Three Tomatoes Soup

Red, Orange and White Tomatoes stewing

Homemade Chicken Stock

Tomato Soup with Broth & Seasonings

Yummy
Recipe with ingredients coming soon…
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Red, Orange and White Tomatoes stewing

Homemade Chicken Stock

Tomato Soup with Broth & Seasonings

Yummy
Recipe with ingredients coming soon…
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Even though CamilleCares is the place where you can catch up on my newest cooking videos, recipes and photographs of food and drink. In this post, I must focus the human produced epidemic of Littering! I do not litter! I used to as a child, but as I have grown-up, I recognize the importance of trash disposal, recycling, the result of litter and its harm to the environment. I am extremely disturbed to report that many New Yorker’s are not aware of this and do not see the harm in their irresponsible behavior of littering. This is an ongoing phenomenon that started since the beginning of time in NYC. However, today, CamilleCares has had enough, NEW YORK CITY LITTER BUGS and their LITTERING must be brought to the light. Litter bugs must be stopped. People, we must stop adding fuel to the fire unless we openly welcome detriment to our survival and future environment!

Like most issues, this post was motivated by a surprising incident on a normal day in NYC. The other day, I was walking down Broadway in Tribeca and young man threw his half-smoked, lit cigarette into the MTA subway grate on the sidewalk. Initially, I thought nothing of it, but then once my common sense hit me, I became quickly aggravated for numerous reasons. I thought of the amount of trash New Yorkers accumulate daily, weekly, monthly and yearly. I then thought about a person’s conscience and how one decides to litter the common street and public space. Why would someone do this? Why do we throw our litter into the streets? Why do we think it is okay to litter our sidewalks, gutters and in front of our homes and places of commerce?
From spitting to tossing cigarettes, I think that New Yorkers need a thorough overhaul in the sanitation department. Is it possible to get folks to wear adult size mirrors? Are we oblivious to the trash in our streets and sidewalks? We are disgusting, let’s face it. There are no if, ands or buts, well I guess there are butts, in regards to keeping your trash to yourself and finding a responsible place to dispose of all your trash. By the way, has anyone thought about the future? What example are we making when we teach the future that it is okay to litter the streets? 
I am enraged by our lackadaisical attitude and disgusting nature. Have we really thought about the harm we are causing? What about fire safety? This man did not take the time to out his cigarette before he tossed it into the subway grate. No, I want to think this man had no thought process to his actions. He simply was done with his cigarette and flicked it from his fingers into the grate. Why not? Everyone else here is a litter bug, look at the streets, its disgusting. Whether due to neglected sanitation pick-up for one illegitimate reason or the other, our streets are by far some of the worse in America. But whose responsibility is it to keep the streets clean?
Is that even a question? We rely way too heavily on city employees to make things “better” in this city. As fellow citizens, it is OUR responsibility to protect and clean up our streets one block at a time. It is our daily activity that makes the difference. Ask yourself do you litter? Do you keep your trash with you until you find a receptacle? Do you pick up trash that others have left behind? Do you toss your gum or candy wrapper, because it is small? Do you drop your cigarette butt on the ground? Do you stomp it out then toss it? Have you ever tossed your cigarette into the train grate as well?

The immediate concern here is fire. According to the NYC MTA system, many of the train delays, injuries and fires are caused by human litter that finds it way onto the tracks below ground. “Fire and smoke conditions along the track and in stations have been a leading cause of subway delays for several years, and 2007 was unfortunately no different.” In 2007, ”4,881 trains were delayed as a result of fire/smoke conditions. That’s up from 2006 when fire/smoke conditions caused 3,484 delayed trains. Compared to 2003 when fire/smoke conditions delayed 2,826 trains, those delays have risen by 73%. Newspapers and subway tracks are not a good combination,” said Steven A. Feil, Senior Vice President of NYC Transit’s Department of Subways. “The papers can cause fires when ignited by electrical equipment and, when it rains, can lead to flooding when they block drainage areas.”
Between 2003 and 2007, the amount of trash removed from the system has increased 17%, soaring from 15,300 tons in 2003 to 17,862 tons in 2007. New York City has over 662 miles of train tracks, which means a lot of space to protect from our own litter. We can do this, we just have to be proactive and remember to take your newspaper, soda can, water bottle, lotto scratch cards, paper pizza plate, brown paper bag, peanuts wrapper, chip bag and all other loads of crap New Yorker’s throw away onto the streets, sidewalks, subway platforms, cars and tracks.
We can do it NYC, especially if we claim WE LOVE N.Y.C. or else every sidewalk, block, neighborhood, town and county will start to resemble this… 
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To bring in the fall season, I usually do a bit of weather based changes around the home. You know, a changing of window treatments, furniture and art rearrangements. Another one of my favorite fall things to do is to shop for fall foods and drinks. The holiday season is in the backs of everyone’s mind each time the wind blows a bit colder and I enjoy the small things that provide comfort during the fall season.
In New York City, pretty much every weekend we are lucky to find farmer’s markets throughout a variety of NYC neighborhoods. So last week when I happened to be in my nearby market in downtown Brooklyn, I gladly perused the wooden carts and tables of freshly picked and baked goods provided by local farms of upstate new york and long island. After I made my selection of sweet specialty tomatoes, I immediately wondered that question of , what will I make with these? I enjoy being a Brooklynite and therefore take part in the culture, food and people around me, which can all be accomplished at a local farmer’s market. Spend a day supporting local farmers and enjoy the weather before its too cold out to do anything but freeze.
With the holidays together, a lot of you may be thinking about your holiday meals, and how best you can make them more health conscious yet keep them tasty. Well, maybe that is just me. When the fall returns, I start to think of gift budgets, holiday meals, and most importantly spending time with my family. I start to collect themes and must haves’ for the fall in an effort to produce a great new holiday dish for my family. I amuse you with these fun points to get your cogs going about the fall season if they haven’t been already. There isn’t much time left to figure out what your new dish will be this Thanksgiving, or what winter vacation you will be slimming down for after that feast. Yes, I said it….let’s face it, we are just a short seven Sundays from Thanksgiving week! Read more »
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I promised myself that I would not blog about the Taylor Swift-Kanye West VMA drama.
However, I will blog about excellence and the fact that she is the,
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