Archive for the 'Food' Category
Meat!
And I like a nice steak now again, but then I think that’s the point. Too much red meat is bad for one, so why not cut down on overall red meat consumption but still enjoy a nice steak now and then:
http://www.boston.com/
Excess body fat and red meat are linked to an increased risk of common [...]
Microwave Popcorn.
The smell of microwave popcorn makes me feel nauseated and irritates my sinus so badly that when someone opens a bag near me at work I have get well away from it.
But, now it’s possible that the chemicals used to flavour microwave popcorn may cause lung cancer!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20592711/
“This letter is a red flag, suggesting that exposure [...]
One wee coffee plant left?
Neat story about a coffee plant, found on only one island in the Indian Ocean, thought to be extinct:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5307047
In 1877, a European visitor, passing through Rodrigues, made a drawing of it and that is the only image we had of this plant, because after that, goats and pigs began to multiply on Rodrigues, and the [...]
Organic?
Great, big companies are trying to cash in on Organic produce by having the definition of what is organic changed to included “19 food colorings, two starches, casings for sausages, hops, fish oil, chipotle chili pepper, gelatin, celery powder, dill weed oil, frozen lemon grass, and a sweetener called fructooligosaccharides.”
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19837522/
On June 9th, the [...]
Cantab & Burgers
Went to The Cantab Lounge in Central Sq in Cambridge on Friday night. Frank the chef (or one of the chefs?) from Tim’s Tavern, long closed, on Columbus Ave in Boston now cooks at The Cantab. Tim’s did a really good burger and that’s what we had at the Cantab, a really good big tasty [...]









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