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Rob Banes
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Scientist, artist, educator, chef, fisherman, outdoor enthusiast, bookworm, linguist, peacemaker, volunteer, etc. in no particular order.

Please don't ask because I will not date you, I will not send you money, and I will not be your disciple. Thanks.
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Tonight's dinner was tomato bisque with seafood garnish and grilled havarti & Swiss sandwich for dipping.
Photo of a bowl of tomato bisque with seafood garnish and a grilled cheese sandwich. Photo of my hand dipping a baton of grilled cheese into tomato bisque. Photo of ingredients used in tomato bisque with grilled cheese sandwich.
November 3, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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Mediterranean mussels and rice for dinner.
Photo of ingredients on wooden cutting board. Mussels, tomatoes, rice, onion, garlic, and shallot, with chef knife for chopping. Photo of hand holding teaspoon over pot of tomato, allium, and stock broth. It's important to taste and adjust broth seasonings before adding mussels. Overhead photo of cooked mussels in broth in gray cooking pot.
November 2, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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September 29, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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September 4, 2025 at 5:19 AM
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September 1, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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I want front row seats to his day of reckoning and comeuppance. I'm willing to sit through the cronies before the main event.
I might have to knit.
August 1, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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July 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Late night healthy dinner. Mediterranean pasta bowl.
Cutting board holding a bowl, knife, and fork. Mediterranean pasta bowl with extra virgin olive oil, seared tuna and sautéed shrimp. For the sauce, extra virgin olive oil, diced sweet onion, chopped tomatoes, crushed garlic, leftover miscellaneous onion bits and bobs from the fridge, capers, and sundried tomato pesto sautéed to cook and/or heat through. Garnishes and herbs include grilled green and Kalamata olives, garden basil and oregano, salt and pepper to taste, and batons of feta cheese and toasted garlic and herb sandwich rolls. Served over campanelle pasta. Buon appetito!
July 10, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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June 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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June 22, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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Worth repeating
June 14, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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June 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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May 28, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Maestro...
May 20, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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Just do it.
Scene from Young Frankenstein movie showing actor Gene Wilder pinned in large moving bookcase with text saying "Put the data back", referencing Drumpf administration's wanton destruction of our national data.
April 23, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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Just do it.
April 23, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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Keeping supper simple tonight. Diced new potato medley and chive soup in a creamy supreme soubise sauce, garnished with Kalamata fougasse croutons and chives.
A wooden cutting board holding a spoon and a white bowl of potato soup garnished with croutons and chives. A white Dutch oven, half sheet pan with freshly cut garden chives, a tube of crushed garlic, a bag of colorful new potatoes, a bottle of heavy cream, a bag of olive fougasse bread, a white onion, and a stick of butter. Ingredients for potato soup. A clean metal sink with washed colorful new potatoes.
April 16, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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Mediterraneanesque dinner tonight. Chicken-apple sausage sauté over rice served with a simple romaine and tomato salad.
Two white bowls and a fork on a cutting board. One bowl has a sauté of bias-sliced chicken-apple sausage, diced white onion, Anaheim pepper, and tomato, oil-marinated green olives and artichoke hearts served over white rice. The other bowl contains a simple salad of torn romaine lettuce and cherry tomatoes. A sauté pan cooking a mix of sliced chicken sausage, artichoke hearts, green olives, diced onion, Anaheim pepper, and tomato. A large sauté pan next to a bowl of raw diced onion, Anaheim pepper, and tomato, a bowl of sliced chicken-apple sausages, and two small jars of green olives and artichoke hearts, ready to cook.
April 14, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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Fusion teriyaki chicken caesar sandwiches for dinner.
4 teriyaki chicken caesar half sandwiches on ciabatta rolls on a white plate and a second smaller white plate with tomato wedges and extra sautéed sandwich ingredients. Sandwich ingredients ready to.prepare. Leftover teriyaki chicken, caesar dressing, a bag of chopped romaine lettuce, a can of green olives, a jar of grilled olives, a jar of grilled artichoke hearts, pickled Peppadew peppers and cipollini onions, two tomatoes, a sweet yellow onion, a wedge of asiago cheese, two tapered ciabatta rolls, an Anaheim pepper, and a santoku knife on a wooden cutting board with a skillet to the right side. A white plate with tomato wedges and diced fresh, marinated, and pickled vegetable sandwich ingredients mentioned in one of the accompanying photos.
April 6, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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Sautéed and steamed mussels for dinner tonight.
Blue mussels sautéeing in a skillet until they open and are cooked. Mussel juices, stock, and seasonings simmering in a skillet, reducing until thickened. A cutting board with a fork, a chunk of bread, a bowl of cooked mussels, and a small bowl of dipping sauce.
April 2, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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Late light dinner tonight. Seared ahi tuna and shrimp on romaine with Kalamata fougasse and marinated wild mushrooms, cippolini onions, and Peppadew peppers. Buon appetito!
A wooden cutting board with a fork, an 8" piece of Kalamata olive fougasse bread, and a large white salad bowl with chopped lettuce, boiled shrimp, and seared ahi tuna slices. Another small bowl holds marinated mushrooms, cippolini onions, and red and yellow Peppadew peppers.
March 31, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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Maneki Neko, good luck and prosperity
White with red bell collar ceramic waving cat, Maneki Neko, symbolizing good luck and prosperity in Japan
March 28, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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Maneki Neko wannabe
Drumpf the Waving Cad
March 28, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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March 18, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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A wooden cutting board with broiled pita bread seasoned with extra virgin olive oil and miscellaneous dried herbs, rotisserie chicken, a fusion cheddar/gouda cheese, three types of brie, boiled new potatoes, 4 types of olives gently warmed, fresh baby cucumber spears, pickled beets and cocktail onions. Bon appétit! A light but satisfying rainy Sunday night dinner.
March 17, 2025 at 5:05 AM