Daily Archives: May 20, 2015
Fresh Basil Raspberry and Goat Cheese Salad
This looks absolutely delicious!
Florence Fennel Bulb
Fennel which is sometimes confused with Anise, is one of the ingredients in this fresh salad.
Fennel is a hardy perennial plant, that is documented as an herb, and all parts of the plant are eaten, were as with the Anise, only the seeds are used for consumption.
The fennel has yellow flowers and feathery leaves. It is a native plant to the shores of the Mediterranean.
Because of its highly aromatic smell and flavor, it has found its way, becoming naturalized in many parts of the world, especially on dry soils near the sea-coast and on riverbanks.
Fennel has found its way into culinary dishes and the medicine cabinet, as it has medicinal uses as well.
The seeds are used whole or are ground into a powder and used in many culinary dishes of India, Pakistan, 
Afghanistan, Iran, and the Middle East.
Fennel seeds are the primary flavor component in Italian sausage.
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European Union Stance Ignores Humanitarian Crisis’ Roots.
“Facts don’t cease to exist because they are ignored,” Adolf Huxely.We should shame our governements to help these displaced people. I agree with the author of this post last paragraph.
The POVERTY of our century is unlike that of any other. It is not, as poverty was before, THE RESULT of natural scarcity, but of a set OF PRIORITIES IMPOSED UPON the REST of the WORLD by the RICH!! Consequently, the modern poor are not pitied, but written off as trash.” –John Berger
Honey
by Jerry Alatalo
rofessor of International Studies Vijay Prashad and former Deputy Speaker of the Belgian Parliament Lode Vanoost share their insights on the refugee/migrant crisis centered in Libya. Thousands of men, women and children are leaving their home nations in Africa and the Middle East and risking their lives to cross the Mediterranean Sea. The European Union is trying to pass a Chapter 7 resolution through the United Nations Security Council, which introduces military measures for dealing with smugglers facilitating desperate people’s dangerous journeys from Libya across the sea to Europe.
Both Mr. Prashad and Mr. Vanoost think the true causes for the situation which has led to thousands fleeing their homelands are not being addressed, with Mr. Vanoost stating: “if you refuse to analyze and face the problem (you’re) never going to solve the humanitarian crisis”. Vijay Prashad places the blame on raging wars in Syria, Libya, Iraq and other areas of Middle East-Africa regions, plus decades of operating…
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