Tom's Podcast

Send us Fan MailOctober 3, 2023Support the showWrite to me at  [email protected] learn more, visit  http://www.projecthopeandfairness.org

Send us Fan MailAugust 6, 2023Located in N'Douci--90 minutes from Abidjan.End goal:  Development of a new brand--Chocolat des Villages.Immediate goal:  to make cocoa-growing economically viable by bringing the cocoa farmer up the value chain.Monday--Meeting with Technoserve.  Tuesday--N'Douci:  setting up the mini-factory.  Wednesday:  retrieve money to pay electrician;  trip to Issia.  Thursday--entire day at SOCOPLAN.  Friday--SCAP in Pezoan.  Saturday--production in N'Douci;  description of many challenges.  Sunday--How Klaus saved the day;  Tempering and molding class;Support the showWrite to me at  [email protected] learn more, visit  http://www.projecthopeandfairness.org

Send us Fan MailMay 8, 20235 businesses that I have opened during my lifetime.Projet Espoir et Equité, opened in 2020."You cannot start wholesale."  Le Comptoir du Cacao--May 1, 2023Description of products:  pastries, chocolates, drinks, ice creams and sorbets.Alkalizing cocoa beans--a Faustian bargain.How to make palmiers.Next trip to Côte d'Ivoire.Support the showWrite to me at  [email protected] learn more, visit  http://www.projecthopeandfairness.org

Send us Fan MailMarch 18, 2023Lunch in Tricase Porto--south of LecceVisiting a gluten-free store, a mozzarella store, Basilica di Santa Croce.Visiting Ostuni, Lunch in GallipoliExtolling spumoni:  Gallipolian versus Sicilian versions.Carnevale in Gallipoli:  the story of the lethal meatball.Notes about Tiramisu, cannolis, anchovy pizza and the search for perfection.Support the showWrite to me at  [email protected] learn more, visit  http://www.projecthopeandfairness.org

Send us Fan MailMarch 11, 2023Column donated by Brindici to Lecce--history.  Statue of Orontius (Oronzo).  Amphitheater (built in 2nd century).  Porta Rudiae.Little food stories.  The sad olive trees of Sorento.  Who is at fault?Driving south from Lecce--to Otranto.  The martyrs of Otranto.  Santa Cesarea Terme--turquoise waters of the Ionian Sea.  Words about cornetti.  Supersano:  having lunch in a farm restaurant.  Galatina:  the purpose of fresco (frescoes).  In search of a relic for the altar.News of PH&F.  Support the showWrite to me at  [email protected] learn more, visit  http://www.projecthopeandfairness.org

Send us Fan MailMarch 2, 2023Train 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.Support the showWrite to me at  [email protected] learn more, visit  http://www.projecthopeandfairness.org

Send us Fan MailJanuary 6, 2023Dorothy 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.Support the showWrite to me at  [email protected] learn more, visit  http://www.projecthopeandfairness.org

Send us Fan MailNovember 5, 2022Five days in the Ivorian booth, talking to visitors.Description of the buildingThe burgeoning B2B (Bean-to-bar) market.  The tools of the B2B trade.  Melangeur companies.Pioneers:  John Nanci, John Scharffenberger, Frederick SchillingThe CCC--Conseil du Café-CacaoNeed for Côte d'Ivoire to diversify its market--to quality chocolate.History of SOCOPLAN;  Types of chocolate manufactured.Support the showWrite to me at  [email protected] learn more, visit  http://www.projecthopeandfairness.org

Send us Fan MailOctober 2, 2022Countries of the Global South and the Global NorthTransformation from Commodity AgricultureTwo events important to the future of PH&FTwo 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-BarDecember 1 Fundraiser--descriptionReview of "Ministry for the Future", a non-dystopian view of how we might respond to global warming.Support the showWrite to me at  [email protected] learn more, visit  http://www.projecthopeandfairness.org

Send us Fan MailJuly 31, 2022THE ART OF EATING AND COOKINGAUSTERITY BECOMES A VIRTUEGASTRONOMY AS AN ARTA NEW DISH IS GREATER THAN A NEW STARBRILLAT SAVARIN:  "Tell me what you eat and I'll tell you who you are."ART. AND SCIENCE:  food scienceGASTRONOMY:  stimulation of a maximum secretion of digestive juicesWORDS ABOUT OUR PROGRESS:  David (SOCOPLAN) and Servando (SCAP)COCOA FARMER AS A SOLUTION TO GLOBAL WARMINGSupport the showWrite to me at  [email protected] learn more, visit  http://www.projecthopeandfairness.org

