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Here’s What Martha Stewart Eats For Breakfast Every Morning

Martha Stewart revealed a whole lotta ’bout herself for The Cut‘s “How I Get It Done.” It’s a great read —  a literal day-in-the-life of one of America’s busiest businesswomen.

In the article, Stewart lays out her daily routine. Here are some highlights.

It starts with waking up with the sunrise, followed by reading the NY Times, taking a shower, and letting her three cats outside.

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In addition to her three cats, she has five dogs and…30 red-factor canaries. In her dining room. Which she wakes up in the morning:

…I uncover them and turn their light on. I have a really beautiful light for them, it’s really a human light, but it’s very good for the canaries.

After going to the gym, she meets with her gardener.

I go and just review what has to be done that day in the garden, and then I rush back to the house, have my green juice, and a single shot of whole-milk cappuccino, then I get in the car and we drive to New York!

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Explaining her breakfast, Stewart adds:

I’ll have my half-shot of cappuccino, a small one, with whole milk. If I don’t have it then, I can have it on my way to New York, or when I get to New York; I’m not an addict. That’s my usual cappuccino for the day. I like to have either a soft-boiled egg, a four-minute egg, from my chickens, or I have a bowl of wheat germ or a bowl of spelt. I just discovered spelt or puffed rice or puffed wheat. I love puffed cereal, because a whole cup of it is like ten calories.

After breakfast, she hops in her car service and heads to New York City, which is a 47 mile commute from her home in Bedford, Connecticut:

I have my New York Times, my Wall Street Journal, and my New York Post — in paper form. I also have it on my iPad, but I like to look at the pictures and stuff on my ride in the car, and then I do the sudoku, and I do the KenKen, and I talk on the phone, and I do all of that stuff on my way into the city.

Once she arrives to her office, she stops by her namesake café:

I stop by the Martha Café, in the lobby of my building. It’s my café, and I check in with them — if I haven’t had a coffee at home, I’ll have my same half-shot of espresso with my crema, and that’s what I’ll have, or I’ll have a very delicious yogurt; we have the very best yogurt in the café. I look at all the pastries and I try never to get them.

Stewart says she tastes all the wine for her Martha Stewart Wine Co., but not during the day:

…I’m not good at drinking alcoholic beverages during the day, so that has to be at the end of the day. [Laughs.] Yesterday, I tasted 12 wines. It’s a tasting sitting, but it’s still imbibing. I never drink it before dinner, ever, I couldn’t function for a second if I had to drink it at lunchtime or something like that.

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While many probably think that Stewart is a workhorse and continues the grind when she gets home, they’re wrong. She says she ends her work day by getting social:

That’s the time to go out and meet friends, meet with businesspeople, visit a new restaurant, you know, that kind of stuff. I love doing all that.

For the rest of the interview, including what Stewart eats for lunch and how she gets dressed in the mornings, check out The Cut.

Gossip: Kim And Kanye Sleeping In Separate Bedrooms; ‘RHONJ’ Fraud Scandal Exposed

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West may say they have a picture perfect marriage, but trouble is brewing beneath the surface. The couple — who currently share two children together and is reported to be expecting a third via surrogate — are said to be heading for a nasty divorce.

Though they put on a good front and maintain to fans that things are good between them, the pair is secretly drifting apart as they struggle to keep the spark alive in their romance. In fact, their relationship is rumored to have gotten so bad that they’re now sleeping in separate bedrooms.

‘RHONJ’ Fraud Scandal Exposed

No money, no money, no money!

Whelp. It looks like Chris and Jacqueline Laurita are frauds who can’t keep up with the Jones. A recent report on NJ.com reveals The Real Housewives of New Jersey star and her husband were found liable for nine counts of fraud (in connection with a very long bankruptcy case) by a federal judge last week.

