Sugar and Spice

There was a full moon this weekend.  The July full moon is special.  It’s midsummer.  The days are long and hot.  The nights bring cooler air, but there’s still plenty of heat from the day left behind.  The rising moon sheds plenty of light.  It’s a night for a picnic and skinny dipping. There’s a [...]

The FDA says there is no such thing as an aphrodisiac, but man has believed in and used them since recorded history.  There are a lot of foods that are high in this or that vitamin, property, whatever that can physically enhance performance.   Then there are the ones that are steeped in history and mythology [...]