David Koblos (@stortebeker) - Neoxian City

David Koblos

Mexico City

Nature, Culture, Sustainability, Murals, Food, Bicycles

2 days ago

Foodies Bee Hive

Stir Fry - High Heat and Fast Paced in a Wok After my slow cooking recipe from last week, I want to swing to the opposite this time: using a lot of heat in a brief time. And what would be more ideal for this than a…

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9 days ago

Foodies Bee Hive

Slow Cooking - A Simple Curry on Low Flame Sometimes you just want to take your time cooking. Letting the tastes combine gradually, over a low, simmering flame. Today I wanted to try this by making a simply curry dish.…

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16 days ago

Foodies Bee Hive

Dry Roasting Vegetables - Going for the Maillard Reaction When vegetables are exposed to the right conditions, something extraordinary happens: The sugars and proteins break down and combine into new compounds, which in turn can break…

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19 days ago

Mexican Murals - Owl and Donkey in La Paz [CCC's Street Art Contest #309] It is not often that you see a mural blending so well into the overall appearance of the wall it is painted on. And I don't mean painting windows, doors, and balconies with…

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21 days ago

Writing a Movie Review on Scrobble.life - A HowTo Guide This morning I was struck by surprise. Apparently I did not qualify for the contest I have decided to participate in! And I was so sure I followed all the requirements: The [fi

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22 days ago

Foodies Bee Hive

Blanche & Choc - Making Green Bean Almondine In my quest to up my veggie-cooking game I came to try the method called blanche and shock . It basically means, boiling the veggies in heavily salted water for a short…

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23 days ago

More Football and Gambling - Squeezing the World Cup for More Welcome to the Quarter-Finals! That's it, folks. It's the round of 8, and all of the teams whose flag I could be waving have been eliminated. That means, this world cup has…

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26 days ago

Fiesta Méxicana - Celebrating World Cup Victories the Mexican Way Do you watch the world cup? Who doesn't? Do you celebrate when your country wins? Why wouldn't you? Do these celebrations get a bit wild sometimes? I'm sure they might . . . Still, I be

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27 days ago

BeerSaturday - Baja Brewing Spinns the Wheel It's another Saturday, back home in normality, so let me post another beer review. This time it is a brew I came across quite a bit on my bicycle tour of the Baja California …

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29 days ago

Quality instead of Quantity - Cleaning out in my Follow List When was the last time you looked at all the Hive accounts you follow? How about the following lists of other hiveans? Let me guess: it was pretty long ago, if ever. But maybe…

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