The Daily Soak-- Chinese Herbs

I have so much time on my hands ( ha ha) and all I want to do is get back into the kitchen. But Dominant Hand is still out of commission. Drag...

Instead, I've become BFFs with the History Channel 2. It provides the perfect break from my culinary frustration, not to mention a perfect pairing for my daily tendon soaks. Instead of soaking and watching the Cooking Channel's Chefs-- David Rocco island-hopping in Sardinia, or Chuck, happily hoisting a giant iron skillet around his awesome Vancouver restaurant; I can learn about black holes and imagine that somewhere, in a parallel universe, I am cooking-- in my own awesome kitchen, on an island, on my own show...

Soon.

Until then I will watch science shows and relax with my hand-crafted tendon soak made by Mr. Rad-- Acupuncture Joe.

The Chinese herbal ingredients are new to me and really exciting, much like trying a new cuisine. Large pieces of bark and peel and branchy fibrous herbs are steeped in a gallon of water and used warm, as an anti-inflammatory soak or compress. Extraordinary stuff.

A steaming bath of AJ tendon soak and a portal to my alternate universe-- I'll be on my way!