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Beautiful cherry blossoms
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Meet the ladies of Bunheads, a new show from Gilmore Girls creator Amy Sherman-Palladino. The series follows a group of aspiring dancers in a...
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This puppy, named after Anderson, learned how to salute through the Puppies Behind Bars charity program.
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How to make a marriage work: Tell your wife that she looks pretty. Even if she looks like a truck.
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Food is a great example of artistic creativeness. You feast with your eyes, right? These are just too pretty too eat (but doesn’t mean I won’t!) — N
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#Cupcakes: Breakfast of Champions #bestoftheday (Taken with instagram)
The Best Guacamole and How to Brew Mead at Home Good Eats! A Weekly Roundup from Serious Eats
Cambria Bold, thekitchn.comEvery week we bring you our favorite posts from our friends at Serious Eats. This week, learn the science of avocados (and how to make the best guacamole), go vegan with a super tasty high-protein breakfast, and learn how to brew your…
This is a cool gift for the caffeine lover in your life. — N
(via Magic Beans to Keep Your Coffee Hot: Coffee Joulies Product Review)
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Not long ago, when faced with the choice of eating a cupcake or a cheeseburger, the only logical choice was to place the cupcake on top of the cheeseburger and insert the whole thing into your mouth. But thanks to the good people at The Meatloaf Bakery in Chicago, the burger cupcake now exists. The cake is a loaf of everything you’d find on a burger, the frosting is cheesy mashed potatoes. (via Sandwich Monday: Meat Cupcakes : Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me!)
The attention to detail is amazing. Great for a themed event. — Naveen
That’s what I’m saying… — N
(via dabliodabliodablio)
Pretty enough to eat. — N
A rose is a rose is ….made of bacon? — N
(via How to Make Bacon Roses)
It says it’s for V-Day, but really this would be a great treat for any day! — N
Hi, I’m a baking newbie and I need this cake tray. — N
(via Multi-Tier Cake Pan From Chicago Metallic | Apartment Therapy The Kitchn)
A quinoa conundrum in Bolivia
elizs:Quinoa, a grain-like superfood, has become so popular in Western markets that Bolivians can no longer afford to eat it. Instead, they’re turning to cheap, processed foods, raising concerns about malnutrition in a poor country where it has long been a problem.
For centuries Bolivians lived off quinoa, and it was “little more than a curiosity outside the Andes.” But it has recently caught on in wealthier countries as a healthy alternative to grains, becoming a staple at places like Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods. With demand soaring, prices have nearly tripled over the past five years. That’s great for Bolivian farmers. But it means many Bolivians can no longer afford what has long been a healthy staple of their diet. Quinoa consumption in Bolivia has dropped by 34 percent in five years. “The shift offers a glimpse into the consequences of rising global food prices and changing eating habits in both prosperous and developing nations,’ say Simon Romaro and Sara Shahriari in The New York Times.
Read more about this problem here. What exactly is quinoa, and how do you pronounce it?
Photo: CC BY rusvaplauke
I learned “key-NWA.”
I’m a huge Top Chef fan. It’s one of the few reality shows on TV that truly based on skill and merit and definitely not trashy (although there is some drama for good measure). I hope to see interesting food insight and recipes with the two South Asian cheftestants.
This would be excellent — N
Kitchens! They’re gross. Especially if you have cats or something. Germs everywhere. It’s enough to make you cry! But now, no more?
Maintaining a sparkling kitchen worthy of a cooking show set may soon get much easier. A scientist at Nottingham Trent University has just scored about $80,000 of funding from a local “Food and Drink Innovation Network” to develop a permanent spray-on coating that could kill off troublesome microbes in the kitchen. Dr. Fengge Gao (who, incidentally, has “amazing fashion sense,” according to the Facebook “Appreciation Society” in his honor), is an expert on leveraging nanotechnology for antimicrobial purposes. In 2009 Gao produced an antimicrobial material that helps prevent leaching from plastic bottles, reports The Engineer.
The spray-on coating would be applied once to kitchen surfaces or processing equipment, which would then contain the antimicrobial powers throughout their lives. The material Gao envisions will also have water-repelling properties, which should make cleaning and maintaining them easier. The materials will be of use both in the home and to industry:”Cleaning the remaining food in food processing equipment to prevent bacteria growth is a challenge in the food processing industry,” Gao tells Fast Company. He adds that the antimicrobial technology is already “mature,” while the water-repelling technology needs about two to three years of work.
In January, researchers announced that they had invented a kind of paper with silver nanoparticles distributed across it that had antimicrobial properties. The press dubbed it “killer paper,” so for now we’re calling Gao’s hopeful invention “killer spray.”
Reminds me of my honeymoon, where The Mister and I made happy faces out of our meals… need to find those pictures… — N
SUBMISSION: welcome to New York! I enjoy your blog! Just saw your photo from my subway stop (Clinton Washington). Ha. This is what I was eating at that time. ;-)
