Chef Keem :: My Lensography

Chef Keem - Dead Or Alive! 

An Introduction.

Chef Keem's Best Recipes To Die From - Ever.

They're rich, they're yummy, they're proven to take you to Heaven...on Earth, or otherwise. You live only once per reincarnation. Eat good while you can! What could be better than my best recipes to die from? I'm as serious as too much pan grease in...

I know my Weenie!

Who proclaimed with all his might: "Weeni - Widi - Wici!"? Caesar - upon conquering the Frankfurters! Ouch...! Really good ones are hard to find - jokes as well as wiener dogs. It's very important to know your weenie! Here are some recommendations f...

I'm Dead. Now what? - Life After Death...

The most important questions in life are: What happens when I die? What's it like in the life after death? Is there any life after death? Why do we talk about life - I thought I'm dead? You're kidding, right? Questions as old as mankind, answered an...

Bavarian Chef Keem

Chef Entrepreneur Composer Comedian Gourmand Guru The nickname seemed to be easier for the American public to grasp than my full German name "Achim", resembling a Middle-Eastern heritage, phonetically. Then, the frequent question "Chef Kim?" ruined...

Selling At The Farmers Market

I've had a booth at the local farmers market since 2001, when I was laid-off from my restaurant chef job. I had decided at that point that I wanted to be my own boss. It was a bold and energizing decision and I've never looked back. It's a new life,...

There's No Business Like My Business! 

And yes - a lot of it IS show business...

Diary of a Small Business Owner

This lens shall provide small business resources and an overview of business ownerships and what it takes to run a small gourmet food company. Furthermore, I intend to chronicle past and current business events: pratfalls, successes, trials and error...

Cool Gift Ideas - Fancy Food Gifts

Everybody loves unique gift ideas, organic gift baskets, gifts for your valentine, personalized gifts, gift boxes for boyfriend, girlfriend, best friend - the list goes on and on. The convenience of online shopping makes it possible for anyone with...

Culinary Arts Alaska With Chef Keem - Fishing, Cooking, Salmon, Bear!

Alaska cooking jobs - dream jobs! Ihave a lot of cooking fun, but I'm also fly fishing, bear chasing, adventure hunting, beach combing, and picking wild strawberries. I entertain my guests with my chef's comedy routines, and I develop recipes for wil...

Austin Wedding Invitations, Favors And Great Gift Ideas

This page showcases some of the best Austin gift and specialty food producers. Their one-of-a-kind creations are perfectly suited to be placed in Austin-themed gift baskets, presented as wedding favors, or even mailed as unique forms of invitations:...

Organic Flavored Agave Nectar and Diabetic Sweetener - Low Glycemic Agasweet

Recipes and information on Agasweet flavored agave nectar, which due to its extremely low glycemic index rating is a perfect alternative sweetener, suitable even for most diabetics! Agave syrup is a 100 percent organic and natural sweetener for every...

Work From Home - Make Money Online! 

Do you have the courage to ask for help?

Do You Have The Courage To Ask For Help?

The inspiration came from a blog post on "Men with Pens": Do we have the courage to ask for help? Are we too proud to "bother" our friends in times of need? Is it embarrassing to ask for support when we fall short in our basic requirements for living...

Squidoo - A Good Investment? Is It Really Worth It?

When asked, "is it a good investment to make Squidoo lenses?", or, "is it worth it to spend all that time on Squidoo?" - I answer "yes, it is a good investment for me!" I know how to make money online! I know how to work from home using Squidoo.com a...

Healthy Food - And It's So Good! 

Time to change some old habits...

Natural Sweetener Agave Nectar

The focus here is on agave nectar, or agave syrup in its original form - the sweet juice of the blue or wild agave plants. An increasing number of health-conscious people consider agave nectar to be the overall best natural sweetener on the market to...

Foods Without Refined Sugar - Sugar Ain't Good, Sweetie!

