an input-output (I/O) interface over which the file transfer application transfers content. The device also includes a protocol stack that is executable by the processor. The protocol stack includes a file transfer application layer, a transport protocol layer that does not include native support for security, and a security emulation layer located between the file transfer application layer and the transport protocol layer. The security emulation layer is executed in the transport protocol layer.
Patent applications by Louis D. Bifano, Morrisville, PA US
Louis D. Brandy, Pittsburgh, PA US
|Patent application number
|VIDEO RETRIEVAL SYSTEM FOR HUMAN FACE CONTENT - A method and apparatus for video retrieval and cueing that automatically detects human faces in the video and identifies face-specific video frames so as to allow retrieval and viewing of person-specific video segments. In one embodiment, the method locates human faces in the video, stores the time stamps associated with each face, displays a single image associated with each face, matches each face against a database, computes face locations with respect to a common 3D coordinate system, and provides a means of displaying: 1) information retrieved from the database associated with a selected person or people, 2) path of travel associated with a selected person or people, 3) interaction graph of people in video, 4) video segments associated with each person and/or face. The method may also provide the ability to input and store text annotations associated with each person, face, and video segment, and the ability to enroll and remove people from database. The videos of non-human objects may be processed in a similar manner. Because of the rules governing abstracts, this abstract should not be used to construe the claims.
Louis D. Echevarria, Tucson, AZ US
|Patent application number
|Method and Apparatus for Automated Monitoring of System Status - A method, apparatus and computer program code which monitors a group of networked computers by notifying a central apparatus or database of the current state of each of the computers. The monitoring is achieved through software and hardware which obtains the state of each of the networked computers, determines if a new computer has been connected to the network, sets a state for each new computer and determines if any one of the networked computers has not notified the database of its current state within a prescribed interval of time. The hardware and software also determines if any one of the networked computers is in an inactive state, if any one of the networked computers has changed its state to inactive and updates the database to reflect the current state of each of the networked computers. A list of users is notified of the state of each computer, along with the reason for any change in state of each computer. Network intelligence and outside database resources are used to provide information concerning the reason for any change in state of each of the computers.
|METHOD AND SYSTEM OF INTERFACE COMMENT MAPPING - Tracking web page comments on a computer includes storing comments on the web page and rendering the stored comments on a next draft site web page, in accordance with comment tracking policies. The comment tracking is accomplished by storing comments on the web page, upon receiving a uniform resource locator to a draft site, then loading the draft web site into an inline frame object on an application web site and loading content of the draft web site into a portion of the application web site. After loading the content, comments are drawn on a z-layer on top of a page of the drawn draft web site, by the application web site, using a scripting language; implemented by the application web site, in accordance with stored comment tracking policies. The scripting language comments and their memory locations are transmitted back to the network server.
|SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR CONTINUOUS HEALTH MONITORING - A system for continuous health monitoring includes a computer system including a locking mechanism configured to allow multiple health point checks to be accessed simultaneously, a plurality of component health point checks configured to monitor at least one component of the system and configured to store health monitoring statistics in the computer system, and a scheduler configured to periodically enable the plurality of component health point checks based on one of a user request and a predefined amount of time.
Louis D. Echevarria, New York, NY US
|Patent application number
|INTELLIGENT ERROR-REPORTING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A method for intelligently reporting errors is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, such a method includes detecting an error and determining whether the error belongs to an error group. Such an error group may include errors that together are an indicator of a potentially more serious error or condition. The method may further determine whether all errors in the error group have occurred within a specified time period. If all errors in the error group have occurred within the specified time period, the method automatically sends a notification to an administrator or other hardware or software-based system so that the problem or error can be addressed. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also disclosed herein.
Louis D. Falo, Jr., Wexford, PA US
|Patent application number
|DISSOLVABLE MICRONEEDLE ARRAYS FOR TRANSDERMAL DELIVERY TO HUMAN SKIN - A method of forming a microneedle array can include forming a sheet of material having a plurality of layers and micromilling the sheet of material to form a microneedle array. At least one of the plurality of layers can include a bioactive component, and the microneedle array can include a base portion and plurality of microneedles extending from the base portion.
|TOPICAL FORMULATIONS OF TARGETED NITROXIDE AGENTS - A method for preventing or treating skin damage in a radiotherapy subject, comprising topically administering to the subject a composition that includes a therapeutically effective amount at least one targeted nitroxide agent and at least one additional ingredient.
Louis D. Fanning, Jr., Palatine, IL US
|Patent application number
|APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING AND DISPLAYING PAINT COLOR CARDS - A bracket for supporting and displaying a planar object comprises an elongated body member including a planar web and a front wall and a rear wall extending from the longitudinal edges of the web. An end wall extends transversely with respect to and engages the distal ends of the web, the front wall and the rear wall such that the web and the front and rear walls and the end wall define a longitudinal channel open at the proximal end and closed at the distal end for supporting the objects. A pair of arms extend rearwardly from the body member. At least one of the arms is resiliently deflectable for engagement and retention of the lugs in an aperture of a mounting substrate. During connection, lugs on the arms are adapted to engage the portion of the mounting substrate defining the aperture for moving the arms inwardly so that the lugs pass through the aperture for permitting the arms to move outwardly and the lugs to engage the mounting substrate. The channels of adjacent brackets face each other for receiving and supporting at least a portion of the planar objects extending between the facing channels for visual observation and ease of removal of the objects for inspection.