No Increase In Marijuana Use For Colorado Adolescents After Legalization

“But what about the kids?” Most drug policy reformers have been asked this question (or one like it) by a well-meaning adult concerned that marijuana legalization sends the ‘wrong message’ to our youth. And we get it – people worry that legalization could marijuana use in young people at an earlier age or make it more socially acceptable for them to use.

study published on August 17 with data out of Colorado adds to the growing body of literature which could allay some of these fears. The researchers were curious about whether the onset of retail marijuana sales in Colorado in 2014 had an impact on adolescent use, attitudes towards marijuana, and access to marijuana. They analyzed responses from over 20,000 public middle and high school students who completed the Healthy Kids Colorado Survey (HKCS) and compared their 2013 responses to their 2014 responses in order to detect any possible changes.

So what did they find?  There was no sudden increase in reported rates of marijuana use after retail sales began in 2014. Rates remained essentially the same as 2013. The portion of adolescents who thought that smoking marijuana was harmful also did not change. The majority of the sample (over 60%) continued to believe it was wrong for young people to use marijuana. And, although slightly more students said they could ‘easily’ get access to marijuana in 2014, the researchers found that having a marijuana store within two miles of the school could not explain this increase in perceived access.

Interestingly, this study’s results diverge from research in the areas of alcohol and tobacco, which has long suggested that stores which sell these products close to schools are associated with increased use among students. It didn’t appear to be the case for marijuana in Colorado in 2014.

As the country continues to weigh the benefits and risks of marijuana legalization, studies such as these tracking the impact on adolescent attitudes and behaviors are critical. We know that prohibition has been harmful to youth, particularly young people of color. With less risk of criminal justice involvement and no increase in rates of youth, for now anyway, it seems that the kids are alright indeed.

Sheila P. Vakharia is the Policy Manager of the Office of Academic Engagement for the Drug Policy Alliance.

Good News: Here’s Why Cheap Marijuana Is In Our Future

It’s good news for consumer and not-so-good-news for growers: The price of marijuana is falling exponentially. And the forecast calls for the trend to continue.

Why? It’s Economics 101: Supply and demand.

“Wholesale marijuana prices declined in 2016 from $2,500 to $1,000 per pound, with some dispensaries offering recreational ounces as low as $65 on CannaSaver.com,” Brian Shapiro, CEO of CannaSaver, told Forbes.

Shapiro told Forbes that grow houses flooded the market with cheap marijuana and subsequently drove prices down. Only concentrated cannabis products like oils remained fairly unchanged in pricing.

In Colorado and Washington, the two most mature legal markets in the U.S., the average price of a gram of cannabis is now $6. In August of 2015, a legal gram in Washington was $25 (although $1o grams were abundant in the black market and the then quasi-legal medical market.

Douglas Brown of Contact High Communications told Forbes that he believes the mega-growers in the legal states have glutted the market with product.  “At some point — and we are probably there now — flower becomes a commodity, like soybeans or corn. And then only the biggest players make any money selling it. Margins are thin, but they grow a lot of flower,” Brown told Forbes.

And Carter Laren, of Gateway, a cannabis incubator group said, “When marijuana sells for $750 a pound it starts to become difficult to make a profit. When it gets somewhere below $500 a pound, it becomes impossible.”

The Forbes report highlighted one sector of the cannabis industry that, for now, is not feeling the pinch: The illegal black market. According to ArcView Research, 87 percent of marijuana sales — or about $46 billion — occur in the illegal market.

But even California black market growers are seeing a gradual drop in illegal wholesale prices. “For many of us here in Humboldt County, the glut of product out there makes it harder for us to operate,” said one grower in northern California who wishes to remain anonymous. “Three years ago, a single harvest for me — and my operation is modest compared to most — would bring in $300,000. Those days are over.”

