Tag Archives: Food
Friday poetry: Two short ones featuring food
Haiku Ambulance Richard Brautigan (1950) A piece of green pepper fell off the wooden salad bowl: so what? This is just to say I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox and which you were probably saving for … Continue reading
Food inflation is here!
Chips are disappearing from bags, candy from boxes and vegetables from cans, the New York Times warned this week. With rising costs of production and an economy that continues to lag, food inflation has arrived. It’s not just the increase … Continue reading
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Wacky Wiki: Tarrare
A friend found this bizarre Wikipedia entry: Tarrare (c. 1772 – 1798) was a French showman and soldier, noted for his unusual eating habits. Able to eat vast amounts of meat, he was constantly hungry; his parents were unable to provide for him, … Continue reading
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The Sixth Taste
Salty, sweet: study says fat is the sixth “taste”. (Yahoo! News) People sensitive to the taste of fat tend to eat less of it and are less likely to be overweight, according to Australian research that found human tongues can … Continue reading
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Just a Li’l Food Porn
French toast, it seems, is my comfort food. During exams I find myself adding eggs (my favorite protein source) to everything. This season is no exception. Last year I always chopped onions into eggs and grilled the drenched toast on … Continue reading
Don’t mind if I do!
Katherine Mangu-Ward on how fat might help us remember. I knew there was a reason I loved Reason! Finally, an excuse for why I always make a yogurt substitute (replacing my fat-free Greek with Cherry Garcia) during exams!
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Bread and Honey
Let me preface this by saying: I am no cook. Maybe 99% of the calories I’ve imbibed in the past month have been in the form of undifferentiated legume-and-chicken mush from my crockpot. Regardless, this blog makes me yearn for … Continue reading
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