Louis D. Heerze, Edmonton CA
|Patent application number
|PETROLEUM BIOPROCESSING TO PREVENT REFINERY CORROSION - The present invention relates to the bioupgrading of crude oil is directed to a process for decreasing the acidity of an acidic crude oil, comprising contacting an acidic crude oil with a mixture nitrogen containing compounds selected from the group comprising ammonia, ammonia hydroxide, amines and the salts thereof, and in the presence of lipase enzyme, under conditions of suitable temperature and pressure sufficient to form the corresponding amide. The resulting naphthenic acid derived amides can then be processed normally in a refinery using such processes as cracking or hydrotreating and converted to hydrocarbon, ammonia and carbon dioxide without causing damage to the refinery infrastructure. This enzyme process is done at reduced temperatures (40-60° C.) and pressures requiring less energy.
|PETROLEUM BIOCONVERSION OF ORGANIC ACIDS TO PREVENT REFINERY CORROSION - The present invention relates to the use of microorganisms (biocatalysts), or catalysts derived from these organisms (enzymes), to improve the quality of crude oil and bitumen as an attractive alternative to current upgrading methods. The invention identifies and characterizes the microorganism species, in particular,
Louis D. Lanzerotti, Burlington, VT US
|Patent application number
|THROUGH VIA IN ULTRA HIGH RESISTIVITY WAFER AND RELATED METHODS - A through via in an ultra high resistivity wafer and related methods are disclosed. A method for forming a through via comprises: providing a semiconductor wafer including a first silicon layer, a buried dielectric layer, and a substrate; forming a device on the first silicon; and forming a via from a side of the substrate opposite to the buried dielectric layer and through the substrate.
|FORMING CHANNEL STOP FOR DEEP TRENCH ISOLATION PRIOR TO DEEP TRENCH ETCH - Methods of manufacturing a semiconductor structure are disclosed including a deep trench isolation in which a channel stop is formed in the form of an embedded impurity region in the substrate prior to the deep trench etch and formation of transistor devices (FEOL processing) on the substrate. In this fashion, the FEOL processing thermal cycles can activate the impurity region. The deep trench isolations are then formed after FEOL processing. The method achieves the reduced cost of forming deep trench isolations after FEOL processing, and allows the practice of sharing of a collector level between devices to continue. The invention also includes the semiconductor structure so formed.
|LATERAL DIFFUSION FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR WITH A TRENCH FIELD PLATE - A dielectric material layer is formed on a bottom surface and sidewalls of a trench in a semiconductor substrate. The silicon oxide layer forms a drift region dielectric on which a field plate is formed. Shallow trench isolation may be formed prior to formation of the drift region dielectric, or may be formed utilizing the same processing steps as the formation of the drift region dielectric. A gate dielectric layer is formed on exposed semiconductor surfaces and a gate conductor layer is formed on the gate dielectric layer and the drift region dielectric. The field plate may be electrically tied to the gate electrode, may be an independent electrode having an external bias, or may be a floating electrode. The field plate biases the drift region to enhance performance and extend allowable operating voltage of a lateral diffusion field effect transistor during operation.
Patent applications by Louis D. Lanzerotti, Burlington, VT US
Louis D. Nichamin, Brookville, PA US
|Patent application number
|EYE TREATMENT - Methods and kits for treating or preventing an eye condition or for cleaning an eye area tissue are provided. A method of the invention includes administering an isoprenoidal essential oil to eye area tissue, chafing eye area tissue with an abrasive, and removing the abrasive. A kit according to the invention includes an isoprenoidal essential oil, an abrasive for chafing eye area tissue, and in instruction for use for treating an eye condition or cleansing an eye area tissue. The invention also includes a composition of matter comprising an isoprenoidal essential oil and a plurality of abrasive particles in ophthamologically acceptable base.
Louis D. Rivoli, Cedar Hill, MO US
|Patent application number
|RETROFITTABLE WIND POWERED ELECTRIC GENERATOR - A wind powered electricity generating system is provided. The system includes a cylindrical induction coil sleeve coaxially mountable to and around a pole structure such that the pole extends structure through a cylindrical center aperture of the cylindrical induction coil sleeve. The system additionally includes a cylindrical rotator housing coaxially and rotatably mountable to and around the induction coil sleeve, and a plurality of wind vanes mounted to the rotator housing. The wind vanes are structured to capture wind and utilize the captured wind to rotate the cylindrical rotator housing about the cylindrical induction coil sleeve to generate electricity.
Louis D. Tomassetti, Pompano Beach, FL US
|Patent application number
|Wall hook for safety razors - A wall mountable hook for storing safety razors in bath and shower enclosures and the like has a base with front and rear faces. A razor support is affixed to the front face and is positioned proximate to a periphery of the base. The razor support extends away from the front face to permit engagement with a portion of the safety razor to be hung therefrom. The razor support in combination with the base define therebetween a bottom void for permitting drainage of water from a razor supported by the razor support.
|Disposable razor with integrated shaving cream dispenser - A disposable safety razor having an integral shaving conditioner dispenser includes a neck to which a blade cartridge is affixed at a top end thereof and a handle extends downwardly therefrom. The handle is ergonomically shaped and has an exterior wall that defines a pressure cavity therein for receiving a shaving conditioning compound and a pressurized dispensing gas. The handle has an opening at its bottom and a valve received in the opening. The valve is configured to dispense the shaving conditioning compound down-wardly through the valve with the razor held upright. A dispensing cap covers the valve and is engaged therewith such that movement of the dispensing cap causes release of the shaving conditioning compound downwardly through the valve and out from a discharge opening in the cap while holding the razor upright with the blade cartridge and neck positioned higher than the handle bottom and dispensing cap.
|Razor with replaceable shave product dispenser cartridge - A safety razor having a blade cartridge attached to a neck and a replaceable dispenser cartridge adapted for removable attachment to the razor to thereby form a portion of the razor handle or, alternatively, the entire razor handle. The cartridge includes and interior chamber for containing a shaving conditioning compound (e.g., shave cream or shave gel) and a pressurized dispensing gas. A bottom end of the dispensing cartridge, defining a bottom end of the razor handle, is fitted with a valve to control release of the shaving conditioning compound from the cartridge. An actuator assembly controls operation of the valve to selectively dispense a desired amount of the shaving conditioning compound from the bottom end of the razor handle while the razor is held upright in the normal shaving position.