A sweet taste in my mouth is good for my soul - it's a comforting and satisfying experience. When I use refined sugar for this feeling I'll have a "sugar rush" followed by a down in energy and mood. Trying to recapture my good mood with more refined...

Recipes and Cooking with Lavender

This lens is dedicated to the exploration of lavender as a culinary ingredient. You will find many different kinds of recipes using fresh or dried lavender, lavender oil, lavender agave nectar, lavender sugar, and other fine lavender-flavored product...

No more sugar, baby!

Several existing lenses demonstrate the harmfulness of refined sugars and artificial sugar substitutes. Here are some examples of nature's own pantry with healthful alternatives for everyone's sweet tooth, even diabetic sweeteners. Find info on agav...

Krackers

I love crackers, and I know a good cracker when I see one. Whole grain crackers are healthy foods! The fabulous Doctor Kracker krackers are organic crackers made from whole grain. They're also called Dr Kracker flatbread. We will discuss this great k...

Good Food Is Healthy - Period! 

The joy of eating what we love - it's medicine for the soul!

Agasweet Flavored Agave Nectar Showcase

Hi, my name is Chef Keem. I was born and raised in Munich, Germany. Since 1981, I live and work in Austin, Texas. My specialty food company, Sweet Venus Delights, manufactures and distributes my original brand, Agasweet flavored agave nectar. This h...

Agave Nectar Is Better Than Honey

Agave Nectar Is Better Than Honey Due to its purity, agave nectar never crystallizes and has a shelf life of over three years. It has a lower glycemic index rating (32) and a higher fructose level, so it won't cause a "sugar rush". It dissolves easil...

Chef Keem's Best Peach Cobbler Recipe

Once upon a time, God asked all angels: "What shall be our primary divine dessert?" And the angels answered in unison: "Fresh peach cobbler made with Texas Hill Country peaches and sweetened with agave nectar!" Only one scrawny little low-carb angel...

Tangerine Ginger Dream Recipes

Two distinct flavors - tangerine and ginger - together they form a dream combination. Create your most delicious gourmet dishes with tangerine ginger dream recipes! Find out about Agasweet flavored agave nectar and its use in your healthy recipes. He...

Agave Nectar Recipes - Agasweet FAN Site

FAN stands for Flavored Agave Nectar. But it also means Fantastic, Alternative, Natural agave sweetener. As a companion to my other Agasweet pages on Squidoo.com, this lens shall provide a showcase of agave nectar recipes, customer feedback, and info...

About My New Agasweet Flavored Agave Nectar 

How to buy flavored agave nectar for yourself!

The New AGASWEET Flavored Agave Nectar

Agasweet flavored agave nectar is the best-tasting natural agave sweetener available today. Sweeten your tea, coffee, even your cold drinks - but also use agave as a condiment with fruit, cheese, baked goods, seafood and meats. Agave nectar, or agave...

How to Buy Agasweet Flavored Agave Nectar

Health experts and nutritionists agree - agave nectar is a great alternative to refined and artificial sweeteners. Made from 100% pure organic agave syrup, Agasweet flavored agave nectar offers a whole new world of healthy gourmet recipes to diabetic...

Chocolate - And Other Important Food Groups 

Living by the chocolate foods pyramide...

Taste Umami - Meet Your Taste Buds!

You say: "Mmmmh! This tastes good!" Your face lightens up: "Ah, so sweet!" You frown - it's too bitter, it needs more sugar! Why do you crunch up all your facial muscles after biting into a pickle? Let's take a closer look at the reasons for our re...

Molded Chocolates, Chocolate Candy and Truffles

Molded chocolates are the most popular chocolate candies in the world. If you follow a few basic steps, you can make these wonderful confections yourself. It's easy. Fancy decorations for wedding cakes, handmade chocolate truffles, elegant candy con...

Black Forest Cake Recipe, Cuckoo Clocks and Foods

Black Forest Cake, nutcrackers and other wonderful things comprise some of my earliest memories.  I learned to read on Grimm's Fairytales, and gingerbread made always for inspired thoughts of being in the Black Forest; Hansel and  Gretel, a...

