There’s a restaurant in town that brings you a glass of water on a tray with your coffee. Why? Because, they say, coffee is a diuretic, so you’ll be needing some extra water to get re-hydrated. That’s very thoughtful, but it turns out coffee may be no more of a diuretic than a non-caffeinated beverage. A [...]
Archive for January, 2008
Does caffeine cause dehydration?
Posted in Uncategorized on January 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
All tarted up
Posted in Uncategorized on January 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Tarte Tatin
Serves 6 to 8
3 crisp apples
juice of half a lemon
4 tbsp soft butter
1/3 cup sugar
9 ounces puff pastry, thawed.
1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Peel apples and cut into quarters. Toss them in the lemon juice.
2. Melt the butter in an 8″ cast iron pan. Sprinkle in the sugar and then place the apples in [...]
Excuses, excuses
Posted in Uncategorized on January 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
When I started The Probe, I was going to post short interesting little news items about health – every Tuesday. It hasn’t quite worked out that way. The main reason is, simply, I got out of the habit. Deadlines piled up and The Probe was the one thing that got ignored. The other reason is [...]
