Entries Tagged 'Food' ↓

Stir The Pot

It is not surprising to me that Mondays are my day to make up food for the rest of the week, as well as the day that I evaluate (and tweak if need be) my perfume trials in the lab.There is a direct relationship, I think between the way we process food …

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Slutbucks

Maybe you’ve heard. Starbucks is testing an update of their logo, which portrays a mermaid with a double tail. The current, regular logo mainly features her face and upper torso.A fundamentalist Christian group in San Diego is apparantly outraged by th…

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Travel Memoirs: Istanbul, part2

Much of the olfactory enjoyment when in Istanbul comes from the culinary exploration of dishes that delight all the senses and make one abandon all expectations of following a diet regime in a flash. It is no accident that the Turkish refer to Culinary…

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Travel Memoirs: Istanbul

“The ghosts return at night, little lights for unredeemed souls
And if you gaze up at the barricades, you’ll see figures looking back at you
And it’s then that a complaint wanders you through the cobblestone alleys
Of Constantinople, a lover from …

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Wisdom from Anthony Bourdain

Before I get to the point of this post, I want to say that the bridge collapse in Minnesota yesterday totally freaked me out. I live in an area where it’s impossible to go more than a few miles without crossing a bridge over water…some tiny, some hu…

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Ice Lollies

(Apparantly in Britain, that’s what they call Popsicles and the like. How cute is that, ice lollies!! YooHoo, Lee, or any other Brit reading this!! Can you confirm?) Anyway, I love Popsicles. I’ve been eating these this summer. What’s your favorite …

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Awaiting Samosas

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Samosa Making, New Delhi, India, originally uploaded by pavangupta. As I was…

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Legal Crack

In the past two days, I’ve eaten a pound of these things. Literally one pound. Phil bought them for me the other night as a special treat. I guess he thought they’d last me a while. Fool.Lindt ‘Lindor’ White Chocolate Truffles. Resistance is futile….

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New Tree Mini Chocolate Boxes

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } New Tree Chocolate, originally uploaded by Ayala Moriel. I spotted these mini…

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