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My students chose mustard covered bees.

By Matthew Dicks | January 10, 2015 | Comments Off on My students chose mustard covered bees.

My students sit in teams. Every month these teams change, and they are given the opportunity to choose new team names. This month one of the teams took the name Mustard Covered Bees. The two things I’m allergic to.  

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Science supports my wife’s hatred of cilantro and my hatred of broccoli, but she has more credibility than me in food related issues. Unfairly so.

By Matthew Dicks | February 12, 2013 | Comments Off on Science supports my wife’s hatred of cilantro and my hatred of broccoli, but she has more credibility than me in food related issues. Unfairly so.

In speaking about cilantro, Julia Child once said, “I would pick it out if I saw it and throw it on the floor.” My wife concurs. Though her palate is wide and varied, cilantro is her most despised food item.  Apparently there might be good reason for this, at least according to research described in…

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