|Razor with blade heating system - In a razor having a handle and a blade cartridge containing one or more blades, a system is provided for selectively heating the blades to a controlled temperature range. The blade heating system includes an electric circuit with a battery power source for controlled direction of current flow through the one or more blades in order to heat the blades. The electric circuit further includes an on/off switch, a visual indicator for indicating on/off status, a heat controller for selectively adjusting the temperature of the blades, and an automatic turn off switch for opening the circuit after an elapsed period for preserving battery life. In one embodiment, all of the components of the electric circuit are housed on the blade cartridge, with the battery power source, switches and heat controller contained within a waterproof casing. In another embodiment, all of the components of the electric circuit, with the exception of the one or more blades, are carried in the handle of the razor and an inductive coupling is provided at the connection of the handle and blade cartridge for electrically connecting the one or more blades to the electric circuit.
|RAZOR WITH BLADE HEATING SYSTEM - In a razor having a handle and a blade cartridge containing one or more blades, a system is provided for selectively heating the blades to a controlled temperature range. The blade heating system includes an electric circuit with a battery power source for controlled direction of current flow through the one or more blades in order to heat the blades. The electric circuit further includes an on/off switch, a visual indicator for indicating on/off status, a heat controller for selectively adjusting the temperature of the blades, and an automatic turn off switch for opening the circuit after an elapsed period or some action or non-action of physical movement of the razor for preserving battery life. In a preferred embodiment, all of the components of the electric circuit are housed on the blade cartridge, with the battery power source, switches and heat controller contained within a waterproof casing.
|RAZOR WITH BLADE HEATING SYSTEM - In a razor having a handle and a blade cartridge containing one or more blades, a system is provided for selectively heating the blades to a controlled temperature range. The blade heating system includes an electric circuit with a battery power source for controlled direction of current flow through the blades in order to heat the blades. The electric circuit includes an automatic on/off switch, such as a proximity switch or a tilt switch with a timer for opening the circuit after an elapsed period for preserving battery life, a visual indicator for indicating on/off status, and a heat controller for selectively adjusting the temperature of the blades. With the exception of the blades, the components of the electric circuit are carried in the razor's handle and an inductive coupling is provided at the connection of the handle and blade cartridge for electrically connecting the blades to the electric circuit.
|RAZOR WITH BLADE HEATING SYSTEM - A blade cartridge for a shaving razor contains a series of parallel blades, and at least two wire conductors of an electric circuit connected to the blades at spaced intervals to provide an electric current flow through the blades in a manner that provides more efficient heat distribution across the length of the blades. The ends of the blades may be held in place by staples that are insulated from the electric circuit. A thin conductive film may be fitted to be in contact with the ends of the blades to insure conductivity throughout the entire length of each blade. A radiator effect of the heated blades causes the blades to become warmer when the blades are placed against the skin surface and air is unable to circulate between the blades. The blades become less hot when removed from the skin and air circulates between the blades.
Patent applications by Louis D. Tomassetti, Pompano Beach, FL US
Louis D. Violante, Pennington, NJ US
|Patent application number
|THROUGH-BORE FIBER OPTIC SLIPRING - The present invention is a limited rotation through-bore optical slip ring. This will enable one or more optical signals to pass across a rotational interface while leaving a center bore free. The present invention is passive, unlike many off axis or through bore optical slip rings and is low loss by nature.
|USING AN OPTICAL EXPANDER/CONDENSER TO ACHIEVE A COMPACT BEAM STRUCTURE FOR A MULTI-CHANNEL OPTICAL ROTARY JOINT - The multiple channel fiber optic rotary joint of this invention can transmit an increased number of optical signals simultaneously through the de-rotating mechanism without increasing the size of the de-rotating mechanism. It also allows for the recapturing of the signals with relative ease. This is accomplished through the use of an optical condenser and/or an optical expander that reduces or expands the overall all beam structure without significantly altering the relative structure. The expanders and condensers are inverse structures in that if an optical signal is condensed when passing from right to light through the condenser it is expanded when passing left to right through the same condenser.
|ACTIVE OFF-AXIS FIBER OPTIC SLIP RING - An active off-axis optic slip ring system is disclosed. The invention eliminates the huge number of fiber bundles and photodiodes in most published patents. A couple of conventional optical components such as mirrors and prisms are used to transmit optical signals with high, quality and low optic losses. The optical signal pick-up is realized through a pair of prisms mounted on the rotor of motors. It is an active, hi-directional rotational optical transmission device which could be used for multi-mode, or single mode fibers without the limitation to the through bore diameters.
|INTEGRATED ELECTRO-OPTICAL FLUID ROTARY JOINT - An integrated electro-optical fluid rotary joint has been invented in which optical signals, electrical power, and/or signal(s), as well as fluids can be simultaneously transmitted across a common rotary-stationary interface between two relatively rotatable members for such applications, as a tethered aerostats, and tethered ROV. It consists of a main stator, a main rotor rotatable relative to said main stator. An electrical rotary joint, or slip ring, a fiber optical rotary joint, and a fluid rotary joint are integrated together on the main stator and main rotor. As a result, when the main rotor rotates relative to the main stator, optical signals, electrical power, and/or signal(s), as well as fluids from the main rotor can be transmitted to the main stator, and vise versa.
Louis D. Violante, Monroe Township, NJ US
|Patent application number
|ELECTRICAL ROTARY JOINT - A simple planetary or epicyclic gear mechanism consists of a sun gear in the center, an internal or ring gear with a common axis with sun gear, and at least one planet gear. The planet gear is located between the sun gear and ring gear, and meshes with both the sun gear and the ring gear. If the ring gear is stationary, when sun gear rotates, the planet gear not only rotates about its axis, its axis also rotate around the axis of sun gear. In stead of employing the sliding motion between the ring and the brush in electrical slip ring, the current invention makes use of a plurality of conductive gears, particularly a planetary gear mechanism, to transfer electrical power, and/or signal(s) between relatively rotatable objects.
|MULTI-CHANNEL ELECTRO-MAGNETIC ROTARY JOINT USING A TRAPEZOIDAL METAMATERIAL DE-ROTATING MECHANISM - A multi-channel electro-magnetic rotary joint has been invented in which one or more electro-magnetic signals can be transmitted simultaneously from a rotating collimator array and a stationary collimator array in air and in other fluids. A metamaterial de-rotating mechanism is positioned in the path between said rotating collimator array and said stationary collimator array, and arranged tier rotation relative to each collimator arrays at a rotary speed equal to one-hall the relative rotational rate between said rotating and stationary collimator arrays.