This Vegan Cannabis Cheese Is Everything If You Can’t Do Dairy

Vegan cheeses are usually tasty when they come from the shop. There’s delicious feats of food engineering like Daiya slices, spreadable happiness like Miyoko’s Kitchen, and no animal products involved, but some are just not so good. I have high hopes for the future of both vegan food and cannabis foods, and like my dream to one day purchase dairy cheese with cannabis in it, I’ve got my fingers crossed that innovation extends to vegan cheese analogues.

Until the day comes, making your own doesn’t have to be a scary process. There’s recipes that terrify and those that look too simple, but the gist of a good faux cheese is so similar to the process of dairy cheese creation that the entire idea of cheese starts to make much more sense. Scientifically, cheese is (pleasingly) rotten fat solids. Fat solids don’t only come from mammal milk. One if the first similar things that comes to mind is tofu, and you can use tofu to make tasty faux cheeses, but the decadent stuff comes from using tree nuts to achieve fatty glory.

Vegan​ ​Cannabis​ ​Cheese

Danielle Guercio, 2017
Makes 1lb of cheez, 5mg THC per 2oz serving of cheese

  • 1lb raw walnuts
  • 1/4  c sauerkraut juice
  • Juice of 1 lemon
  • 2 Tbs sauerkraut
  • 2 Tbs nutritional yeast
  • 1 Tbs cannabis infused olive oil*
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 1 tsp salt
  • Pepper to taste
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I’ve seen and tried so many variations of this cheese, but I often come back to the walnut variation as it adds a cheddar-y tang that other nuts don’t have. Using different nuts for different similarities to dairy cheese is smart, cashews make incredible ricotta-similar texture, while pumpkin seeds and fermented tofu (the fat of soybeans) make blue cheese vibes. For experiment’s sake, you can use this basic ratio and sub in any nuts, or an unflavored kombucha or water kefir for the sauerkraut bacteria you need to start the fermentation.

Rough chop the walnuts, garlic, and sauerkraut before adding to a blender. Pulse to grind up a bit more. Add the liquids and pulse again until you get a paste. Scrape down the sides of the blender, then blend for 30 seconds. Repeat this step a few times until it begins to make a paste. If you think you need a bit more liquid, you can add a teaspoon of either the sauerkraut juice or some more lemon, but avoid making this too wet, the drier the texture ends up, the stiffer your finished product will be.

Add the spices and do a final mix to get everything uniform. Taste the for seasoning levels at this point. It should be tangy and rich, with some saltiness but not too much, and a spot of zip from the garlic. You can add more salt and pepper as well as anything you really want, but trying it with no standout spices allows you to get to know the target flavor better than going crazy on your first try.

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Scoop the nut mixture into a plastic wrap lined container, wrap loosely, and allow to sit on the counter for 6-12 hours to start fermentation. Walnuts’ natural dyes will give the mixture a purple-ish glow that will darken as it oxidizes, so don’t be afraid if it starts to look freakish. After the counter time has passed, you can totally eat it, and it will have a spreadable texture. Transfer anything you aren’t eating to a clean and sealable container, the longer it sits in the fridge, the more crumbly and complex the ‘cheese’ will get. Store for up to a month.

*Cannabis​ ​Olive​ ​Oil

Decarboxylate 3.5g of finely ground cannabis at 225-degrees for 20 minutes in a tightly sealed, oven safe container. Put in lidded mason jar or vacuum sealed bag with cannabis and four ounces of olive oil. Heat in water bath just under boiling for at least 1 hour. Strain and chill to use in recipes

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DIY vegan cheeses are really something special, and dosing them makes any party you bring them too that much more fun. This spreadable fatty specialty makes a great sandwich addition, can be spread onto pizzas, and always makes vegans and cheese eaters alike smile extra wide thanks to the cannabis.

Photos: Maria Penaloza 

Netflix Branding Marijuana To Accompany Your Favorite Shows

In honor of its new cannabis sitcom ‘Disjointed,’ Netflix has released 10 different marijuana strains inspired by its premiere shows. Because of federal regulations, the strains will not be available via mail-order, but will appear at a West Hollywood pop-up shop at Alternative Health Herbal Services this Friday to Sunday.