Fabulous Brownies Recipe

My quick, easy, fabulous, luscious Chocolate Brownies explained in many pictures and detailed recipe instructions. One pot, one pan, one finger-licking good piece of pastry! Everybody loves brownies, and these are the moistest and richest of them all...

Illegal and Legal Immigrant Kitchen Staff in America's Restaurants

I've worked in many hotels and restaurants for over 10 years before I started my own specialty food company, in 2001. During those years, I came to appreciate deeply what Latin American kitchen workers contribute to our industry: a reliable kitchen s...

My Best Candy Ever. Ever. 

I even created a special dulce de leche caramel recipe for these!

Espresso Sea Salt Caramel Truffles - My Best Candy Ever.

Raving reviews of "Chef Keem's Espresso Sea Salt Caramel Truffles!" Here's why they are better than any other sea salt caramels on the market: I cook a rich and smooth "dulce de leche" caramel from scratch and flavor it with intense Mexican Vanilla i...

Music Matters - Even To Doggies! 

From yodeling to yelpeling to singing squids...

Squidoo House Band - The Music Of Squidoo Lensmasters!

This is a collection of music-related Squidoo lenses, featuring masterful lensmasters sharing their expertise in a variety of musical topics. Find original music videos, tutorials on playing drums and guitar, free music download sites, great sheet m...

The Sixties: Growing up with 60s Music in Munich

Music was everything, back then when I grew up in Munich in the 60s - at least in my life and in the lives of my friends. This lens shall showcase some scenes from those years. I had the opportunity to play in several different amateur bands and I a...

Bowfire Video Showcase

On May 12th, 2008 I attended Bowfire's show at the Majestic Theater, in San Antonio, Texas. I can easily declare this event as one of the 3 best concert experiences of my life. ("The Beatles" and "Yes" are the other two.) See the videos and judge for...

Are You Yodeling?

Female country singers, male country singers, Swiss yodeling, a Korean yodeler star; Germany, Bavaria, Austria, America - international vocalists with stellar talent can be found on this Squidoo.com lens. I'm not a yodeler. I can't even sing without...

Singing Dogs Video Showcase

Hi, my name is Bugsy and I just love to watch "Americanine Idol". Especially, when ole pal Simon bullies around some of them wet poodles. That always makes me wanna pee on the carpet. But my Mommy would not like that one bit, and my Bavarian Chef Dad...

Topic: Holidays 

Music, Food, Babies, and a Contest...

Cream Puffs And Pastry Swans Recipe

A fancy dessert of profiteroles (cream puffs) is the highlight of any meal. Impress your guests with this easy recipe for cream puffs or pastry swans, and your success is guaranteed! Cream puffs are made from pate a choux, a classic French pastry rec...

Silent Night, Holy Night...

Videos and history of the ultimate Christmas carol: "Silent Night, Holy Night", originally titled in German: "Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht". Who wrote Silent Night? Who created this wonderful song? What was the original version of...

Top Baby Name: Obama!

Baby girl or baby boy - "Obama" might become the most popular baby name for 2008 and beyond! Read the story of one of the country's first "Baby Obamas", named even before Barack Obama was declared President-elect! We'll watch this trend for America's...

The Best Ribeye Steak Recipe!

Pepper steak, Steak au poivre, Rib-eye with black pepper - Chef Andre Rochat shows you how to prepare a perfect steak dinner with bourbon cream sauce and potatoes au gratin. Step-by-step cooking instructions with a wealth of detailed recipe pictures...

Q & A With Seth & Megan - The Grand Prize!

Imagine - asking Seth Godin and Megan Casey directly and personally what you always wanted to know about Squidoo, marketing, life, charity, your brother-in-law's strange eating habits, whatever! (You might not want to waste this fabulous opportunity...

People That Matter! 

Politicians, and what to do about them...

Open Letters

Don't we all think, occasionally: "I'll write a public letter!" or, "I'll write to the New York Times!"? Sometimes we feel so hurt that all we want to do is write down our anger and issue an open letter. Write to the top. Let the world know what's wr...

