Michael Pollan’s Grandmother Didn’t See This Coming – Crispy on the Outside

Michael Pollan’s Grandmother Didn’t See This Coming

POSTED BY KATHERINE ON JAN. 11, 2010

There are a lot of problems with requiring that restaurants include calorie counts on their menus and placards. But one of the biggest is that it’s very difficult get accurate measurements day to day, chef to chef, and dish to dish. If the rest of the nation goes the way of the Big Apple—and it looks like it might, thanks to some provisions hidden in the health care bill—and gets tough on menu boards, restaurateurs are going to need some technological help with the compliance. Food testing is expensive and time consuming. But what about food synthesis?

via Michael Pollan’s Grandmother Didn’t See This Coming – Crispy on the Outside.

Port-au-Prince before the earthquake, as described by Haitian writers and visitors to the island nation. | Foreign Policy

Langston Hughes, from Autobiography: I Wonder as I Wander, 1956

Haiti, land of blue sea and green hills, white fishing boats on the sea, and the hidden huts of peasants in the tall mountains. People strong, midnight black. Proud women whose arms bear burdens, whose backs are very straight. Children naked as nature. Nights full of stars, throbbing with Congo drums. At the capital lovely ladies ambergold, mulatto politicians, warehouses full of champagne, banks full of money. A surge of black peasants who live on the land, and the foam of the cultured elite in Port-au-Prince who live on the peasants.Port-au-Prince, city of squalid huts, unattractive sheds and shops near the water front, but charming villas on the slopes that rise behind the port. A presidential palace gleaming white among palm trees with the green hills for a backdrop. A park where bands play at night. An enormous open-air market.”Ba moi cinq cob,” children beg of tourists in the street. Cinq cob means a nickel. They speak a patois French. The upper classes, educated abroad, speak the language of Paris. But I met none of the upper-class Haitians.

via Port-au-Prince before the earthquake, as described by Haitian writers and visitors to the island nation. | Foreign Policy.

Gregory Thielker (yes they are paintings)

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MICHAEL WOLF | PHOTOGRAPHY | HONGKONG

This is worth a good look.

MICHAEL WOLF | PHOTOGRAPHY | HONGKONG.

Paradou Owner Says Tirade Against Staff Was a Restaurateurs ‘Howl’ — Grub Street New York

 

 

 

calls it “a restaurateur’s version of Ginsberg’s ‘Howl’

 

via Paradou Owner Says Tirade Against Staff Was a Restaurateurs ‘Howl’ — Grub Street New York.

Crafty Crafty: Geek Craft: Super Mario knitted flower gloves

 

 

 

“The unmistakable outline of one of Marios magical fire flowers can be made out in these fingerless gloves, which were made by Crafster member Leahseraph for her Nintendo-loving brother.”

 

via Crafty Crafty: Geek Craft: Super Mario knitted flower gloves.

Unicorn: Destroyer of Ponies! – Society6

 

 

 

Unicorn: Destroyer of Ponies! – Society6.

 

Organ donors hit with shocking bills – UPI.com

I get that it is a pre-existing condition, it is, but as a species shouldn’t this sort of behavior be rewarded.

 

“Kidney donors may face huge medical bills because having one kidney may constitute a pre-existing condition under which coverage is denied, officials confirm.

A Texas hospital official said organ donors are told, but only orally, that having one kidney may be a pre-existing condition affecting insurance.

Philip Knisely, 53, of Austin, Texas, who donated a kidney to a co-worker a year ago, has received more than $18,000 in related medical bills, and said he was not informed that if he ever lost his employment-related insurance, insurers might consider his having a single kidney an uninsurable pre-existing condition, the American-Stateman reported Sunday.”

via Organ donors hit with shocking bills – UPI.com.

BBC NEWS | UK | England | Hereford/Worcs | English church rebuilt in Japan

 

 

 

An English countryside church is proving to be a popular place for couples to marry – in Japan.

 

Developers have reproduced All Saints Church Brockhampton, near Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire, on the 21st and 22nd floors of a tower block in Osaka.

On the same floors as the reproduced church are photographic studios and restaurants, while a hotel and honeymoon suites are above.

via BBC NEWS | UK | England | Hereford/Worcs | English church rebuilt in Japan.

A Matter of Taste

 

 

 

David’s New York style pastrami was created by radio personalities, Rachel and David Michael Cane, hosts of “A Matter of Taste”, a culinary travel show, heard on Green 960AM KKGN Radio in the San Francisco Bay Area. David’s desire was to recreate the flavors of the meat he remembered from his youth, growing up in New York. Today, most pastrami doesn’t resemble the classic taste that was popularized in the great delis of the East Coast. It seems that the art of that slow-cooked, authentic pastrami was lost, and today, top round of beef is often substituted for the traditional brisket or navel cut.

 

The beef used in David’s Old World Brand Pastrami is the finest quality USDA Choice grade 1st cut briskets and navels available. It is brined and slow-cured, and hand rubbed with a special blend of garlic and spices. It is then slowly smoked over real hardwood fires, and then steamed to the perfect texture. There are no artificial colorings or flavorings added. The attention to taste of this hand made artisanal product is evident when you bite into the tender meat. The meat is ready to eat, however it is best enjoyed when heated.

via A Matter of Taste.

ThinkGeek :: Star Wars Lightsaber Laser Pointer

 

 

ThinkGeek :: Star Wars Lightsaber Laser Pointer

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Marco pierre white Great British Feast Ep1 part1

Authors@Google: Anthony Bourdain

Authors@Google: Chef Ferran Adria

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Cool Tools: Victorinox Chefs Knife

 

 

 

Inexpensive great chef knife10-26-09Victorinox Chefs KnifeA really great chef knife will be insanely sharp, yet retain its edge easily, and be well balanced and welcoming to hold. These days a decent high-grade chef knife can cost between $100-$200. Several cooking publications including Cooks Illustrated recently identified a bargain $27 chef knife that in their tests rated just about as good as the $100 plus knives.

 

via Cool Tools: Victorinox Chefs Knife.

Freehands Gloves

STAY WARM AND KEEP IN TOUCH WITH FREEHANDS GLOVES.

A DOZEN NEW STYLES FOR 2009.

Flip back caps to expose your thumb and index fingers

Text, email, game and take photos without removing your gloves

Fasteners keep caps out of the way

Mens, Womens and Unisex s

via Freehands Gloves | Welcome.

Fake Obama Thesis Story Goes Viral, Because Of Stupidity

Limbaugh “discovered the hoax midway through the show, and used what used to be known as the “fake but accurate” defense.

via Fake Obama Thesis Story Goes Viral, Because Of Stupidity.

Nook Features, eBook Reader, eBook Device – Barnes & Noble

Nook Features, eBook Reader, eBook Device – Barnes & Noble.

The Dude Abides: The Gospel According to the Coen Brothers (9780310292463): Cathleen Falsani: Books

Amazon.com: The Dude Abides: The Gospel According to the Coen Brothers (9780310292463): Cathleen Falsani: Books.