Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Linnaeus and Rousseau


After Galileo who had seen the universe like a book, philosophers and scientists in the 18 th century in Europe were fond of issues about reality, languages and signs, the origin of ideas... The century
saw the profusion of dictionaries. J.J. Rousseau ( who died like Linneaus in 1778 ) had imagined a set of signs that were due to transcript plant information. Interestingly, like Linnaeus  Rousseau overlooked the medicinal information. ( in picture " Le catalogue de la vie", Francois Dagognet ).

Friday, August 16, 2013

Citrus hystrix ( Kaffir lime ), a note in tomato sauce

 
Citrus hystrix ( Kaffir lime ) juice is used in Thailand in some formulations of high quality shampoos. The leaves are a must in Green Curry. They also give an interesting note in the tomato sauce for pasta.