Comments on: Shadows of the Borderland, Part 2

By: ernestene

ernestene — Mon, 25 Apr 2016 00:56:57 +0000

save them before there all gone

By: rachel

rachel — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 02:29:39 +0000

Thanks for answering.the last line of my post should be my PESTO is pine nut free!!

By: Jonathan Slaght

Jonathan Slaght — Mon, 26 Oct 2015 20:33:52 +0000

Hi Michael, I agree that only purists really note a difference–in my opinion pesto is equally delicious without pine nuts.

By: Jonathan Slaght

Jonathan Slaght — Mon, 26 Oct 2015 20:31:39 +0000

Hi Rachel and thanks for your note. It is interesting when food considered trash by some is treasured by others. My favorite example is kopi luwak, or “civet coffee,” which is coffee made from beans that passed through the digestive tract of a palm civet (a mammal somewhat reminiscent of a cat).

By: Michael Alexander

Michael Alexander — Thu, 22 Oct 2015 08:35:38 +0000

I also read your enlightening article regarding Korean pine nuts. Thank you. I now am using alternative nuts, or none at all. All who have consumed dishes I have since created have liked it just as much or didn’t notice the difference.

Being a proponent of preservation, I look forward to reading future blogs.

By: rachel

rachel — Mon, 19 Oct 2015 23:37:14 +0000

This is for mr slaght. I read your ny times article on pine nuts with great interest, but there was nowhere there to comment. A few years ago my father saw pine nuts in the fridge and he started laughing. Heasked me off I paid for them and I explained They were a delicacy. My father was in Russian prison camps during WWII, and rendered shaking the trees to get the nuts when they were starving! He said “only in America” do you pay for the food we ate when we were starving! My potato is pignoli free!

By: John Dunnings

John Dunnings — Sat, 19 Sep 2015 16:37:31 +0000

Save these cats from extinction. Do it and be sure they’re safe from the hunters moving in!

By: eusebio manuel vestias pecurto

eusebio manuel vestias pecurto — Sat, 12 Sep 2015 08:35:13 +0000

good job love from europe thank you

By: Peter Tegstad

Peter Tegstad — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 11:31:23 +0000

finally some good news! keep up the good work!!!

By: Kellie Rae Theiss

Kellie Rae Theiss — Wed, 09 Sep 2015 12:43:44 +0000

I appreciate the information being collected and shared.
This awareness is the only way to create support.
This story is fascinating!