Chrysanthemum and Goji

27/10/2021

Back on my bu****it at long last! New post up that offers some context on why I've been MIA, and hopefully some helpful food for thought for anyone struggling with the same.

I, like many people, have been barely coping with depression this year. Coping just enough to get by, monthly if not weekly second-guessing past decisions against pharmacological intervention in the hopes that it will resolve on its own. How can anything when the problem is maybe not me but capitali...

06/05/2021

Fun times planning my talking notes for Saturday's Tea Time Talk with Sabine Wilms 🍵 served at 3pm EST/12pm PST, register here: https://www.imperialtutor.com/teatimetalks/2021/4/10/greatest-hits-of-early-chinese-philosophy-and-literature-for-medical-practitioners

16/04/2021

Such an important read! As a lifelong introvert, and lifelong sufferer of depression, I've cycled in and out of comfort in isolation in the past year. But month after month, my brain fog has gotten worse and worse to a point where some days I feel miserable just trying to function.* I've been working on that at various levels/in varied ways, but... there's always something helpful in knowing an issue isn't (at least not strictly) some new frailty of my aging body, but a specific quality of embodiment for humans generally. I'm not broken - it's the situation that's broken! 😂

*I started vitamin D supplements in late winter, which helped a tiny bit with overall fatigue, but still not memory/recall.

After a year of lockdown, many of us are finding it hard to think clearly, or remember what happened when. Neuroscientists and behavioural experts explain why

13/03/2021

As far as I know there is no secret recipe for happiness, but good tacos get us pretty darn close. Especially when they're budget (and environment) friendly potato tacos.

Finally, a new recipe up on the site!
http://chrysanthemumandgoji.com/recipes/potato-tacos/

09/07/2020

Have you ever surprised yourself by making something out of seemingly nothing? This week is that energy.

12/06/2020

These korean soy sauce braised potatoes are my new favorite carb and they really did cook in about 20-25 min! 😍 thanks,

Potatoes and rice? 💗🤤 the cold chili-tossed cucumber and gochujiang-cooked anchovies needed starch to chill out their heat - and compared to other PMS-approved dinners this is at least semi-balanced.
https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2020/02/korean-soy-glazed-potatoes-gamja-bokkeum-recipe.html

05/04/2020

New recipe up: salted kumquats, good for coughs and sore throats. http://chrysanthemumandgoji.com/conditions/sore-throat/salted-kumquats/

22/03/2020

New posts up on eating for respiratory and digestive wellness.
🍵🍐🍎🌰🍠🍚🥘 http://chrysanthemumandgoji.com/conditions/coronavirus/eating-for-respiratory-health/

22/03/2020

New set of posts on eating strategies for respiratory health, and digestive health more broadly: http://chrysanthemumandgoji.com/conditions/coronavirus/eating-for-respiratory-health/

15/11/2019

Would you eat mushrooms you found in the wild based on this picture (and a short description beside it)? What if you were starving?

Generally I love (LOVE) finding illustrations in old books, but for some reason this one really underscored the difficult, potentially perilous realities of famine food identification.

#救荒本草 #農政全書