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Big-ass link roundup
7 awesome links, just for you — exploding tacos, sandwich puzzles, butt sniffers and more!
Today’s topic: Bacon
Here’s a bacon flowchart, a web tool to baconize your site, a bacon rating system, bacon salt and a video on how bacon is made:
Greenmarket produce scans
Seen in Ranjit’s Flickr stream: “Every Saturday, if I can, I go to my local greenmarket (at Grand Army Plaza), buy some goodies, take them home, and scan them. I’ve been doing it since 2000 or so, though this set only contains more recent ones.”
Retro cereal boxes from General Mills
Wow. Makes me feel like I’m gonna be late for school! General Mills is putting several classic cereal box designs back on shelves in stores like Target. Cool. I wish Detroit would do this with cars.
The Food Timeline
We’ve been busy here, but look for the return of the GLC giveaway in the next week! In the meantime, have a look at this really interesting Food Timeline: Ever wonder what foods the Vikings ate when they set off to explore the new world? How Thomas Jefferson made his ice cream? What the pioneers [...]
Food. Lists. Shoulds. Shouldn’ts.
Here’s a mini-round-up of some recently published lists of recommended foods to eat. The 11 Best Foods You Aren’t Eating The 20 Healthiest Foods for Under $1 Eight foods you should eat every day Ostrich, and the 7 other foods you should be eating The 29 Healthiest Foods on the Planet On a semi-related note [...]
Buying Organic
See which of the country’s largest producers are behind your favorite organic snacks.
The Best Peanut Butter in the World
“I love peanut butter. But more importantly for the statement you are about to read here, I know peanut butter. I know peanut butter the way Da Vinci knew fluid mechanics, the way Einstein knew physics, the way Grand Master Flash knows a turntable, the way Tom Brady knows how to perfectly balance throwing touchdowns [...]
Study: $90 wine tastes better than the same wine at $10
“In a study that could make marketing managers and salespeople rub their hands with glee, scientists have used brain-scanning technology to shed new light on the old adage, ‘You get what you pay for.’ Researchers from the California Institute of Technology and Stanford’s business school have directly seen that the sensation of pleasantness that people [...]
Stained Glass Cookies Recipe
Stumped about what cookie to make for XMAS? These “stained glass cookies” will wow everyone: “We can EAT these?” Andrew (age 5) asked incredulously. “Yes, you can eat them,” I replied, “they’re cookies. You can also hang them from your tree.” “What’s inside?” asked Matthew (7). “Lifesavers. And Jolly Ranchers.” “LIFESAVERS? AND JOLLY RANCHERS?” It’s [...]
The Cost of Going Organic
“If the prices at my local Safeway are used as a measuring stick, you have to be downright rich to afford an all-organic diet. But it’s not just the wealthiest among us who crave food free from pesticides or like the idea of fewer steps from field to table. What about average-income consumers who would [...]
Skyrocketing milk prices hit families just in time for school
“Record-high milk prices are stinging Americans at the dairy case, just as millions of thirsty school children are returning to classes. The average retail price of a gallon of whole milk has never been higher — $3.80 a gallon — according to July Department of Agriculture statistics. Experts blame the price spike — up 51 [...]
Recipe: White Russian Cupcakes with Kahlua Whipped Cream Frosting
My sister sent me a weird recipe — it actually uses the ingredients milk, eggs and vodka! Check it out: White Russian Cupcakes with Kahlua Whipped Cream Frosting. It comes from a recipe book called Cupcakes: From the Cake Mix Doctor. Thanks, Kathy!
The Weird Things People Eat Around the World
“Half the fun of traveling is getting out and enjoying all sorts of foods you’re not used to eating. A simple trip to the corner market or grocery store in a foreign land can keep you amused for hours. Take the example above for instance: Cone Pizza! This picture was snapped in Seoul, South Korea, [...]
25 Best Beers In America
“Two years ago we ranked the best beers in America. Since then the brewing scene has changed dramatically. Or at least that’s the excuse we used to create an all-new list this year.”
If MSG is so bad for you, why doesn’t everyone in Asia have a headache?
“The Japanese are sentimental about their noodle soup – it’s the working-class food that nourished the nation in the bleak days after World War Two. Ramen chefs are TV celebs, in a country that devotes more broadcast time to cookery than even we do. I asked the young pilgrims just what they valued above all [...]
Cooking websites
The GLC got linked in this story from the St. Paul Pioneer-Press from last month: “What did we ever do before the Web? That’s a question we frequently ask each other at the Pioneer Press food section. Thanks to the ability to bookmark, we’ve got a bevy of useful Web sites to turn to when [...]
Museum of Foreign Grocery Products
“These products subtly (or not-so-subtly) illustrate the ways in which another culture is different from ours, even in basic behaviors such as food prep.”
Test: Butter and margarine
“Margarine’s now a ‘spread’ and butter can come from the fridge soft enough to spread on your toast. But when you’re faced with so many different spreads in the supermarket dairy cabinet it’s hard to know which is the healthiest.”
