September 2009
62 posts
WatchApple + personification = mildy disturbing
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August 2009
70 posts
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“Carol Lowe, 37, landlady of the pub, said: “We normally have to make the...”
– The BBC covers the World Gravy Wrestling Championships in Lancashire, England.
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Gizmodo.com opines on the perfect cup of coffee. →
Holy Buckets! Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs... →
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The Heavy Table shows you how to get all of your... →
but why would you want to?
“There’s something deeply wrong with a system that takes bottled water from Fiji...”
– Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak. (via edkohler) (via tumblelikeyougiveadamn)
Lifehacker helps you get the most for your money... →
“Guests order and ask for different things: different buns, different cheeses,...”
– Katu.com reporting on Burgerville’s pilot program of putting calorie totals on the customer’s receipts. Having lived in Portland for a few years, I have always enjoyed Burgerville. They use local and seasonal products, and often host meet-and-greets with thier farmers. Pretty great...
MNstatefair.org helps you plan your eating at the... →
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“Horror stories about the food industry have long been with us — ever since 1906,...”
– Time Magazine weighs in on the current state of American food production.
Hey nine to fivers!
It’s Monday, so it’s back to the grind, right? Here’s a little something to help you through your work week.
Q: Why did the farmer start a punk band?
A: He was tired of haulin’ oats.
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“WASHINGTON (AP) - No fish can escape mercury pollution. That’s the...”
– The AP reports on mercury levels in fish caught in rivers and streams across the country. Although only about one quarter of the fish tested exceed the safe levels for consumption, it’s still scary to think about.
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Don't drink Fiji water. →
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Frank Bruni of The NY Times really sticks it to... →
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“…a man in Australia was sentenced to six years in jail for pouring boiling...”
– Harper’s weekly unearths some very angry people.
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“My love for Ham-Flavored Ruffles runs parallel to my affair with Pamplona: I was...”
– Lindsay Eanet reviews Ham flavored Ruffles at McSweeney’s.
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“Woodstock was an unfriendly setting for a state health inspector whose work...”
– The Times Herald-Record (Hudson Valley) shares a health inspector’s tale of going to Woodstock. I wish the health inspectors around the twin cities were this cool.
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We are going to "run out of sugar," say General... →
fightwithknives:
I like how it is responsibility of the Obama administration to lower tariffs rather than the responsibility of food-production corporations and, you know, citizens to consume less sugar.
Yesterday, pineapples stopped being fruit, no we’re out of sugar? Everybody panic!
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The FDA has a handy chart of what to do with moldy... →
Mostly they want you to throw them out. I think depending on how poor (or daring) you are, you could bend the rules.
via make zine’s blog
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“(08-11) 13:23 PDT SACRAMENTO — A former Kraft Foods purchasing manager was...”
– SF Gate reporting on the scandalous state of affairs in the tomato product world.
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“Strawberries, you will be glad to know, are a ‘false fruit’. Which seems...”
– from an examination of what things are fruits, and which things aren’t. First Pluto isn’t a planet, now pineapples aren’t fruits? I’m not sure if this is the right response, but I’m starting to panic.
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Lifehacker has a DIY sports drink recipe. →
I worked out for about a week a few months ago, and this would have come in really handy.
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“Most farmers in the Northeast, accustomed to variable conditions, have come to...”
– Dan Barber of Blue Hill Farm explains the recent tomato blight in the northeastern US. Things aren’t really going well for tomatoes in the midwest, either.
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Mental Floss explains where some cuts meat get... →