Send us Fan MailJuly 17, 2022.Background of the author, Edouard de Pomiane, a pseudonymPreface 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.Support the showWrite to me at  [email protected] learn more, visit  http://www.projecthopeandfairness.org

Send us Fan MailJune 25, 2022FIRST 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. KnopfFOURTH ENCOUNTER:  showing my culinary software to Julia ChildSupport the showWrite to me at  [email protected] learn more, visit  http://www.projecthopeandfairness.org

Send us Fan MailApril 14, 2026On Sunday, April 12, I gave a talk to 11 Loubersians, people from the village of Loubers.  I covered the following:My backgroundThe cocoa tree, fruit, and seedImportance of fermentation to flavorTasting chocolate for three attributes:  smoothness, roastiness, fruitinessHow to temper, enrobe, dip,  and mold chocolateTasting three truffles with red wineSupport the showWrite to me at  [email protected] learn more, visit  http://www.projecthopeandfairness.org

Send us Fan MailMay 15, 2022Report 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.Support the showWrite to me at  [email protected] learn more, visit  http://www.projecthopeandfairness.org

Send us Fan MailDecember 22, 202116 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.Support the showWrite to me at  [email protected] learn more, visit  http://www.projecthopeandfairness.org

Send us Fan MailNovember 26, 2021Ten 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.Support the showWrite to me at  [email protected] learn more, visit  http://www.projecthopeandfairness.org

Send us Fan MailNovember 3, 2021Oliver spent a lot of time with the Indian family.  He accompanied them up Mt San Jeronimo, where he participated in the rites of sun worship. Relationships between the Indios (Indians) and the Mestizos (Spanish-Mexicans).  Comparison to situation of the cocoa farmer.Communications between Indios and Mestizos.  Indios used superstition to gain the upper hand over the Mestizos when they haggled over prices.  I mention my experience haggling in China.Trip to the plantation by Mom and Reuben.  Eating monkey in alligator sauce prepared by Galdena.  Description of plantation.  Vulnerability of rubber trees to disease and insects.  Victor's friendship with President Diaz, who appreciated the hard work of the American family.Four ingredients necessary for successful development:  time, knowledge, capital, critical mass.Jennie Lindeborg--a Swedish Cinderella, a stowaway on a potato boat.  The taxi story.  Other members of the story.Support the showWrite to me at  [email protected] learn more, visit  http://www.projecthopeandfairness.org

Send us Fan MailOctober 26, 2021Characters:  Oliver--eventually became VP of a big oil company.  Jenny--my great-grandmother.  Rolf--invented the milk carton.  Esther--my mother's mother (got sick in Mexico and returned to the US).  Rueben-- invented an oil pipeline brush.Sympathetic magic--the belief that like makes like.  E.g., eating long green beans lengthens lifespan.  Eating red food stimulates blood production.Notes about President Diaz (1880-1910).Causes of goatiness in goat's milk:  three fatty acids (caproic, capric, caprylic acids)Support the showWrite to me at  [email protected] learn more, visit  http://www.projecthopeandfairness.org

Send us Fan MailSeptember 16, 2021Bach's music is profoundly cheerful and full of love.  JSB was a devout Christian, and his music portrays the majesty of a Theistic God who loves his creation.  These five organ pieces are among my favorites.Prelude and Fugue in F-MajorPrelude in D-Major Wachet Auf Ruft uns die Stimme. (Wake Up Calls Out the Voice)Sheep May Safely GrazeTrumpet Voluntary by Jeremiah ClarkeComments about the up-coming fundraiser, where I played these five pieces.Support the showWrite to me at  [email protected] learn more, visit  http://www.projecthopeandfairness.org

Send us Fan MailOctober 16, 2021Written by my Great-Uncle, Victor Frederick Peterson.  Comments about how I inherited this document.  Other personal comments.Emigration of Swedes to the US and Little Swedens that dotted the MidWest and about the Peterson family.1905--Professor Peterson decides to move his family to Mexico.Three books about rubber and colonialism:  King Leopold's Ghost, Fordlandia by Greg Grandin, In Darkest Africa by Henry Stanley (2 volumes).PHF News:  David buys a $6,000 tempering machine thanks to USDA grant.Support the showWrite to me at  [email protected] learn more, visit  http://www.projecthopeandfairness.org

