A handful of messages expressing level-headed disapproval and outright disgust greeted me as I checked my inbox this evening. Ads displaying “Yes on Proposition 8” are unintentionally being served through Google and I have taken measures to remove such inappropriateness. The ads are apparently geographically targeted towards California residents.

These advertisements were not solicited and do not represent my views. I sincerely apologize for any offense caused.

First of all, the bad news: there will be no Bread Baking Day in September and October. What’s to keep our ovens fired up now that the mercury is dropping, you may ask? The good news is it’s almost time for world’s largest virtual breadbasket, the 3rd annual World Bread Day, to be hosted in October by none other than Bread Baking Day’s creator, Zorra of 1x umrühren bitte. We all have plenty of baking to do until the new theme for Bread Baking Day is announced in November, so look forward to details and the official announcements!

In the meantime, check out 35 whole grain bread entries for this month’s Bread Baking Day. Enjoy the roundup!

View Bread Baking Day 13: 100% Whole Grains Roundup »

Just like any self-respecting pinoy operating on Filipino Time, I’m late to the party as usual. The Omnivore’s Hundred has been making its way around the blogs and has even spawned a vegetarian version. Both hundred-item lists are featured here and it looks like I still have a long way to go. In the spirit of open-mindedness, I’m willing to try anything at least once, with a few reasonable exceptions, of course.

View my Omnivore's and Vegetarian's Hundred »

porn star name in a previous life or best use of cacao beans?

It’s my first time getting tagged with a meme and I want to say something cool like, “I had to look it up on Wikipedia because I don’t know what it is.” I know exactly what it is, though. It means that I now have a grand total of five readers and I couldn’t be happier. Thanks to Deb of Kahakai Kitchen for noticing my little corner on the interwebs and finally using the correct gender-specific pronoun to address my masculine self. She even edited “her site” to “his site” in her meme post.

View A Meme and the reason I photographed two empty beer bottles »

Pureed corn miso soup and a poached egg served with Tofu Dengaku – broiled tofu with sweet miso topping and toasted sesame seeds.

Click: the photo event hosted by Jugalbandi