Mike Huben
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[http://hubendaylilies.blogspot.com Daylilies are my major garden interest.] While I refuse to be so smitten that I myopically class other perennials as "companion plants", I've built a medium size assortment (400) for garden pleasure and hybridizing. I've always wanted to hybridize again, and daylilies are such a no-care and simple group to work with that I could not resist. I currently have about 3000 seedlings, 1000 from each of the past 3 years. I am a modestly successful hybridizer with about 20 introduced varieties that sell widely in North America and Europe. | [http://hubendaylilies.blogspot.com Daylilies are my major garden interest.] While I refuse to be so smitten that I myopically class other perennials as "companion plants", I've built a medium size assortment (400) for garden pleasure and hybridizing. I've always wanted to hybridize again, and daylilies are such a no-care and simple group to work with that I could not resist. I currently have about 3000 seedlings, 1000 from each of the past 3 years. I am a modestly successful hybridizer with about 20 introduced varieties that sell widely in North America and Europe. | ||
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| + | == Cooking and Eating == | ||
| + | [[Image:Viennese Crescent Cookies.jpg|thumb|Viennese Crescent Cookies, one of my family traditions.]] | ||
| + | I do a lot of cooking in many styles, mostly really yummy but none terribly expert. I've long kept [[Recipes|my recipes on the computer.]] I cook some Chinese, Japanese, Indian, Italian, Viennese, and Latin American dishes, as well as Canadian/American mainstays. | ||
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| + | I most love Asian foods with the exception of Korean and Indonesian (I just haven't grown accustomed to them.) Europe holds less gastronomic allure for me, since I don't appreciate wine or cheese, can do without beer, and can't eat most sausages or cured meats because the salt levels are too high. My favorite Chinese places to eat out are Mary Chungs (Central Square, Cambridge) and Yen Ching (Harvard Square, Cambridge.) If anybody can get me Mary's recipe for Dun Dun Noodles or the Yen Ching recipes for Kung Pao Chicken, I'd be grateful. I also enjoy Dim Sum in Chinatown. When I crave Japanese food, I usually go to the restaurants of my Aikido friends: Yasu Itoh's Tampopo in Porter Square, Cambridge, or Shinji Murakai's Toraya north of Arlington Center. | ||
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== Philosophy and Countering Libertarianism == | == Philosophy and Countering Libertarianism == | ||
[[Image:Consorting_w_the_Enemy.jpg|thumb|David Friedman visiting me. He called this picture "consorting with the enemy".]] | [[Image:Consorting_w_the_Enemy.jpg|thumb|David Friedman visiting me. He called this picture "consorting with the enemy".]] | ||