|FIBER BUNDLE BASED PASSIVE BI-DIRECTIONAL OFF-AXIS FORJ WITH CENTER BORE - A Passive Bi-Directional Off-Axis Fiber Optic Rotary Joint (FORJ) with a center bore has been invented in which an optical signal can be transmitted across a rotating boundary without using the centerline or axis of rotation of the FORJ. Rather a fiber bundle is used to transmit the optical signal across a single mechanical rotational interface.
|PHOTONIC CRYSTAL BASED MULTI-CHANNEL ROTARY JOINT FOR ELECTRO-MAGNETIC SIGNALS - A multi-channel electro-magnetic rotary joint has been invented in which one or more electro-magnetic signals can be transmitted simultaneously from a rotating collimator array to a stationary collimator array, and vice-versa, in air and in other fluids. A photonic crystal based de-rotating mechanism is positioned in the path between said rotating collimator array and said stationary collimator array, and arranged for rotation relative to each collimator arrays at a rotary speed equal to one-half the relative rotational rate between said rotating and stationary collimator arrays. This invention has several different potential applications such radar, winches, and robotics to name a few.
|PRESSURE COMPENSATION MECHANISM FOR ROTARY DEVICES - The object of the present invention is that of a slip ring which utilizes one or more pistons to transfer the external pressure applied by the environment to an incompressible fluid in the inner cavity of the slip ring, thereby balancing the external and internal pressures resulting in a nominal, if any, pressure differential. This will enable the device to operated in environments with significantly higher ambient pressures then have been traditionally possible.
|HYDROGEN REPLENISHED LIGHTER-THAN-AIR VEHICLE AND METHOD TO REPLENISH HYDROGEN - The present invention discloses a lighter-than-air vehicle and a method to replenish hydrogen into the vehicle while the vehicle is in the sky. The lighter-than-air vehicle can use helium or other gases that doesn't react with hydrogen as lifting gas. Hydrogen will be replenished into the lighter-than-air vehicle while it is still in mid-air. The lighter-than-air vehicles can comprise an aerostat, a hydrogen generator; a water tank and a duct. The present invention can also comprise an aerostat, a compartment, hydrogen generator, a water tank; and a duct. The present invention can also comprise an aerostat, a compartment, and a hydrogen storage alloy device. The present invention can also comprise an aerostat and a hydrogen storage alloy device.
|LIMITED ROTATION FIBER OPTIC ROTARY JOINT - The present invention is a limited rotation Fiber Optic Rotary Joint (FORJ) of one or more optical channels. This will enable one or more optical signals to pass across a rotational interface for a fixed number of rotations. For many applications, such as a winch or certain robotic joints, an unlimited number of rotations in either direction is unnecessary. For these types of applications a limited rotation FORJ is an attractive option because they typically have lower loss, are less complex, and have higher reliability.


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Vietnamese Veggies and Herbs
I was wanting to make a list of thing to add to my garden. Here are some photos of things I have already. If you have any photos of yours I would be happy to see them.
Lemon Grass
Thai Basil
Rau Ram (Vietnamese Corriander)
Vietnamese Pepper
Wow, everything looks great! I'm interested in your taro. Did you buy the root in an Asian grocery store? We have an Asian grocery here and I shop there often. How long did the root take to grow? I'm definitely interested in the leaves because I'm from Hawaii and we use the leaves to wrap meat with. Thanks.
aulani, Thanks! Yes, I got it an Asian Grocery store/ actually from my mother-in-law. It's now on it's second year. It get's the condensation runoff from the A/C. I'd be intrested in how you use the leaves. My wife uses the stems in soups. She chops them up and uses them as a veggie.
Dean, Sorry to take so long to get back to you. Thanks for your answer about taro. I look forward to planting a few taro roots next spring. Good idea to keep it where it gets constant moisture. In Hawaii where I am from, taro grows in paddies, like rice. The root is mashed up and that is where we get the staple dish poi from. The stems and roots are used to wrap pieces of beef and pork in lau lau.
Here's how to make it.
Clean the taro leaves (pull the stalk out of the leaf and try to remove the central thick veins, then pinch off the tip of the leaf)
Cut up fatty beef and pork shoulder into 1 1/2 inch chunks.
Put a 12 inch square piece of foil (in Hawaii we use ti leaves, but I'm in Kansas now) on a cutting board.
Put down several taro leaves first, then on top of the taro leaves place several chunks of both beef and pork. Salt liberally with sea salt. Some friends of mine usually add a dash or two of liquid smoke. Roll the meat inside the taro leaves.
Roll the taro leaf packet up in the foil creating the outer packet. Pinch or roll to seal the edges.
Repeat steps until you have used up all of your ingredients.
Set up a big pot as a steamer with water at the bottom and a rack to keep the lau lau from the water. I use my canner and the bottle rack is perfect. I don't have a bamboo steamer but I'll bet that would work too.
Steam the lau lau over boiling water for at least 45 minutes. This dish is the number one favorite of Islanders. They even make them for fundraisers all over the islands. Good stuff. In the Islands, we also put in a piece of salted butterfish. Hope you get a chance to make it.
I love the corriander. Have you ever made vietnamese chicken salad or jelly fish salad with the corriander. It's delicious and it's a great summer dish.
I'm trying to find the seeds so i can grow it. Worst case I might have to buy it at the asian market and plant it that way.
Does Vietnames perila taste lik Korean perila (semame leaves)?
How doe Vietnames coriander taste like?
What Dean has shown as "peper" picture seems to be a basil variety with big leave. Probably it has more peppery taste.