Whistleblowers

This lens tells the stories of usually ordinary people, often experts in their field, whose desire to "do the right thing" is stronger than their fear of potential threats to their own safety in the face of their actions. Whistleblowers often expose...

The Most Important Squidoo Lenses For American Politics Today - Part 1.

Many Squidoo lensmasters have a keen sense of what is happening in America and in the world of today. Their pages are powerful documents of our reality as a nation and its citizens. American news and politics lenses might never gain the same populari...

Maria Corbalan - Taco Xpress Austin, TX 78704

This is the story of Maria Corbalan from birth in Buenos Aires to Austin legend - her wild journey from homelessness to economic independence, from drug-induced disasters to recovery and healing - from dysfunction to success. Her courage inspires hun...

America's Most Popular Populist - Jim Hightower

America's icon of the populist movement shops "green", of couse! Nearly every Saturday morning, down at the farmer's market in South Austin, a man walks by my booth, always shouting a friendly greeting. Sometimes he stops for a quick chuckle about th...

Events (And Folks) That Matter! 

Some are historical - some are hysterical...

General Chuck Yeager

I feel very fortunate that I've been able to spend some time with General Chuck Yeager. He was my guest at the Driftwood Lodge in SE Alaska, during the first week of September 2007, and then again in 2008. We chatted a bit, he ate my food, but I main...

I Won The Lottery! Now What?

I've hit the jackpot! I'm a millionaire - I won the lottery! What shall I do first? What will be next? So many things to think about! Shopping, traveling, starting a new business, moving back home to Germany?... Maybe I should invite ALL SQUIDOO LEN...

Chip Taylor Songs

Photo by Patrick Dentler "Wild Thing", "Angel of the Morning", "He Sits at My Table", "Papa Come Quick", "Country Girl, City Man", "Sweet Dream Woman", "I Can't Wait Until I See My Baby's Face" - the list of Chip Taylor songs goes on and on. "Wild T...

Lensmasters Helping Lensmasters

Can we do it? That's the big question. Can we as a community of friendly lensmasters, known for their generous attitude toward help and support, handle a project of helping each other financially - without getting into fights about "Who's next?" and...

The Berlin Wall Falls

Some people may give Ronald Reagan all the credit for the fall of the Berlin wall, others point at Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's policy of glasnost - allowing public criticism of the communist party - for being the cause of the events surrounding...

More Folks (And Events) That Matter... 

Iraq War Realities - On Videos By Casey Porter

Casey Porter has been "stop-lossed", the U.S. Army's way of keeping soldiers enlisted longer than their contracted time of service. Eight months into his second Iraq deployment, Casey Porter, like many more soldiers and veterans, no longer believes i...

Dr. Kracker And George Eckrich

Meet the man behind your beloved Dr. Krackers: Co-founder George Eckrich. On this page, he will tell you all about the best "krackers" on todays' specialty food market. Find a link to the company website - www.drkracker.com - and watch videos introdu...

Barack Obama's Favorite Chocolates

Mr. Obama wants only the best of the candy world. His favorites? Smoked Sea Salt Caramel in Milk Chocolate, by Seattle-based Fran's Chocolates. Compare your favorites in this "sweet" poll and Holiday Gift Guide. Find shopping tips for Obama's chocola...

Free Tickets For The 2009 Presidential Inauguration?

Can you trust ticket brokers? Do you have to be there in person? Can you afford it? The prices for the 2009 Presidential Inauguration are sky-rocketing! Aren't these tickets supposed to be FREE? Buy a new TV, go on a cruise, travel to Europe, or buy...

Michael Kunze - Drama Musicals Creator And My Greatest Mentor

Michael Kunze - most successful German stage author and musical producer of all times, and early mentor of my 1970's songwriter career - once rejected my song demos and influenced my entire creative life with his critical remarks. Michael lives...

My Superheroes! 

My contributions to the Squidoo Superhero Charity Project

Margaret Schaut - Superhero!

