July 02, 2004
The iris and the weed
Just
another
pretty
face
in
the
garden
of
neglect
Most memorable line from the clickie "There she was, looking very contented in the shade as she lay in a hammock, dipping tuberous begonia petals into a lusciously cool peach-yogurt dip – a recipe I had given her – savoring each bite."
Better than a recipe , here's an excerpt "That's right, according to Preston McDorban, author of a new book called FLOWER POWER, a regular diet of fresh flowers can raise I.Q. levels by as much as 20 points in just a few months. What's more, the brain booster is healthy, inexpensive and totally natural.
'It's the most amazing brain food ever, but scientists knew nothing about it until a 1989 Japanese study revealed that people who ate flowers regularly were much brighter than people who didn't,' said McDorban. Researchers followed up and found that chemicals responsible for various shades of color in flower blossoms can have a powerful effect on human brain cells."