I like to grow lemongrass. I bought som from Asian market, wrapped in clear wrap. They did not look frsh at all. But I am trying to root them in water. I wonder it thry will ever root as they wern't fresh to me.
dear cyrus
I believe you got the tip to grow lemon grass from me. Believe me, if you keep your lemongrass in water, roots will start showing soon enough and new leaves will grow from it's middle. Change the water often. Once the root starts showing, transplant to a soilless mix and allow to grow further. When large enough, set in the ground outside. I'm not sure where you are from but be careful because sun in north america is far more intense than the sun in equatorial Asia. You'll have good sized plant in no time.
Thank you ianna
I am following your advice.
I am in zone 7/8 in GA. I think the temperatures have not been quite high enough for lemon grass to root. It is getting warmer (low 60F- high 80F).
I Have rooted Chines parsley, Thai basil and mint successfully and have planted them in my garden.
AS long as my lemongrass cuttings do not rot, They should eventually root.
hi ianna
I finally got some lemon grass rooted.
I bought them from Asian maket. They are about 16 to 18 inches long. Now here is my question:
-- how much do I have to cut from tip when I am planting them? Also, can I plant 2 or 3 of them in a big pot?
I have tried lemon grass in my cooking. Its aroma is incredible. Its lemon taste is very gentle. not like lime or lemon.
I wonder if you can dry it to use in the winter months?
( I am in zone 7/8, therefore cannot have fresh lemon grass in winter).
Thanks again for introducing lemon grass an how to root and grow it to me.
Finally I got some store bought lemon grass rooted.
The first batch that I bought were not suitable becaus they did noy have root bulb, i.e. they had been cut above it.
The second batch(bought from another store) had bulbs/knockles and had already small roots growing inside the clear wrap.
Now I have planted 3 Of them in a big pot. 2 of those already have growth. I would think that in a couple of weeks their roots will grab the soil and then take off, as night lows are approachin mid 60s F.
I have also rooted and planted following:
--- Mint (to spread)
--- Thai basil, Just to make them seed so I can have my
.....own seeds.
----- Chinese Celery(or parsley). This one is primarily for
...... seed stock too.
sorry I'm late in responding. Been all over the web but forgot to check back here.
Looks like you're on your way to successfully rooting lemon grass. In Asia, where I came from, we often root plants and we normally would stick things in the ground and things grew. The humidity seems to protect the plants from the sun's strong rays which is why despite the heat, the plants do not burn... Unlike here in North America. Even when we complain of it's humidity, it's not even close to humidity in equatorial Asia.
When you get your lemongrass growing and it's now a large clump you can then subdivide them into more plants. They do not do well indoors and so best put under a greenhouse during winter to simply start new plants every season.
You can roast a chicken, taking fresh lemon grass stalks and stuffing the chicken with it. Marinate the chicken before hand with salt and weak vinegar, and garlic. Best if you can rotiseri it.
We always have semi dry stalks in our groceries up here and it's easily reconstituted although I much prefer them to be fresher.
Thanks ianna
I will try your lemon-grass-chicken recepie when my lemon grass plant has fresh stalk/leave.
I do not have greenhouse, but we have mild winters here in GA. ocasionally temperatures go below freezing. In other words, we do not get heavy frost and grounds, lakes, rivers do not freez.
After this introduction, my question is, after cuting back, can I burry my lemon grass somewhere in the groud and cover it with leaves(as insulation) and dig it up next spring, aftre frost?
I Have more stalks that are rooting now, beside the 3 that I have planted in a big pot. Where should I plant them?
I think that they will grow quite big so I cannot plant them in my herb garden.
I live here in Texas in zone 8b. We leave the Lemon Grass planted in the ground over winter here. Sometimes it looks a little rough because of the cold, but comes back very well in the spring. Although because of the set back of winter the stalks are not usally large enough to be edible until Summer. I'll fertilize and water them well to increase their growth rate.
Oh wow! I'm envious!
How did you start growing Rau Ram (Vietnamese Corriander), Perilla and Thai basil? I'd love to have these plants in my garden, but don't have any local home stores with these plants. Did you root them from cuttings, grow them from seeds? Many of these herbs are available in our asian grocery stores, but they don't come with roots intact. I'm wondering if they'll root from cuttings.
Hello Lali,
The Rau Ram and Thai basil I got from a nursery. I covered the Rau Ram up with some compost and have yet to see it again. The Thai basil died over the winter, but it spread seeds and we now have some coming up in the grass that we dug out before I mowed. The Perilla roots very easily. Many years ago my wife just stuck some of them in the ground and kept them moist. Every since then we have the stuff growing wild. They throw out a lot of seeds in the Fall.
Yes I know about the Asian Markets. My wife is Asian and that's why we grow a good deal of this stuff.
Thanks for the compliment. The peppers were brought as seeds from Vietnam. My mother-in-law collected a lot of them and I grew them out. These are kind of small peppers shorter than a cayenne pepper, but about the same diameter. They are spicy/ hot, but not to hot.
I also grow some Indian peppers to that are suppose to be the hottest in the world (Scoville units). The name slips me at the moment and I don't feel like digging around for it at the moment. I like a little spicy every once in awhile, but I really just grow these peppers for others.
I just came from my MIL's house and found that she had taro growing in her garden for the longest time and I didn't even know about it. What do you do with the taro that you grow in your garden? Do you harvest the taro roots or do you use the leaves for cooking? Just curious what can be done with this plant. I'm sure my MIL will gladly give me a healthy clump if I ask her, but not sure what to do with it.
Hello Lali,
My wife usally cooks catfish soup with the stems. The leaves are not used. They just buy the roots at the market if they want to eat that part. I suppose the plant doesn't grow fast enough here to replenish the tubers fast enough.
I sure enjoy the soup though. Don't ask me the recipe though. Haha!
OMGosh! I make this catfish soup all the time (MIL's recipe) and didn't even know the veggie I was using all this time was taro stem (looks like this http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2199/1546721921_0f7c21d0d4_o.jpg right?). I always see it in the supermarket with a vietnamese name and never knew what it was. Thought it was some sort of super exotic veggie. MIL hasn't harvested much from her garden since it takes a lot of stems to feed a big family and it's easier to just buy it from the market.