Send us Fan MailJuly 1, 2021African Truffle assortment using Depa chocolateDepa:  our first chocolate production facility.  David's customers.Description of truffle productionOther products using Depa chocolateDescription of vendors in the Cordes Saturday morning marketSupport the showWrite to me at  [email protected] learn more, visit  http://www.projecthopeandfairness.org

Send us Fan MailMay 15, 2021A comparison of my parents' science interests and their hopes to make me a scientist.  A comparison of parental religious philosophies.  How can science and religion coexist in one person when science negates religion?Late 19th and early 20th centuries--when Cartesian thought no longer applied and mystery caused a significant rapprochement of science and religion.  Role of Darwin in creating more mystery.  The Big Bang Theory:  how can we be living inside an explosion?  It seems the more we know the more mystery there is.What does religion provide?  Anti-hubris.  We will never reach the level os gods, no matter how many apples we eat.  Science requires hubris;  religion demands anti-hubris.PHF:  Announcement of our fundraiser in September.  I hope to raise enough money to buy a second melangeur for David.Support the showWrite to me at  [email protected] learn more, visit  http://www.projecthopeandfairness.org

Send us Fan MailApril 15, 2021My commitment to "do something" about poverty of the cocoa farmer.  Purchase of tools for farmers.  2012 trip: I proposed the idea of building cocoa processing facility in Depa.  Since 2019, David Logbo Zigro has shipped four batches of chocolate bars to the US.  He has also made bars and disks which he has sold locally.Pezoan:  We built the second chocolate processing facility in Pezoan and I have been teaching Adama Yamba how to temper chocolate and candy fruit.  Antoine's story about getting beaten up doing PH&F work.  Adama's story with the cold room.Cordes sur Ciel:  selling in the Saturday market.  Damien joins me.  Dreams about expanding business.Support the showWrite to me at  [email protected] learn more, visit  http://www.projecthopeandfairness.org

Send us Fan MailMarch 23, 2021.The Thomas Edison Model:  dispersed generators connected by ACIntermittency:  how to blend wind and solar with traditional generatorsEnergy to weight ratio:  History of the battery.The Lithium battery:  where is most of the earth's lithium?  Environmental damage.How batteries are recycled.Two new batteries:  liquid air and liquid metalNEWS ABOUT PH&F:  selling chocolate at the Saturday market and in a store in downtown Cordes (Cordes au Bas).Support the showWrite to me at  [email protected] learn more, visit  http://www.projecthopeandfairness.org

Send us Fan MailMarch 6, 2021Hopelessness:  a hopeless approachA bug shows the way;  a metaphor for our times.History of the global warming theory.Forcings:  measured in watts per square meter (incoming and outgoing)Examples of positive and negative forcingHow many trees do we need to plant?Problems for shellfish.NEWS ABOUT PH&FSupport the showWrite to me at  [email protected] learn more, visit  http://www.projecthopeandfairness.org

Send us Fan MailFebruary 13, 2021INTRODUCTION:  An old-testament writing genre that grew in response to the Babylonian captivity to provide hope to the Chosen People who had been kidnapped to Babylon, then invaded by the Greeks and then the Romans.FIVE HORSEMEN:Serial Pandemics:  COVID and EbolaDonald J. Trump:  end of Liberalism, rise of FascismNuclear AnnihilationDevaluation of HumanityGlobal WarmingNEWS ABOUT PH&F:   1600 chocolate bars sold,  African ChocoFudgeBar, African TrufflesSupport the showWrite to me at  [email protected] learn more, visit  http://www.projecthopeandfairness.org

