Have you ever had a tomato pie? It's a pizza that is mostly sauce, chunky sauce, but the sauce goes on top of the cheese. Some tomato pies, like the one I had today, don't have any cheese. Just sauce. The tomato pie seems to be a Trenton and Philadelphia food. Tomato pie is rare in other parts of New Jersey but around the Trenton area, it's common. Unlike typical New York-style pizza, which is closely related to Neapolitan pizza,…
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This afternoon, Bhavana and I went for another hike in the Somerset County Sourland Mountain Preserve. The hike, a Wildflower Walk, was organised by the Sourland Conservancy Stewards. The hike was led by Jared Rosenbaum of Wild Ridge Plants, LLC. Jared is a naturalist advisor to the Sourland Conservancy’s Sourland Stewards program. Turn's out we had met Jared's wife Rachel Makow. Rachel led a wild edibles walk through the Rock Mil Preserve two years ago, and we were a part…
With the weather this week fluctuating between dry and warm and then cold and damp the environmental system inside the office has been stressed. Some of my coworkers feel too hot and so set the thermostat to a temperature reminiscent of winter. For one co-worker that meant anything below 20°C (~68°F). She set the thermostat and about two hours later a bunch of us started complaining it was too cold. I decided to research the topic and sent her the…
I was sick today. After dinner last night I felt nauseous. I went to bed but didn't sleep. I tossed and turned until around 1AM when I rushed to the bathroom and lost my dinner to the toilet bowl. I felt better after throwing up but I didn't sleep much. I took the day off from work to rest. Bhavana thinks it was a 24 hours stomach virus.…
I drove through Princeton earlier this week and saw the beautiful pink flowers near the Princeton Battle Monument on Stockton Road. The morning sun looked beautiful and I imagined what it would look like with an evening sun. It rained yesterday and this morning but when the sun came out later this afternoon I knew I would have an opportunity to try. I didn't get the shot I wanted; a shot straight down the middle of the walkway. But I…