Now that I know what it is and how to use it, I'm definitely going to ask her for a clump now! Thanks for the tip!
Hey Lali,
Yes, that looks like the one. I always just assumed it was Taro. I'm not sure what the Vietnamese name is.
I got it planted over by the AC condensation outlet drain from the AC. During the Summer when it's hot here in Texas it really loves all the extra moisture and can grow quite large. About a month ago I put some cow manure and organic fertilizer on it and it looks like it's starting to take off again.
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Site: Pittsford, New York.
Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.
Course: Monroe Golf Club (6,717 yards, par 72).
Purse: $2,225,000. Winner's share: $337,000.
Television: Golf Channel (Thursday-Friday, 12:30-3 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 3-7 p.m.)
Last year: Inbee Park won the June event at Locust Hill for the second of her three straight major victories. She beat Catriona Matthew on the third hole of a playoff.
Last week: Mirim Lee won the Meijer LPGA Classic in Belmont, Michigan, for her first LPGA Tour victory. The South Korean rookie beat Park on the second extra hole.
Notes: The tournament is in its final season as the LPGA Championship. Next year, the tour will team with the PGA of America to run the Women's PGA Championship. The 2015 event will be played at Westchester Country Club in Harrison, New York. The KPMG-sponsored tournament will be televised by NBC and moved around the country. ... Americans have won the first three majors of the year. Lexi Thompson won the Kraft Nabisco, Michelle Wie the U.S. Women's Open and Mo Martin the Women's British Open. Wie is sidelined by right index finger injury. ... Donald Ross designed Monroe. ... The Canadian Women's Open is next week in London, Ontario.
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Site: Greensboro, North Carolina.
Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.
Course: Sedgefield Country Club (7,127 yards, par 70).
Purse: $5.3 million. Winner's share: $954,000.
Television: Golf Channel (Thursday, 3-6 p.m., 8:30-11:30 p.m.; Friday, 3-6 p.m., 10:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 1-2:30 p.m., 10 p.m.-2:30 a.m.) and CBS (Saturday-Sunday, 3-6 p.m.).
Last year: Patrick Reed won his first PGA Tour title, beating Jordan Spieth with a birdie on the second hole of a playoff. Reed has two victories this season.
Last week: Rory McIlroy won the PGA Championship at Valhalla in Louisville, Kentucky, for his second straight major victory and third tour win a row. Phil Mickelson was a stroke back.
Notes: The tournament ends the points race for spots in the FedEx Cup playoffs, the four-event series that starts next week with The Barclays at Ridgewood in Paramus, New Jersey. The top 125 players will be eligible for the opener. ... The top 125 on the money list after the event will earn 2014-15 tour cards. ... Sam Snead won the tournament a tour-record eight times from 1938-65. His 1965 victory made him the tour's oldest winner at 52 years, 10 months, 8 days. Tiger Woods tied Snead's record for victories in a tournament twice last year, winning his eighth titles in the Arnold Palmer and Bridgestone events. ... The tournament returned to Donald Ross-designed Sedgefield in 2008 after 31 years at Forest Oaks. ... Champions Tour players Fred Couples and Rocco Mediate are in the field. Mediate won in 1993 and 2002
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Site: Endicott, New York.
Schedule: Friday-Sunday.
Course: En-Joie Golf Course (6,957 yards, par 72).
Purse: $1.85 million. Winner's share: $277,500.
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Is the center a load bearing wall? I want to remove part to open my kitchen to be more open concept. the house will not be moved again, it is permanent.
I want to remove the top of this wall and use as eat at counter
This is from other end. The area where the white wooden blinds are can be enclosed if I have to for support.
In my state (Washington) there is mandatory state inspection and approval of changes that folks want to make to their mobile homes. You might check your state or local agencies or building department to see if there is a similar agency in your state. If so, you could perhaps make an appointment to talk to an inspector informally about what you want to do. If the scope of your work falls under the provisions of your law you would probably have to pay a hefty fee for your permit and get an inspection for the work.


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I have been homebrewing for two years, AG since January (26 batches!) but I just picked up my first campden tabs and 5.2 mash stabilizer after reading favorable posts on HBT
how do I use these?
I boil the liquor the night before and then add one crushed tab - wait 24 hours (or can it be less?)
and then add the stabilizer to the grains while mashing?
does that seem right?
thanks! and peace be with you from Medford, MA where the weather blows!
There shall be in England seven halfpenny loaves sold for a penny; the three-hooped pot shall have ten hoops; and I will make it felony to drink small beer. -King Henry VI. Part II. Act iv. Sc. 2.
campden is used in your tap water to remove both the chlorine and chloramine. boiling will remove chlorine, but not chloramine, and most water companies use chloramine because it lasts longer and is thus cheaper/more efficient.
1 campden tablet will remove the chloramine from 20 gallons of water...its potent stuff. I cut them in half, then crush it with two spoons and put it in the bottom of a 5 gallon water jug, fill it up, shake it a bit, then let it chill 20 mins before using (although it should neutralize the chloramine nearly instantly).
pH 5.2 goes in the strike water. I get my water to temp, add the ph 5.2, then it goes in the MLT, and i add my grain to the water (no dough balls this way). no need for it in the sparge water.
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MINI's All4 System In-Depth
The addition of the ALL4 Countryman to the MotoringFile garage has led us to wanting to know more about the rather novel all-wheel drive system in the car. When we first drove the Countryman in May of 2010 we found that the system was purely a safety device and not intended to be a performance option. And all subsequent drives we've had with the car (including with our long-term test car) have reinforced that fact. But that doesn't make All4 any less interesting from a technical perspective (or less relevant). So we wanted to get past the marketing and hype and understand the technical details of All4.
All4 is a product of GKN Driveline, a leading global producer of CVJ Systems, AWD Systems, Trans Axle Solutions and eDrive Systems. The heart of All4 is GKN Driveline's Electro Magnetic Control Device (EMCD®). It's an actively controlled coupling on-demand and full-time all-wheel-drive drivelines as well as in axle applications. And according to GKN, EMCD is a most compact and versatile electronically controlled driveline and axle coupling on the market.