It should be mentioned that Netflix isn’t developing this marijuana strains. Instead they are re-branding already existing buds to coincide with watching your favorite programs.

As the press release states, “each strain was cultivated with the specific shows in mind, designed to complement each title based on their tone. For example, sillier shows may be more indica dominant, while dramedies will be more sativa dominant to help the more powerful scenes resonate.”

Here is a description based on the press release via Variety:

“Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later” gave rise to the Camp Firewood strain, “a very chill indica.” “Bojack Horseman” can be viewed while partaking in Prickly Muffin: “When you smoke this, it gets a little easier. But you gotta do it every day.” “Arrested Development” inspired Banana Stand Kush, recommended for a “big yellow joint,” and “Chelsea” birthed Vodkush, for the “advanced botanit.”

Peyotea 73, an “uplifting sativa hybrid,” was created with “Grace and Frankie” in mind, and Sassafrass OG, with “the power of one thousand pug snorts,” is inspired by “Lady Dynamite.” The last three strains include Baka Bile, “to really ramp up your appetite” and from “Santa Clarita Diet”; “Poussey Riot,” “for kicking it with somebody, talking, making mad stupid jokes” from “Orange Is The New Black;” and “Moon 13,” “not too strong, so you can ‘keep your sanity, no robot friends required,’” from “Mystery Science Theater 3000.”

Netflix made certain to mention in the release it is not profiting from selling these strains and are for promotional purposes only. Be sure to check out preview coverage of Netflix’s Disjointed by clicking here.

Gossip: Jay-Z Explains Twins’ Names; Kathy Griffin And Anderson Cooper Are Over

Jay-Z explains twins’ names; Kathy Griffin and Anderson Cooper are over

JAY-Z and Beyoncé had good reasons for the names they chose for their newborn twins, who were born in June. The “Empire State of Mind” rapper, 47, opened up on Friday to Rap Radar hosts Elliot Wilson and Brian Miller about how he and the “Formation” singer, 35, came to choose the names Rumi and Sir.

“Rumi is our favorite poet, so it was for our daughter,” he shared. “Sir was like, man, come out the gate. He carries himself like that. He just came out, like, Sir.”

The father of three also revealed how the couple’s firstborn, 5-year-old daughter Blue Ivy, ended up rapping a freestyle on his new album, 4:44, while they were in the recording studio together.

“She got the headphones and she climbed on the little stool, and then she just started rapping,” JAY-Z said. “I was like, ‘Oh, s—.’ I haver [her full freestyle] on my phone. Five minutes! Five minutes of her doing that. She kept doing that ‘boom shakalaka, boom shakalaka.’ I was like, ‘Oh, she understands the concept of a hook.’ She’s 5, and she understands the concept of a hook. I was like, ‘What the f— is going on here?’ One of the great memories.”

Besides talking about his oldest daughter’s music skills, the Grammy Award winner said his family will be joining him on tour.

“I booked the tour for October so I could have at least four months to just really bond and see their fingers and s— like that,” he said. “They’ll be with me [on tour] anyway, but I’m just saying, like, [I needed] a space where I’m not doing anything,” he continued. “I’m just focused on them. I’m not thinking about a show at night or anything like that. That’s why the tour is so far away from the release of the album.”
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Kathy Griffin Ends Her Friendship With Anderson Cooper

It definitely stung Kathy Griffin when her friend of nearly 20 years, Anderson Cooper, went out of his way to slam her in unusually harsh language for that picture she posed for, in which she appears to be holding Trump’s severed head.

In a long, deep dip into Kathy Griffin’s mind published in The Cut, the besieged comic tells Yashar Ali she is no longer in an apologetic mood regarding that kerfuffle wherein she posed for a pic holding what appeared to be Donald Trump’s decapitated head:

Why are people still expecting me to apologize and grovel to a man that tweets like this? I’m a comedian; he’s our fucking president … President Trump just pardoned Joe Arpaio, who was essentially running a concentration camp in the Arizona desert. He said there are some good Nazis, and he’s kicking out young adults who were brought here as kids by their parents, and I’m the one who has to continue to apologize?

