Baby Jared born on Sunday. He's such a cute, sleepy, hunchy, hungry little muncha muncha dude! [More details to come.] Photo:



A recent dinner conversation and a current television ad have both made me wonder what the difference is between black pepper and white pepper. Apparently, black pepper, Piper nigrum, which originates from Madagascar, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia, has many uses, ranging from culinary (obviously) to medicinal, and from currency to perfurmery. Opinions seem to vary on how white pepper is made, but it's either picked at a different time (ripeness), or simply the inside of a black peppercorn. Also interesting to note, is that many commercial containers of black ground pepper do not have to list their ingredients on their packaging the way other foods do (even when, like unsalted peanuts, they only contain one ingredient). Interesting (there's a commercial about another food that doesn't have to list ingredients, but I'll have to see it again to remember what food that was).

Enjoyed a most exquisite box of Triscuit Roasted Garlic. And although they contain MSG (tsk tsk), they still rock - the best Triscuits ever created, in my opinion.   =)

Jared has now polished off his first 40-pack of White Cloud newborn diapers (featuring artwork from John Lennon's 'Real Love' collection).