The benefits of a system like this are:
- Improved vehicle traction and handling
- Compact design
- Low power consumption
- Lightweight and reliable (ie simple)
- In production in other uses since 2001
The system allows up to 50% of torque to go to the rear wheels when the system detects front wheel slip (any more wouldn't make sense from a weight distribution prospective). However under cruising conditions (on a highway for instance) the ALL4 equipped Countryman is entirely front wheel drive.
The operating principles of the system are:
- Current supplied to an electro-magnet generates a magnetic field causing the armature to compress the pilot clutch
- The resulting pilot clutch drag generates a rotational torque across a bi-directional ball-ramp mechanism
- This rotational force causes the balls to roll up the opposing ramps which pushes the front cam forward
- The cam thrust is transmitted through the pressure plate compressing the main clutch
- The rotational torque from the outer plates (input) is then transferred to the inner plates (output) proportional to the electrical current
- An Electronic Control Unit (ECU) controls the clutch torque by adjusting the amount of current based on available vehicle inputs and control algorithm
As we mentioned last week, there are some notable differences between ALL4 and BMW's xDrive. First ALL4?s control unit is fully integrated into the DSC unit and thus transfers data much faster than a typical set-up (thus reacting to conditions faster). As described above, it works by a small clutch in the front detecting wheel slip and engaging the rear driveshaft. Unlike xDrive, it's a simple system that doesn't use complex electronics. As you'd expect the system is highly patented by GKN as they consider it fairly unique and effective solution.
In its entirety ALL4 adds 70kg (154 pounds) to the Countryman's weight.
Yes All4 (or EMCD) is simply a safety option. But what MINI has done in selecting it as the technology is to make sure that there isn't a huge weight penalty and thus performance and efficiency hit by adding the system. At the same time All4 is so effective at doing it's job seamlessly that it's hard to ever detect it on. And for the average Countryman All4 buyer, that's likely music to their ears.
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an answer for Jonathan of the Green Party (Nov 7): "What does 'share our surplus' mean?" Our surplus is the values that society generates synergistically. It's the money we spend on the nature we use: on land sites, natural resources, EM spectrum, ecosystem services (assimilating pollutants). It's also the money we pay to holders of government-granted privileges like corporate charters. We could share it by paying for the nature we use and privileges we hold to the public treasury then getting back a fair share of the recovered revenue. Used to be, owners did owe rent ("own" and "owe" used to be one word). And presently, some lucky residents do get back periodic dividends: Alaska's oil dividend and Aspen Colorado's housing assistance. Doing that, instead of subsidizing bads while taxing goods, is the essence of geonomics. Jonathan: "Is local currency what you mean?" Editor: It's not. Community currency is a good reform, but every good reform pushes up site values. That makes land an even more tempting object of speculation. Now, any good will eventually do bad by widening the income gap – until you share land values.
an alternative to conventional land trusts. Just as it seems some functions should not be left to the market – private courts and cops invite corruption (while private mediation is fine) – just so some land should not be left in the market. That said, sacred sites do not make much of a model for treating the vast acreage of land that we need to use. So the usual trust model, which is anti-use and counter-market, can not apply where it's needed most. Trust proponents worry about ownership and control – two very human ambitions – but they're not central. Supposedly, we the people own millions acres – acres that private corporations treat as private fiefdoms – and conversely, the Nature Conservancy owns wilderness the public can some places use as parks. So, the issue is not who owns but who gets the rent – ideally, all of us.
a scientific look at how we divvy up the work and the wealth, how some of us end up with too much or too little effort or reward. That's partly due to Ricardo's Law of Rent, showing how wasteful use of Earth cuts wages. And it's partly due to how a society's elite runs government around like water boys, dishing out subsidies and tax breaks. While geonomists look political reality right in the eye, without blinking, conventional economists flinch. When Paul Volcker, ex-chief of the Federal Reserve, moved on to a cushy professorship at Princeton cum book contract, the crush of deadlines bore down. So Volcker asked a junior associate to help with the book. The guy refused, explaining that giving serious consideration to policy would ruin his academic career. The ex-Fed chief couldn't believe it and asked the department chair if truly that were the case. That head honcho pondered the question then replied no, not if he only does it once. And economics was AKA political economy!
the study of the money we spend on the nature we use. When we pay that money to private owners, we reward both speculation and over-extraction. Robert Kiyosaki's bestseller, Rich Dad's Prophecy, says, "One of the reasons McDonald's is such a rich company is not because it sells a lot of burgers but because it owns the land at some of the best intersections in the world. The main reason Kim and I invest in such properties is to own the land at the corner of the intersection. (p 200) My real estate advisor states that the rich either made their money in real estate or hold their money in real estate." (p 141, via Greg Young) When government recovers the rents for natural advantages for everyone, it can save citizens millions. Ben Sevack, Montreal steel manufacturer, tells us (August 12) that Alberta, by leasing oil & gas fields, recovers enough revenue to be the only province in Canada to get by without a sales tax and to levy a flat provincial income tax. While running for re-election, provincial Premier Ralph Klein proposes to abolish their income tax and promises to eliminate medical insurance premiums and use resource revenue to pay for all medical expense for seniors. After all this planned tax-cutting and greater expense, they still expect a large budget surplus. Even places without oil and gas have high site values in their downtowns, and high values in their utility franchises. Recover the values of locations and privileges, displace the harmful taxes on sales, salaries, and structures, then use the revenue to fund basic government and pay residents a dividend, and you have geonomics in action.
a way to connect the dots. Making the cyber rounds is "The Cavernous Divide" by Scott Klinger, from AlterNet (posted March 21): "As the number of billionaires in the world expands, so does the number of those in poverty." Duh. The yawning income gap is not news. Nearly every issue of our quarterly digest carries a similar quote. Yet the connection was worked out long ago by one of America's greatest thinkers, Henry George, who labeled his masterpiece, Progress and Poverty. Techno- and socio-advances always enrich few and impoverish many. Yet progress also pushes up location values – the geonomic insight (is Silicon Valley cheaper now or more expensive?). Instead of taxing income, sales, or buildings, society could collect those values of sites, resources, EM spectrum, and ecosystem services via fees and dues, which would lower the income ceiling, and instead of lavishing corporate welfare, pay out the recovered revenue via dividends, which would jack up the income floor. Dots connected.