She gave the first two sentences of that quote just over three weeks after the photo had hit the Internet causing a maelstrom of controversy, and distracting people for a week or so from the much more serious wrongdoing Trump was either in the act of committing, or attempting to get away with having done during the ’16 election. Their truth is only magnified by the events she refers to in the more recent quotes.

In addition to enduring a ridiculous Secret Service investigation (who could really believe she was a serious threat to Trump, a man who has a verifiable nutjob standing right behind him in many rallies?) and being fired from her CNN New Year’s Eve gig, Griffin also had to deal with close pal Anderson Cooper tweeting his condemnation. Though Cooper more recently said he was still friends with Kathy, that no longer appears to be the case:

In the following days, Griffin says four of Cooper’s CNN colleagues reached out repeatedly to Griffin to check on her and offer private support (I independently confirmed this). But Cooper didn’t contact Griffin until August 10, CNN confirmed to me.

On July 26, when asked about Griffin on Andy Cohen’s talk show, Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, Cooper claimed that Griffin was still a friend. “Yeah, we’re still friends, and look I said what I said about — I didn’t think what she said was appropriate, but I wish her the best and I hope she bounces back,” he told Cohen.

The fact that Cooper was telling people publicly they were friends, while not checking in with her, hurt Griffin deeply. When he finally reached out to her in a series of text messages, she told him their friendship was over.

A source close to Cooper tells me that Cooper was “shocked and upset by the photo, and while he was not ready to talk to her personally about it, he still considered her to be a friend, and was publicly supportive when asked about the controversy.”

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Setbacks and Delays For Legal Marijuana In Maine

It was November of 2016 when Maine passed it’s recreational cannabis laws to tax and regulate, Question 1. Though the bill allowed for up to two and a half ounces of processed cannabis, home cultivation and five different license types (social club, cultivator, retailer, product manufacturer and laboratory), experts are clueless as to when the program will be put in place and when sales will begin.

One expert wasn’t surprised, however. David Boyer, Maine’s political director for Marijuana Policy Project, said MPP anticipated the delays when the legislature carried out a moratorium on rulemaking until February 2018.

In January of this year, Maine passed LD 88, an emergency bill that set the consumption age to 21, the personal possession limit to five grams and set the rulemaking deadline to February 2018. A Joint Select Committee was formed on Marijuana Implementation so that legislature could form solid regulations for Maine’s cannabis program.

After that, the next bill to pass was LD 243, which transferred authority from the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry to the Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations within Maine’s Department of Administrative and Financial Services. Now the bill is sitting on the Appropriations table and waiting to be sent for the governor’s approval, by means of MPP.

Keep in mind that every time a change is made, legislature has a required grace period in which to garner public comment and to vote on changes, further delaying the program’s rollout. This puts caregivers and dispensary owners at a loss and a standstill.

Boyer pointed out that cannabusinesses had to learn to roll with the legislative punches in order to thrive. “That’s the thing about this industry,” he told Cannabis Business Times, “Your business model has to be dynamic and able to change when a new policy comes out that maybe you didn’t expect.”

He also said that MPP was overall satisfied with the way things were looking, yet there are still bits of contention that they will fight once the bill is rolled out in a few weeks. All in all, however, he said, “It’s created a lot of opportunity.”

They’re not as pleased with the proposed bans on social clubs and public consumption, though. It’s a longtime problem with recreational cannabis legalization, if the tourists come to smoke, where do they go to do so legally?

“We already have thousands of social clubs in Maine. They’re called bars and they serve alcohol, a far more dangerous substance than marijuana, so we’re not sure about the fear from the committee on that,” Boyer added.

