Loblolly was a porridge or stew, coming to mean swamp.  It is used in the names of:  Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda), a tree; Loblolly-bay (Gordonia lasianthus), a tree; Loblolly boy, an assistant to a ship's surgeon; and Loblolly Stable, a horse breeding and racing stable in Arkansas.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loblolly

John Anthony Aniston (born Giannis Anitios Anastasakis 1933)  is an American actor.  He is best known for his role as Victor Kiriakis on the NBC daytime drama series Days of Our Lives, which he originated in July 1985 and has played continually since then.  He is the father of actress Jennifer Aniston.  Aniston was born on the island of Crete, Greece.  His father anglicized his name when he immigrated to the United States when Aniston was two, and his parents opened a restaurant in Chester, Pennsylvania.   He has appeared in soap operas regularly since 1969, when he first joined Days of Our Lives as a character named Eric Richards, which he played until 1970.  In 1975, he joined the cast of Love of Life as Eddie Aleata.  In November 1978, he left Love of Life and began playing Mary Stuart's new love interest, Martin Tourneur, on Search for Tomorrow in February 1979.  He played that role until April 1984.  He returned to the cast of Days of Our Lives a second time, this time as Victor Kiriakis, in July 1985, and continues to play the role.  He has been nominated for the 2017 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his performance.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Aniston

twi-  word-forming element meaning "two, twice, double, in two ways," from Old English twi- "two, in two ways, twice, double," from Proto-Germanic *twi- (source also of Old Frisian twi-, Old Norse tvi-, Dutch twee-, Old High German zwi-, German zwei-), from PIE *dwis (source also of Sanskrit dvi-, Greek di-, Old Latin dvi-, Latin bi-, Lithuanian dvi-), from root *dwo- "two."  Cognate with bi-. Older instances of it include Middle English twinter "two years old" (c. 1400, of cattle, sheep, etc.), reduced from Old English twi-wintre, and Old English twispræc "double or deceitful speech."  https://www.etymonline.com/word/twi-  See also  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:English_words_prefixed_with_twi-

Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1527-1593) was extremely famous during his lifetime, but he was soon forgotten after his death.  There was almost no mention of him in the 17th and 18th centuries, and it was not until 1885 that a treatise by Dr. Carlo Casati appeared called Giuseppe Arcimboldo, pittore milanese, in which he is mainly seen as a painter of portraits.  See pictures of The Librarian, The Lawyers, The Four Seasons and The Cook along with text and explanation of visual puns at  http://www.all-art.org/early_renaissance/arcimboldo02.html

Absolute Best Liver and Onions  "This recipe will turn liver haters into converts.  Very simple!  The three things that will set your liver above all others are:  1) soak in milk, 2) turn liver as little as possible and 3) don't overcook.  https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/58942/absolute-best-liver-and-onions/

For over the past century, wicker constituted the most common name for woven furniture in the United States, in all its various stylistic and material variations.  Scholars assert that the term wicker derived from two possible meanings:  old Swedish “vikker,” which meant willow, and the Swedish verb “wicka,” the verb “to bend.”  A general term, by the nineteenth century it began to refer to the material components of objects, practical or decorative, fabricated from woven plant or fiber materials.  In the twentieth century, wicker referred to the technique of weaving rather than the material itself.  The act of weaving objects from pliable materials, however, predated the nineteenth century by over a thousand years.  From the earliest times, humans wove plant fibers into functional crafts.  Woven furniture forms from the late nineteenth century to the 1920s, and Asian hourglass rattan, all referred to as “wicker” in decorating books and journal articles, experienced a revival in the second half of the twentieth century.  Wicker appeared ubiquitously in American life at the turn of the twentieth century, in locations as varied as parlors, porches, and railway cars.  After the Great Depression, wicker of all forms fell from fashion among many suburbanites, only to appear in luxury vacation areas.  The English photographer and decorator Cecil Beaton played a significant role in Americans’ exposure to antique forms of wicker. His work imitated his personal style, and he photographed many celebrities seated on a variety of his own antique wicker chairs during the 1950s.  The Development and Effects of the Twentieth-Century Wicker Revival by Emily A. Morris  submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Masters of Arts in the History of Decorative Arts The Smithsonian Associates and Corcoran College of Art and Design 2012  https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/18611/The%20Development%20and%20Effects%20of%20the%20Twentieth-Century%20Wicker%20Revival.pdf   See over 60 illustrations from page 83 through page 142.

The Whitsunday Islands are a collection of continental islands of various sizes off the central coast of Queensland, Australia, approximately 900 kilometres (560 miles) north of Brisbane.  The northernmost of the islands are situated off the coast by the town of Bowen while the southernmost islands are off the coast by Proserpine.  The island group is centered on Whitsunday Island, while the group's commercial center is Hamilton Island.  The traditional owners of the area are the Ngaro people and the Gia people(Birri Gubba language group) whose Juru Clan has the only legally recognized native title in the region.  There is some contention as to exactly which islands are within the informally named Whitsunday Islands, in particular those at the southern extremity and the inclusions to the west.  What is certain is that they lie within the chain named Cumberland Isles by Captain Cook (now officially the Cumberland Islands) and a reasonably defined section of that chain and surrounding waters have become known worldwide as The Whitsundays, based on a contraction of the Whitsunday Islands designation.  See graphics at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitsunday_Islands

The keto diet, more properly known as the ketogenic diet, was designed in the 1920s as a way to treat epilepsy.  It proved highly effective, especially with children, but fell out of favor as new anticonvulsant drugs came to market.  Then in 1994, Dateline ran a story about Charlie Abrahams, a toddler with severe epilepsy whose parents turned to the ketogenic diet in desperation.  It worked so well that Charlie was reportedly seizure-free (and drug-free) within a month.  In 1997, Charlie’s father, Hollywood producer Jim Abrahams, adapted their story into the TV movie First Do No Harm, starring Meryl Streep.  The saga of the Abrahams reignited interest in a ketogenic diet as a possible treatment for everything from migraines and sleep disorders to autism and Alzheimer's disease.  In more recent years, with growing interest in the similar Atkins diet, keto started being touted as a weight-loss strategy, too.  A ketogenic diet elevates the levels of ketone bodies in the system—these are the byproducts of the body breaking down fat for energy when carbohydrates are in short supply, a process called ketosis.  The average American gets most of their energy from glucose, which comes from carbs and sugars.  When you’re in ketosis, though, your body goes into hyper fat-burning mode, also using up stored body fat, which is why it’s effective as a weight-loss strategy.  Since many fruits and vegetables are rich in sugar and starches (both forms of carbohydrates), they are largely off the menu.  You can eat small portions of low-sugar berries as well as leafy greens, but the focus is largely on consuming fats.  Eve Watling  https://www.newsweek.com/keto-diet-safe-1286339

Have you ever had colcannon?  A St. Patrick’s day favorite, it’s a mixture of creamy mashed potatoes and usually kale or cabbage.  I first encountered colcannon potatoes while doing research on traditional Irish cooking.  Not surprisingly the Irish have all sorts of ways of cooking potatoes, with festive names like champ, bruisy, pandy, boxty, and this Irish potato recipe, colcannon.  prep time:  10 minutes  cook time:  25 minutes  serves 4 as a side dish  For a variation, sub out half of the potatoes with parsnips.  Can add chives, leeks, or bacon too.  Find recipe by Elise Bauer at https://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/colcannon/

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