2012-10-21

Dan Barber's foie gras parable | Video on TED.com

Foie gras "en cocotte" with mustard ...
Foie gras "en cocotte" with mustard seeds and spring onions in duck juice. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Dan Barber's foie gras parable | Video on TED.com:


 "At the Taste3 conference, chef Dan Barber tells the story of a small farm in Spain that has found a humane way to produce foie gras. Raising his geese in a natural environment, farmer Eduardo Sousa embodies the kind of food production Barber believes in.

Dan Barber is a chef and a scholar -- relentlessly pursuing the stories and reasons behind the foods we grow and eat."


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2012-10-14

Eleni Gabre-Madhin on Ethiopian economics | Video on TED.com

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100209-RBZF24083a World Bank (Photo credit: World Bank Photo Collection)
Eleni Gabre-Madhin on Ethiopian economics | Video on TED.com:

 "Economist Eleni Gabre-Madhin outlines her ambitious vision to found the first commodities market in Ethiopia. Her plan would create wealth, minimize risk for farmers and turn the world's largest recipient of food aid into a regional food basket.

Eleni Gabre-Madhin is working to build Ethiopia's first commodities market. Re-establishing the profit motive for farmers, she believes, could help turn the world's largest recipient of food aid into a regional food basket."


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2012-10-12

spaghetti

English: Polish spaghetti pasta with sauce
English: Polish spaghetti pasta with sauce (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Via Lori L.
Subject: spaghetti

A wealthy man was having an affair with an Italian
woman for several years. One night, during one of
their rendezvous, she confided in him that
she was pregnant. Not wanting to ruin his reputation
or his marriage, he said he would give her a large
sum of money if she would go to Italy and
secretly have the child.

If she stayed in Italy to raise the child,
he would also provide child support until the child
turned 18.

She agreed, but asked, "How will you know
when the baby was born?" To keep it discrete, he told
her to simply mail him a post card, and Write
`Spaghetti` on the back. He would then arrange for
child support payments to begin.

One day, about 9 months later, he came home to his
confused wife. "Honey, you received a very strange
post card today," she said.

"Oh, just give it to me and I will explain it later,"
he said. The wife obeyed, and watched as her husband
read the card, turned white, and fainted.

On the card was written: Spaghetti, Spaghetti, Spaghetti.
Two with meat balls, one without.

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.ero
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Baking Bread


2012-09-19

Ryan Gosling from "Drive" Orders A Cheeseburger - YouTube

Ryan Gosling from "Drive" Orders A Cheeseburger - YouTube: ""


Table of Condiments

Condiments in the mess of the research vessel ...
Condiments in the mess of the research vessel RV Thomas G. Thompson, photographed at its dock at the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Table of Condiments:

 "Table of Condiments
That Periodically Go Bad"


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The World's Healthiest Foods
http://www.whfoods.com/foodstoc.php

The World's Healthiest Foods have been selected because they are among the richest sources of many of the essential nutrients needed for optimal health. Site uses a concept called nutrient density to determine which foods have the highest nutritional value. Nutrient density is a measure of the amount of nutrients a food contains in comparison to the number of calories. A food is more nutrient dense when the level of nutrients is high in relationship to the number of calories the food contains. By eating the World's Healthiest Foods, you'll get all the essential nutrients that you need for excellent health, including vitamins, minerals, phytonutrients, essential fatty acids, fiber and more for the least number of calories.

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2012-09-11

Half Life Snacks - YouTube

Half Life Snacks - YouTube:

{the thing that makes me so sad about this video is that the company that i work for did similar things for a while, you know the drill, someone retires, a meeting, some inane announcement: danishes and coffee. a holiday: an open buffet-style breakfast or lunch.

those days are long gone. well, actually, i take that back. the coworkers pool our resources and fund our own functions for the holidays, birthdays and retirements. as for meetings, fuck'em, the stingy bastards.}[ero]

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Peppers

peppers recipe
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