December 2006

Just a short reminder: Menu For Hope III bidding ends at 6 PM PST, which translates to 3 AM tomorrow morning (the 23rd) for those of us in the CET, midnight EST, 2 AM in Britain, 4 AM in Eastern Europe, etc. More than $46,000 has been raised already for the World Food Programme - sure to go over $50,000 don't you think?

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cafeXperiment A beautiful photoblog, all about cafes and coffee. (tags: coffee cafe photography photoblog)...
Online food auction helps UN agency provide meals to world’s hungry Menu for Hope on the UN news centre! (tags: menuforhope unitednations) We Need Good Bakeware!! | Ask MetaFilter I love Chicago Metallic, and am slowly increasing my Le...

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In the holiday rush to get so many things done, it's easy to forget to feed ourselves properly, and to rely on takeout and readymade meals. But I think that when we are super busy, it's even more important to slow down a bit, and to eat properly.

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Winter 2006 issue of Alimentum I've just finished reading the new issue of Alimentum from cover to cover. Once again, some terrific food-related writing is there. The last piece, a short story by "Salt" author Mark Kurlansky, stands out...

A jar of truffles

A few days after visiting the truffle market in Richerenches, we were staying in the medieval town of Uzès in the Gard. While the Gard is technically part of the Languedoc region, it feels very much like Provence.

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Wow. As of right now, more than $24,000 has been donated to the World Food Programme through Menu for Hope III. If you haven't send in your donation yet, there's still time!

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Food Fight French President Jacques Chirac called Finnish cuisine the worst in Europe, so on a recent visit the Finns fed him freshly killed reindeer, including the nose. Food diplomacy! (tags: foodpolitics europe france finland reindeer) How chefs behave...
WorldNetDaily: Soy is making kids 'gay' This is why there are no more people left in China and other soy-consuming nations yanoo - they all turned gay! This is the sort of thing that was bound to happen with...

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