In the meantime, they’ll wait until it officially passes to work on the rules. It’s Boyer’s hope that if the committee works earnestly and there are no more delays, recreational dispensaries could be operating by summer 2018, but he also said there’s a chance only retailers will be licensed. The application process likely opens in the spring, once all regulations are in place and licensing will then follow.

These MicroDose Marijuana Oral Strips Will Change Everything

Agritek Holdings announced the first orders for its “MicroDose” marijuana oral strips for the medicinal market of California. First orders and samples are being sent to dispensaries and local delivery services in both San Diego and Orange County this month. Agritek Holdings will provide the licensing and packaging to produce the exclusive line of 10mg and 50 mg oral strips as a medicinal alternative for patients.

According to the release,  the Microdose brand will be produced and expected to be distributed through its permitted manufacturer and collective to 140 plus dispensaries throughout California over the coming months. AGTK will receive a flat fee per single package designed exclusively by Agritek Holdings with the first 10,000 units being delivered by the end of the month.

The new Microdose Strips, or MD Strips, are a discreet, dose controlled, evaporating oral strip which offer a unique and smoke-free alternative to patients initially residing and holding medical recommendations in California. The medicated oral strips will be distributed to dispensaries and sold in a single pack and eventually multi-packs.

“MD Strips are a unique medical alternative to both smoking and vaping and are a completely discreet product sold by our licensed vendors on behalf of patients,” said to Aritek CEO B. Michael Friedman. “We are proud to be one of the first public companies in the cannabis sector to create packaging and alternative medicines on behalf of real patients suffering from effects of chemotherapy to multiple diseases that need an alternative to smoking or vaping. We plan for MicroDose Strips to become an important medical brand and rising trend for a safe, discreet alternative to smoking or vaping as an effective medical sublingual application for cannabis in multiple jurisdictions.”

Doses for one oral strip will consist of 10mg and 50mg strips, and are manufactured through a consistent organic sun grown cannabis base. The strip is utilized by being placed under the tongue or between the cheek and gum of the mouth with the strip dissolving directly into the bloodstream.

For more cannabis business coverage, visit the MJ News Network.  

Here’s What It’s Like To Dine At Disneyland’s Most Exclusive Restaurant

For most of us plebeians, getting to eat at Disneyland’s Club 33 would be a dream come true. Heck, just even getting a glimpse inside would be super cool  (“Can I just use your bathroom? I promise no selfies!”). For others, it’s a reality.

Insider spoke to three lucky park goers who can hang their hat on the latter. Lily Hopkins, her brother Max, and his girlfriend Christina Martini all dined at Club 33 during the club’s 50th anniversary celebration June, thanks to a hook-up through Max’s co-worker.

Walt Disney came up with the idea for the Club, which was intended to entertain corporate sponsors and special guests near his home. But he died just six months before it opened in 1967. Club 33 underwent a huge makeover in 2014, riffing off the original design by Disney’s wife Lillian.

To gain entry into Club 33, members need only to swipe their membership cards; “regular” people must be buzzed in. Hopkins tells Insider:

After confirming your last name and reservation through a speaker outside the secret door, the staff buzzes you in and you enter a beautiful courtyard where they offer to take your photo before walking upstairs to the actual restaurant.

As Insider reports, membership costs up to $100,000 annually, with a reported $12,500 to $30,000 in additional annual fees. As of 2012, there was a 14-year waiting list for membership applicants.

Good thing there are photos, including the ones Hopkins and Martini snapped, for us slack-jawed regulars to gawk at. Here are five fun facts about the exclusive club, in case you never plan on going yourself.

Club 33 is home to the only Disneyland restaurant that serves booze.

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There’s an homage to the Haunted Mansion inside the Club.

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The “Le Grand Salon” is Club 33’s restaurant.

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A staircase at the back of the Court of Angels leads up to the actual entrance to the Club.

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This is the original entrance to Club 33, pre-2014 renovations.

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