Stan Lee, the legendary creator of Spider Man, describes the genuine qualities of a superhero - integrity, courage, self-sacrifice, and honesty. Using this expert list of human virtues and additional observations about my mentor and friend as my guid...

The Anonymous Alcoholic - A Superhero

We are told that most alcoholics never make it into recovery. They die prematurely - in car accidents, from liver and heart diseases, or a variety of other related causes. Of those who find the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous or similar institutions of...

My Parents - My Superheroes!

My parents - Josef Thiemermann and Johanna Nowak - lived through some of the most difficult years in European history. They've succeeded against seemingly insurmountable odds - from the Russian front line in WWII, to famine and despair in the Austria...

Superhero Squidoo

Imagine you meet someone new. He/she is very kind and helpful, right from the beginning of your budding relationship. He gives you a number of free tools, free advice, and free personal tutors that enable you to express yourself creatively in ways yo...

My Wife - My Superhero!

We met online, in January of 2006. In May, we moved together into a new Austin, Texas apartment. In August, I married my wife and my superhero at a remote fishing lodge in Alaska. Soon, we'll celebrate our second anniversary. In this lens I will tel...

An Angel I Ain't But A Squid Angel I Am! 

And I love to bless your best works...

Have You Been Blessed By Squid Angel Chef Keem?

This is your "Wall of Fame", dear fellow Squidoo lensmasters - if you've been blessed by Squid Angel Chef Keem! Please add one or more links of your blessed lenses in the plexo on this page. I'll update the "Featured Lenses" on a...

Squid Angel Blessings by Chef Keem

With a Squid Angel Blessing your lenses will get a boost for your lens rank, which might improve your earnings and lead to more traffic and recognition. Not bad, huh? But what does it take to receive a Squid Angel Blessing? In general, our group of...

My Squidoo Activist Lenses 

Doing more for charity - how about you?

Scratch Baking For A Bavarian Breakfast

We Bavarians have two breakfasts. The first one happens when we get up, around 5:00 or 6:00 in the morning: coffee and pastry. The second breakfast is much more important - and much more "Bavarian", too: a pint of "Weissbier" (wheat beer), 2 or mor...

Best Tres Leches Coconut Macaroons

Macaroons are good. Coconut Macaroons are better. Tres Leches Coconut Macaroons are the best! I will demonstrate how to make one of the most delicious pastries in the world:Chef Keem's Chocolate-dipped Tres Leches Coconut Macaroons. Can you believe...

Operation Helmet Saves Soldiers' Lives

The troops were sent into the Iraq and Afghanistan wars with helmets designed to protect against bullets but not against blast forces from IED's and other new types of combat dangers. Without the necessary replacement pads, our soldiers are exposed...

Chef Keem And The "Knife-Slinging Panhandlers"

It's a chef's band and the band members are all chefs. Thus, the name "Knife-Slinging Panhandlers". Actually, they're multiple imaginative personalities of only one chef - me, Chef Keem. Me, Me, Me, and Me. Sounds self-centered? Yep. That's why this...

To Eat - Or Not To Eat? 

There's no question...

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Coho - Silver Salmon

Facts and info about the Silver Salmon, also called Coho. Read about fly fishing this great fighter in Alaska, how to cook salmon, how to make sashimi, wild vs. farm raised, gourmet condiments, recipes for wild duck, and more... Hi. I'm Chef Keem. M...

Top Chefs Best Cook Books

Are you looking for the best cook books by the top chefs in America and Europe? Are you searching for a wonderful gift for a chef? Are you interested in cooking yourself and you would like to learn from a master chef? Are you open-minded enough to e...

Doodlebug

Serious info and facts about the doodlebug, also called pillbug or roly poly. But wait, there's more... As English is my second language (I'm German), certain words strike me as especially cute or funny-sounding. "Doodlebug" is on...

Wolpertinger - Bavarian Jackalope?