Send us Fan MailJanuary 16, 2021Dr. Bart Ehrman.  Why do we suffer?  The canonical gospels.  Who wrote them?  When?  Quelle (source).  Problems of translation such as "logos".  Meaning of Messiah.  Gospels as credos, not historical records.  No record of Jesus in documents written in the 1st century.  James, brother of Jesus, was the first "pope";  he was Jewish, not Christian.Dr. Robert Wright:  A History of God.  Starting with spiritual origins with hunter-gatherers. Reassurance of survival especially on a planet where volcanoes, earthquakes, and famines threaten survival.  The idea of fairness--does it pre-date religion?  God--a concept to discourage theft.  Polytheism--monolatry--monotheism, a transition during Israelite history.  Polytheism and monolatry encourage peaceful trade and discourage wars.  Monotheism encourages warlike behaviors.Emperor Constantine.  Not really a Christian himself but encouraged it to tighten control over the Roman Empire.Dr. Reza Aslan.  "Zealot, the Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth".  See highly cringeworthy Lauren Greene-Aslan interview on Youtube.  He has chosen history over theology.  10 facts that I learned from the book, Zealot.Again, ignore the statements about the bars.  I am making the bars here in France from chocolate made in the village of Lakota.  If you want some bars, please contact me.Thanks.  Tom Support the showWrite to me at  [email protected] learn more, visit  http://www.projecthopeandfairness.org

Send us Fan MailDec 12, 2020Three geological examples of impermanence are considered:  the clinkers I picked up as a Kindergartner, the Petoskey Stone, which is the state mineral of Michigan, and the Cambrian Explosion, when multicellular life first appeared.Our village Cordes sur Ciel represents a fourth example of impermanence.  We live on top of a 200 foot layer of limestone, dolomite, and sandstone and  houses and buildings of the community are made of these three stones.Catharism, a "heretical" sect represented a threat to the permanence of the Roman Catholic Church.  1209-1229 was the period of the Albigensian Crusade, a genocide funded by Pope Innocent III during which over 400,000 Cathars were obliterated by the Church.  The sect no longer exists.The Fifth Industrial Revolution, based on batteries and electricity grids, is a fifth example of impermanence, as we have to go through extraordinary pain to wean ourselves of fossil fuels.Adventures with our Citroen AmiDavid made 1800 bars.  This is all old.  You can purchase bars from me here in France, but you will have to arrange with UPS, FEDEX, or DHL for a pick-up.  To know more, contact me at [email protected] the showWrite to me at  [email protected] learn more, visit  http://www.projecthopeandfairness.org

Send us Fan MailNov. 11, 2020.A friend (Ahmadou) put me in touch with the captain of the Cameroonian soccer team.  But it was a fraud.  My friend was deceived.  Becoming increasingly suspicious, I made a list of "flags" that signal the fraud.  I sent 200 euros and learned a valuable lesson.  The most valuable was that when you are trying to do good, you are highly susceptible to fraudulent people as you lack the requisite skepticism to protect yourself.I finish by talking about selling chocolate bars.  We have not yet established a way to sell bars.  I can sell bars made with our chocolate from my business in France, but you will need to initiate the purchase from your end using UPS, FedEx, or DHL.If you are interested, write to me.  Support the showWrite to me at  [email protected] learn more, visit  http://www.projecthopeandfairness.org

Send us Fan MailMore walking through Cordes.  Very sorry that the images are no longer with us.  Some important points:Albigensian Crusade:  a genocide of the Cathars ordered by Pope Innocent IIIPastel:  made from a local plant (woad) that made Cordes richValleys and hills:  all formed by erosion of softer limestonesBastide:  a heavily defended market town Planol:  between the 4th and 5th wallsLavoir:  where village women congregated to wash their laundryCharles Portal Museum:  see weaving machine in the basementCallipyge:  where the piano is locatedComments about chocolate manufacturing in Depa and Pezoan.Support the showWrite to me at  [email protected] learn more, visit  http://www.projecthopeandfairness.org

Send us Fan MailOctober 12, 2020I walk around Cordes.  Hope you enjoy it.  TomSupport the showWrite to me at  [email protected] learn more, visit  http://www.projecthopeandfairness.org

Send us Fan MailSeptember 23, 2020Plant Pigments and the Cooking of VegetablesDifferences between plants and animalsPheophytin and overcooked vegetablesEffects of blanchingChlorophylls, carotenoids, xanthophyllsEffects of pH on vegetable colorsFlavonoids as anti-aging antioxidantsA Little Tour of Cordes sur CielSupport the showWrite to me at  [email protected] learn more, visit  http://www.projecthopeandfairness.org

