Camel Spiders Could Eat You for Supper!

Beware the Camel Spider! Though it may look like a spider, they are quite different.  Like scorpions and harvestmen, camel spiders belong to a distinct arachnid order called Araneae.   I must admit when...

There Will Be [Chicken] Blood

"I can vouch for "essential." I can vouch for "omnivore." My brain and my body crave meat with my salad. In fact, I think I might die without it. For sure I'd go crazy. But, personally, I don't know about "evil." I'll own it: There's a part of me that likes to kill. When I do...

Food Footprints?

"AskPablo: Foodmiles foodmiles.jpgPerhaps spawned by the immense popularity of Michael Pollan's book The Omnivore's Dilemma or just the recent explosion of interest in both food safety and climate change, people are demanding locally grown. Such "locavores" are participating...

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