Endless applications

Will the possible uses for Apples amazing new product ever be exhasuted? – here is iDish

proeater

From Salon

In the old days, eating contests were just for fun. A bunch of ordinary folks would line up at a county fair to see who could swallow the most pie. Pretty soon, they’d run out of pie, time, or belly space. Things are different now. Competitive eating has become an industry with stars, managers, [...]

hungry?

What the fuck should I cook for dinner?

green with envy

Lovely green project here from Gorm studio – check it out

Bad for someone’s health

From  Gourmet
The Ivory Coast provides more than 40 percent of the world’s cocoa—Ghana supplies much of the rest—and this summer’s operation, run by the international police organization Interpol, suggests that child labor in both countries remains widespread. The U.S. State Department has estimated that more than 109,000 children in the Ivory Coast’s cocoa industry [...]

yummy

From The Village Voice
So, what exactly is umami?
Umami is one of the five basic tastes alongside sweet, sour, salty, and bitter. It often presents itself in food together with other tastes such as salty or sour. The best way to describe it would be “savory.” Miso soup, Parmesan cheese, and tomatoes are examples of foods [...]

Andy Warhol eating a hamburger….

A trip to the world’s best restaurant.

El Bulli, regularly tops polls of the best restaurants in the world.  Two million people each year apply for only 8000 reservations.  So if you’re lucky enough to get a chance to pay an unimaginably large amount of money to eat some food, then its something that you’d probably want to tell people about.  This [...]

I am my own best subject

This is an entertaining story, though the theory that lies at its heart seems contentious.  From the NYT
Seth Roberts is a 52-year-old psychology professor at the University
of California at Berkeley. If you knew Roberts 25 years ago, you might
remember him as a man with problems. He had acne, and most days he woke
up too [...]

too cold

Many of my friends insist that white wine should be absolutely ice cold.  They even put it in the freezer! To those people I heartily recommend the following article….(from The Pour/NY Times)

Too often we drink white wine far too cold, which deprives us of tasting the nuanced aromas and flavors in a good bottle. A [...]

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