Send us Fan MailSeptember 1, 2020. Andrew Wilson-Dickson plays Bach and Couperin to illustrate:Pipe length and pitch and sharpness of sound—examples by Bach and CouperinUse of harmonics to imitate reed instrumentsSound of reeds, wooden and metal pipesHistory, Ingredients, and a Culinary StoryThe story of DanishCinnamon vs CassiaA Fishy TailSupport the showWrite to me at  [email protected] learn more, visit  http://www.projecthopeandfairness.org

Send us Fan Mail"Toccata" by Francis Jackson.  Performed by Andrew Wilson-Dickson.The Prelude and postlude in a Christian serviceOrgan as vox dei or piousThree periods:  classic, romantic, instrumentalThe tracker organ, ranks, stopsQuint, Terce, Materials:  white pine, pewter, lead, tinPrincipals, bourdon, reed pipes (fagott), stringsManuals:  great, positif, swell, recitLength of pipe and pitch:  32, 16, 8 ,4, 2, 1Ganache (food). Theobroma cacao (food of the gods)The culinary gullibility test and cultureSupport the showWrite to me at  [email protected] learn more, visit  http://www.projecthopeandfairness.org

Send us Fan MailCompanies pretend to be shocked about child laboMy solution—help the farmer climb the value chainWFCL—definitionUse of agricultural chemicals—effectivenessCocoa price at the time:  68 cents per lbDaloa produces 10% of Ivorian cocoaGender and control of family’s cashGreen pods, black pods and qualityPisteurs and traitants:  who are they?Shia Lebanese and Ivorian economyChild labor vs WFCL—differencesCommercial advantage of deforestationUgly beans make great chocolate:  why?Harkens-Engel Protocol—effectivenessSupport the showWrite to me at  [email protected] learn more, visit  http://www.projecthopeandfairness.org

Send us Fan MailJuly 23, 2020Dark Lutheranism and Light LutheranismIs Dark Lutheranism caused by epigenetics?Swedish foods celebrating church festivalsCoexistence of science and ChristianityCorrelation of Liberalism and Light LutheranismPH&F’s work and Light LutheranismCulinary IssuesThe microwave oven—effects on foodPlastics in food—BPAExplosion in the kitchenSupport the showWrite to me at  [email protected] learn more, visit  http://www.projecthopeandfairness.org

Send us Fan MailJuly 12, 2020History:  origins of the  mousseIngredients:  the onion.  The FODMAP diet.  Lachrymatory properties.Fining and Honing Your KnivesHow to Cut an Onion"As Above, So Below". Philosophy of culinary science.An Earthly Apocalypse:  story of a failed cakeSupport the showWrite to me at  [email protected] learn more, visit  http://www.projecthopeandfairness.org

Send us Fan MailJune 27, 2020The Industrial Revolution is often said to be made of three parts:  the steam engine, the Bessemer blast furnace, and the silicon wafer.  However, underpinning these three technologies is a great wealth of modifications in the diet necessary to feed the worker.  The rise of sugar as a cheap source of calories, the use of food additives to preserve and make food more palatable, the use of the chicken as a great filter to consume lots of waste products and produce edible meat are just a few examples of what is covered in this article.SECTION ON PH&F:  news about the African Chocobar.Support the showWrite to me at  [email protected] learn more, visit  http://www.projecthopeandfairness.org

Send us Fan MailJune 18, 2020David's New Machine:  David Logbo Zigro went to Abidjan to pick up the newest melangeur.The African Chocobar: description.  Comments about pricing.The Peruvian Connection:  the very beginning of PH&FKuapa Kokoo:  Fair Trade cooperative located in Kumasi, Ghana2003--first trip to GhanaFood Fact:  why are some fish oilier than another?  Why are some white and others red?  The nature of fish oils.Support the showWrite to me at  [email protected] learn more, visit  http://www.projecthopeandfairness.org

Send us Fan MailJune 4, 2020HISTORY OF GHANA:  importance of gold trade, slave trade;  Tetteh Quarshie, the man who introduced cacao to continental Africa.;  Kwame N'KrumaHISTORY OF CAMEROON:  origin of name, German influence, Western Cameroonians,  President Biya, Northern Cameroon and Boko Haram, formation of Amazonia, biggest exports, polarization of North vs South.WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR, FAIR TRADE, & FREE TRADEFOOD FACTS:  proscription of white food.  Reverend Sylvester Graham's influence.  Effects of diet on prevalence of diabetes.  Honey as digested sucrose.FOOD ADDITIVES:  Center for Science in the Public Interest.  Glyphosate, antibiotics in our food.TWO CULINARY ERRORS  Tom "surprises" a steak;  Tom puts glace in the melon, not glaçons.Support the showWrite to me at  [email protected] learn more, visit  http://www.projecthopeandfairness.org