Fun facts about a Bavarian "hero": The famed and fabled horned rabbit/squirrel or whatever animal - the Wolpertinger. In Germany, especially in the Southern Free State of Bavaria, they're called "Wolpertingers". Just like their American counterpart...

Authentic German Sauerkraut Recipe - Bohemian Style

My Viennese grandmother knew a recipe for making sauerkraut like a meal in itself. Sometimes we had smoked pork chops and sauerkraut, or bratwurst along with a steaming plate of this Bohemian specialty, at other times we ate "Omi's" homemade sauerkra...

My Brand New Alaska 2008 Lenses 

Lots of fabulous pictures here!

Bear Hunting With Sarah Palin

Graphic images from a bear hunt, Sarah Palin on a bear rug, resources and links about Sarah Palin's position on bear, moose, wolve, and other big game hunting in Alaska. Even an interview with turkey killing in the background! All this and more in th...

Alaska Brown Bears

Here are my bear pictures from 11 seasons as the Executive Chef of the Driftwood Lodge, in remote SE Alaska. Stories of sometimes too close encounters with brown bears, including the night when I peed on a bear! Grizzlies live in the interior - brown...

How To Make Sourdough Bread

With my Alaska lodge recipe, it's easy to make a great loaf of fresh sourdough bread. I'll give you richly-illustrated step-by-step instructions of my proven method, which allows for many variations on a tasty loaf. White, whole wheat, rye, focaccia,...

Alaska Lodge Cooking

Alaska lodging, Alaska fishing - a dream vacation! Thousands of Alaska lodges fill with excited fishermen and hunters during salmon runs and big game seasons. Open-air adventures in Alaska make you hungry and nothing is better than a big tasty meal i...

Coastal Pictures Of Alaska

I took many coastal pictures, during my 11 seasons as the Executive Chef of the Driftwood Lodge in SE Alaska. Most of them show the breath-taking scenery when nobody else was around - just me, my ATV and my camera. The coastal area near the mouth of...

Alaska 2008, Part Two 

More of my adventures at the Driftwood Lodge...

Wild Duck Recipe

"I never had wild duck this good!" I've heard it so many times. This is the best wild duck recipe, according to the well-traveled duck hunters at my Alaska lodge. The method is quick, easy, and successful - if you do it right. If you overcook duck, i...

Spicy And Crunchy Halibut Recipe

This is by far the most popular dish on my Alaska Lodge menu: Fresh Halibut in a nutty and spicy breading, pan-fried and baked, served on a Mango Jalapeno Mayonnaise Sauce, and garnished with a Chipotle Aioli. Perfect side dishes include steamed aspa...

Best Potato Casserole In The Universe!

Leftover recipes don't have to be boring. I'll show you how to add a gourmet "touch" to this deliciously-rich potato casserole worth saving leftovers for. Step-by-step instructions and pictures of my special potato vegetable casserole shall make this...

The Smartest And The Funniest Lensmasters! 

The Best of Squidoo Masterpiece Lenscrafting

The Funniest Squidoo Lensmasters

Squidoo lensmasters work hard to provide remarkable, original content in beautifully designed lenses. This lens features the lighter side of it all - the funny stuff! Funny videos, funny stories, jokes, and pictures. Funny quotes, funny animals, game...

Lensmasters Helping Lensmasters

Can we do it? That's the big question. Can we as a community of friendly lensmasters, known for their generous attitude toward help and support, handle a project of helping each other financially - without getting into fights about "Who's next?" and...

Squidoo Tips And Tutorials

This lens presents my archive of Squidoo resources: tips for beginners, how-to lenses, articles about Squidoo.com, Squidoo books, Squidoo tricks, insights, trials and errors to learn from, Squidoo tools, Squidoo help, outstanding lenses by top Squido...

Ms. Keemie's Free Love Advice Column

It doesn't matter why you're looking for advice on relationships or love - Ms. Keemie simply knows best! Falling in/out of love? Relationship with mother-in-law gone south? Best friends miffed? Lapdog growling atcha? Ms. Keemie's love advice column i...

