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March 2, 2023

Train Trips:  Cordes to Toulouse, Toulouse to Lyon, Lyon to Chambéry. Lyon to Milan,  Milan to Bologna, Bologna to Lecce.

Meal Descriptions.

Announcements about the new store in Cordes sur Ciel.

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January 6, 2023

Dorothy Neuhaus, 99, was an inspiration to me, showing how important it is to become involved in one's local community.  She saved the WH Over Dakota Museum and she founded the area's first recycling center.

Why she became such an active member of society:  "I just felt that I had to do what I could do to help those who were having trouble."  She cites people's response to the Depression as a good example of how to respond to adversity.

Dorothy believes that from time to time a Native American should be governor of the state.

How the recycling center became established.  The role of Ranger Rick.  Mostly a women's project.  Sold to the county for $1 in around 2010.  Now a huge building with big machinery.

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November 5, 2022

Five days in the Ivorian booth, talking to visitors.

Description of the building

The burgeoning B2B (Bean-to-bar) market.  The tools of the B2B trade.  Melangeur companies.

Pioneers:  John Nanci, John Scharffenberger, Frederick Schilling

The CCC--Conseil du Café-Cacao

Need for Côte d'Ivoire to diversify its market--to quality chocolate.

History of SOCOPLAN;  Types of chocolate manufactured.

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October 2, 2022

Countries of the Global South and the Global North

Transformation from Commodity Agriculture

Two events important to the future of PH&F

Two certifications--organic and Fair Trade--that had promise but fell short in their efforts to improve the lot of cocoa farmers.

The promise of Bean-to-Bar

December 1 Fundraiser--description

Review of "Ministry for the Future", a non-dystopian view of how we might respond to global warming.

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July 31, 2022

THE ART OF EATING AND COOKING

AUSTERITY BECOMES A VIRTUE

GASTRONOMY AS AN ART

A NEW DISH IS GREATER THAN A NEW STAR

BRILLAT SAVARIN:  "Tell me what you eat and I'll tell you who you are."

ART. AND SCIENCE:  food science

GASTRONOMY:  stimulation of a maximum secretion of digestive juices

WORDS ABOUT OUR PROGRESS:  David (SOCOPLAN) and Servando (SCAP)

COCOA FARMER AS A SOLUTION TO GLOBAL WARMING

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July 17, 2022.

Background of the author, Edouard de Pomiane, a pseudonym

Preface written by the legendary Ali-Bab and introduction by author.

I found his writing and his assumptions dated.  They really are based on a Eurocentric foundation, on a world that has since passed away.

de Pomiane's assumptions show that even the most educated among us can barely see over the horizon.

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June 25, 2022

FIRST ENCOUNTER:  January 1970, cooking meals from Julia Child's "Cooking of Provincial France".

SECOND ENCOUNTER:  January, 1971, attending the taping of the Omelet Show at WGBH.

THIRD ENCOUNTER:  1982?  In Judith Jones' office at Alfred A. Knopf

FOURTH ENCOUNTER:  showing my culinary software to Julia Child

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May 15, 2022

Report on fundraiser in September of 2021.  Individual donations.  

Two Projects Funded by a Project Redwood Grant:  1, Depa will be pressing cocoa liquor to extract cocoa butter and the press cake will be ground into cocoa powder;  2, Founding of SCAP (Société Coopérative Agricole de Pezoan).  Pezoan will buy Depa chocolate and focus on fudge-filled chocolate bars.

Establishment of Project Espoir et Equité, founded to manufacture chocolate products and sell wholesale to local retail stores such as supermarkets and restaurants.  We will manufacture in Foyer du Segala.  Description of products.

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December 22, 2021

16 members of our truffle chorus:  Apple-Black Pepper, Arabie (Date paste), Coco-Banana, Coffee, Cranberry,  Curry-Raisin,  Chipotle, Ginger,  Marzipan, Noisette, Orange-Vanilla, Pine-nut,  Vanilla, Whiskey.

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November 26, 2021

Ten Factors that make us who we are:  1, the economy (use of the government); 2, sex and the pill; 3, science (acquired a central focus); 4, war (more of it); 5, climate (burning up the planet); 6, organized religion. (deception); 7, cosmos ();  8, gender redefinition (the blurring of male-female);  9, race (importance in history);  10, trust (actually, loss of it).

The tenth factor, Loss of Trust,  is the subject of this essay.  Kennedy as a person to revere.  Various facts and theories about the assassination.

PHF Progress:  1, fixing two wells in Pezoan;  2, David sent 2,000 bars.

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