Send us Fan MailMay 29, 2020Sections from my book, "A History of Project Hope and Fairness" Six motivating facts  for writing the book, and for my thoughts about cocoa sustainability.Six important events that influenced my way of thinking about how to solve problems with cocoa sustainability.History of Ivory Coast.Ingredients--what is bread flour?  all-purpose?  pastry?History:  How did chocolate become popular in Europe?Troubleshooting:  The Story of Goofy BastardSupport the showWrite to me at  [email protected] learn more, visit  http://www.projecthopeandfairness.org

Send us Fan MailMay 21, 2020We continue with Padmore’s extraordinary adventure.  In this part, we start on the bubble boat, continue to a camp near Foggia, visit a man in Naples who forges a document that would allow him to leave Italy.  Padmore meets Tolva, moves in with her.  They get married and then Padmore flies back to Ghana in order to legalize his status and to see his sons.The Most Important Project of My Life:  PH&F.  Thoughts on how to make cocoa growing a sustainable occupation.Food thoughts:  how to hard-boil an egg.Food history:  origins of American cerealsTroubleshooting:  how to keep green vegetables green.Support the showWrite to me at  [email protected] learn more, visit  http://www.projecthopeandfairness.org

Send us Fan MailMay 13, 2020Padmore left Ghana in 2018, crossed the Mediterranean in a flimsy balloon boat, lived in Italy, and eventually ended up living in Malmö, Sweden and ended up marrying a Swedish woman who went to his church.  This is his story.Support the showWrite to me at  [email protected] learn more, visit  http://www.projecthopeandfairness.org

Send us Fan MailMay 3, 2020Today's podcast answers the following questions:Why write a podcast?What is my background?What is Project Hope and Fairness?  What does it do?What is baking powder?  Single-acting vs double-actingWhen to use baking soda and baking powder.History of canning.  Botulism.  The 12-D cook.Mayonnaise--a  mixture of phases with an emulsifier.  How to make.  Whisks.Support the showWrite to me at  [email protected] learn more, visit  http://www.projecthopeandfairness.org

Send us Fan MailMay 4, 2020We start this episode with a brief history of Project Hope and Fairness.  Then we talk about the use of yeast to leaven breads and pastries and to produce alcohol.  Remarks about the history of the baguette.  Meat cookery and moisture loss:  the roles of myoglobin, sauces, pH alteration and sealing in the juices.Support the showWrite to me at  [email protected] learn more, visit  http://www.projecthopeandfairness.org

Send us Fan MailCarl Sagan didn’t believe in them.  Nor does Elon Musk.  Do UFOs and aliens exist?  If so, will we ever meet them?In this podcast, I begin by grounding my interest in the questions with a bit of family history concerning the spectrophotometer, which , in combination with the development of more powerful telescopes made it possible to appreciate the sheer size of the universe.I then proceed to discussing why we may never actually know the answers to the two questions I just posed. BTW, have you noticed that the two historical periods when we were most interested in UFOs were periods when we have been unsure of our continued existence on this planet—in the 50s, when the hydrogen bomb was developed and now when wars are breaking out all over.Besides this grim existential issue, I talk about the chocolate Easter assortment that I have developed, which I guarantee actually exists....Enjoy!  Tom NeuhausSupport the showWrite to me at  [email protected] learn more, visit  http://www.projecthopeandfairness.org

Send us Fan MailTom (I) went to Amsterdam on February 19th to attend the CHOCOA Conference.  I spent three days there, sold chocolate bars, speculoos, chocolate-coated crystallized cocoa beans, and other items.  I also gave out 200 tasting cards with samples of three chocolates and asked the participants to indicate their preferences.  It was a blind tasting and the results showed that cocoa farmers can produce a quality of chocolate competitive with the Big Boys.In this podcast, I also describe the five factors that cause price volatility.  Only three months ago, cocoa was trading at close to $12,000 per metric ton.  In February, it plunged to $2,300.Please join PH&F in its efforts to empower the West African cocoa farmer!Support the showWrite to me at  [email protected] learn more, visit  http://www.projecthopeandfairness.org