New York Times Most Searched Words And Phrases - As Explored By Squidoo Lensmasters

I thought this was an interesting idea: Let's take the 50 most-searched words and phrases on the New York Times web site for the month of May 2008, and place them into the search box on a Squidoo lens. What will we find? The results were astounding...

More Funny Stuff... 

Fuzzy stuff, too...

Bear Naked! - And Other Funny Videos By Chef Keem

Skin a bear until he's naked, cook a tasty wild duck, sear some salmon and sing a song - bear naked! Find these and other funny videos from my YouTube and Animoto clips collection on this page. Many of them feature my own, original music. Some of the...

Fuzzy Bunny Slippers - Large Size Matters For Men. And Women.

When it's cold outside, real men stay inside...their fuzzy bunny slippers! Size matters, when it comes to bunny slippers for men. Large sizes are recommended! Pink, maybe. Blue, yes! Black, ooh! Bunny slippers come in many manly designs. The pinker a...

A Thong Is A Beautiful Thing!

Welcome to the "Beautiful Thong" - World HQ! Find everything related to "thong", like thong videos, mini thong, long thong, thong contests, French thong, sexy thongs, club thongs, and much, much more. This is your one-stop shopping mall for some of t...

Shopping For Chefs And Lovers 

Chef Keem's Personalized Valentine Gift Ideas

Give the gifts of thought and personal touch, especially on Valentine's Day! Flowers are a must for the ladies - possibly chocolates and candy as well. Don't think "diet" and "weight-loss" when considering a Valentines gift - think "romance" only and...

Chef Keem's Zazzle Gallery Showcase

I like to dabble in funny, strange, or otherwise interesting (to me, at least) designs. Is it possible that someone might get a kick out of these? The cute little doodlebug graphic is a digitized image of my wife's signature drawing on love notes (o...

Chef Wear And Cooking Clothes

We've come a long way from checkered pants. Today's chef clothing represents the pride we take in our profession. We put on elegant chef jackets, colorful chef pants, sassy chef hats, and fashionable chef aprons to show our professionalism. Modern ch...

My Topical Lensographies 

My Culinary Arts Lensography

"Culinary Arts" is a big word - but does it taste good? I share my very best recipes and personal culinary tips with you in this page. Find detailed cooking instructions with step-by-step pictures of the perfect ribeye steak, wild duck and salmon rec...

My Squidoo Tips Lensography

I joined Squidoo on January 29, 2008. Many generous lensmasters taught me how to squidoo - how to make lenses that attract interest (and traffic). I became a Giant Squid in July and joined the ranks of our Squid Angels in September. It's been an...

Chef Keem's Amazing People Lensography

General Chuck Yeager and George Eckrich, Jim Hightower and Maria Corbalan, Barack Obama and my wife, Margaret Schaut and Chip Taylor, my parents and certain whistleblowers - what do these people have in common? I know them personally or I admire them...

Squidoo Lens Booster Club 

Lens improvement ideas...

"The Little Lens That Should" Squidoo Lens Booster Club!

This is the new Squidoo Lens Booster Club - supporting hidden gems of remarkable significance! Many of the finest Squidoo members create wonderful lenses which for some reason never attract much traffic. However, these lenses should be seen! They we...

Squidoo Charity Boosters

How do we make the world "a better place"? By contributing our own part - big or small! A 10%- donation of our lens earnings is not too much for most (if not all) of us, but if hundreds or (gasp!) thousands of Squidoo lensmasters come together in suc...

Top Ten Most Popular Keywords On Yahoo! 2008 Year In Review

Squidoo lenses are popular because they give you in-depth information on most any topic you are searching for on the web. The search engines of Google, MSN, AOL, and Yahoo! love to point you towards content-rich popular sites on Squidoo.com, whether...

How To Add Animoto Video To Your Squidoo Lens

This is free and so much fun! Create sassy little Animoto videos with your choice of music and add them to your Squidoo lenses. Upload a few of your pictures, pick your song from a great selection in several music categories - and Animoto produces a...