a POV that Spain's president might try. A few blocks from my room in Madrid at a book fair to promote literacy, Sr Zapatero, while giving autographs and high fives to kids, said books are very expensive and he'd see about getting the value added tax on them cut down to zero. (El Pais, June 4; see, politicians can grasp geo-logic.) But why do we raise the cost of any useful product? Why not tax useless products? Even more basic: is being better than a costly tax good enough? Our favorite replacement for any tax is no tax: instead, run government like a business and charge full market value for the permits it issues, such as everything from corporate charters to emission allowances to resource leases. These pieces of paper are immensely valuable, yet now our steward, the state, gives them away for nearly free, absolutely free in some cases. Government is sitting on its own assets and needs merely to cash in by doing what any rational entity in the economy does – negotiate the best deal. Then with this profit, rather than fund more waste, pay the stakeholders, we citizenry, a dividend. Thereby geonomics gets rid of two huge problems. It replaces taxes with full-value fees and replaces subsidies for special interests with a Citizens Dividend for people in general. Neither left nor right, this reform is what both nature lovers and liberty lovers need to promote, right now.
one of many words I coined over 20 years ago: geoism, geonomics, geonomy, geocracy, etc – neologisms that later others came up with, too. CNBC once had a Geonomics Show, and Middlebury College has a Geonomics Institute. If "economy" is literally "management of the household", then geonomy is "management of the planet". The kind of management I had in mind is not what CNBC was thinking – top-down. My geonomics is not hands-on, interfering, but hands-off, organic. It'd strive to align policy with natural processes, similar to what holistic healing does in medicine, what organic farming does in agriculture. Geonomics attends to two key components: One, the crucial stuff to track is fat – or profit, especially profits without production, such as rent, or all the money we spend on the nature we use. Society's surplus is the sine qua non for growth, needed to counter death – not merely more, but sustainable development, more from less. Two, the basic process to respect is the feedback loop. These let nature maintain balance automatically and could do the same for markets, if we let them. Letting them would turn our economies, now our masters, into a geonomy, our servant, providing us with prosperity, eco-librium (to coin a term) and leisure, time off – a hostile environment for economan but a cradle for a loving and creative humanity.
about the money we spend on the nature we use. It flows torrentially yet invisibly, often submerged in the price of housing, food, fuel, and everything else. Flowing from the many to the few, natural rent distorts prices and rewards unjust and unsustainable choices. Redirected via dues and dividends to flow from each to all, "rent" payments would level the playing field and empower neighbors to shrink their workweek and expand their horizons. Modeled on nature's feedback loops, earlier proposals to redirect rent found favor with Paine, Tolstoy, and Einstein. Wherever tried, to the degree tried, redirecting rent worked. One of today's versions, the green tax shift, spreads out of Europe. Another, the Property Tax Shift, activists can win at the local level, building a world that works right for everyone.
what you do when you see economies as part of the ecosystem, following feedback loops and storing up energy. Surplus energy – fat or profit – enables us to produce and reproduce. To recycle society's surplus, the commonwealth, geonomics would replace taxes with land dues (charged to users of sites and resources, including the EM spectrum, and extra to polluters), and replace subsidies with rent dividends to citizens (a la Alaska's oil dividend). Without taxes and subsidies to distort them, prices become precise, reflect accurately our costs and values; then, motivated by no more than the bottom line, both producers and consumers make sustainable choices. While no place uses geonomics in its entirety, some places use parts of it, most notably a shift of the property tax off buildings, onto locations. Shifting the property tax drives efficient use of land, in-fills cities, improves the housing stock, makes homes affordable, engenders jobs and investment opportunities, lowers crime, raises civic participation, etc – overall it makes cities more livable. Geonomics – a way to share the bounty of nature and society – is something we can work for locally, globally, and in between.
a neologism for sharing "rent" or "social surplus" – the money we spend on the nature we use. When we buy land, such as the land beneath a home, we typically pay the wrong person – the homeowner. Instead, since land cost us nothing to make and is the common heritage of us all, rather than pay the owner, we should pay ourselves, our neighbors, our community. That is, we should all pay land dues to the public treasury, then our government would pay us land dividends from this collected revenue. It's similar to the Alaska oil dividend, almost $2,000 last year. Indeed, the annual rental value of land, oil, all other natural resources, including the broadcast spectrum and other government-granted permits such as corporate charters, totals several trillion dollars each year. It's so much that some could be spent on basic social services, the rest parceled out as a dividend, as Tom Paine suggested, and taxes (except any on natural rents) could be abolished, as Thomas Jefferson suggested. Were we sharing Earth by sharing her worth, territorial disputes would be fewer, less intense, and more resolvable.
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For travelers who want a new and exciting place to enjoy local cuisine in Tobago it's great to peruse the options first. Whether it is the local café or fine dining there are plenty of choices for every type of traveler. Tobago restaurants have a diversity of cuisines. You can find American, Asian, Indian and of course Caribbean food.
As an island, Tobago naturally has a great selection of fresh seafood to choose from every day. Combined with Caribbean spices and cooking styles, their cuisine is something to get excited about. For seafood, Blue Crab Restaurant is noted as one of the top restaurants in the city. Stop by Café Cocoa for all sorts of beverages as well as Danish and cookies. Kariwak Village Restaurant changes its menu daily. The thatched-roof establishment serves and an excellent honey-baked chicken. Trinidadian celebrity chef Allyson Hennessy works with Caribbean flavors at Veni Mangé. Try eggplant with pawpaw and plantains, and coconut ice cream. See below for more restaurants in Tobago.
The menu changes daily at this thatched-roof joint, decorated with sculptures and paintings by local artists. Don't miss the honey-baked chicken with grilled mushrooms and basmati rice.