Hey! Have You Heard About TWTTRSTRM? 

Check out these lenses and then make your own!

What if we'd forget about Making Money Online for One Week and Focused on Writing from our Hearts?

"Make Money Online In One Week!" "Get Rich Overnight!" "Start Earning Cash Tomorrow!" Statements like these are huge distractions to our natural yearning for creativity - especially during financially difficult times. Everything we do becomes influen...

If you knew you'll die tomorrow - what would you do today?

Some say, "Live every day as if it was your last day on Earth!" Would you agree? Thousands of people will die tomorrow. Are they aware of it today? Unless we suffer from a fatal illness, we might not even think about the possibility of "kicking the b...

Bush answers Obama: "Yes we can-ned!"

America's crisis - who's fault is it? Economy, 2 wars, health care, middle class, jobs, foreign relations - we're suffering badly. Our taxes bail out those who caused our downfall. Small business owners like myself face mounting debts and lower sales...

Does God look like Santa in a robe?

I'm sure, everyone has a quick answer to these questions, ranging from "no one knows" to "it's individually different" to "there is no God". So, maybe it's an interesting experiment to explore our opinions on what God does NOT look like. Many childr...

What is The Most Romantic Valentine's Gift Idea EVER?

Heart-shaped chocolates, fancy lingerie (edible?), roses, champagne and French restaurants - these are romantic Valentine's Day choices that pop right into my head. But isn't there more to "romance" than tried and true offerings, year after year...?...

The Latest - TWTTRLIST! 

Featuring the 'best of' on, um, Twitter, of course!

Best of Funny Quotes on Twitter

What makes you laugh? I'm sure you'll find something for your brand of humor among these funny quotes from Twitter tweeple. Personally, I like the silly and witty sayings best. Celebrities say some hilarious things, too! And if you can't laugh at an...

What Is Remarkable On Twitter

Is the word overused, already? Are we still calling only truly remarkable things by that name? Meanwhile, everything is awesome, right? Is remarkable the next awesome? Do superlatives wear out quickly when we apply them to ordinary stuff? What if we...

Best Problogger Blogging Tips on Twitter

Problogger Darren Rowse started blogging in 2002 and became a full-time professional blogger by 2005. In addition to Problogger and over 20 other blogs, he built the Digital Photography School, TwiTip Twitter Tips and the b5media blog network. This...

Best of Sea Salt Caramels on Twitter

Salted caramels have been candy favorites for a long time. The arrival of gourmet sea salts on the specialty foods market inspired candy makers nationwide to create their special versions of this winning flavor combination. Seattle's own Fran's Choco...

Best Of SquidLog News On Twitter

Squidoozine "SquidLog.com" presents helpful articles on a wide range of Squidoo-related topics for newbies and experienced lensmasters alike. Giant Squids, Giant 100 Club Members and Squid Angels offer their insights on how to make money on Squidoo t...

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Office Rage Videos - The New "Going Postal"?

A fairly new phenomenon is reaching dangerous proportions: Office rage, desk rage, workplace anger out of control! It started during the '80s, when several postal employees finally "lost it" and went on a killing spree. In recent years, a similar dev...

The Thinking Man's Guide To The Benefits Of Driving Like A Complete Idiot

You're looking at a long-overdue intellectual master piece - a work for the ages, crafted by sages. If you are not a thinking man, you might miss the great benefits outlined here in this handy yet easy-on-the-eye guide to the previously unheard-of be...

Laughing Babies Video Showcase

Gut-busting examples of laughing babies, chuckling and screaming in innocent joy over "little nothings". Laugh with some TV personalities who simply couldn't control themselves anymore. TV bloopers are always funny because of our natural human trait...

Farting As An Art Form: Joseph Pujol - Le Petomane.

Long before Paris Hilton, preachers, and other celebrity farting videos on YouTube became popular - there was Joseph Pujol. His stage name "Le Petomane" translates into "The Farting Maniac". For 2 years (1892-1894) he was the farting star attraction...