Interesting. I’ve always wondered what it was, and what the deal was with the name. Via Wikipedia: Welsh rarebit - Origin of the names – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: The first recorded use of the term Welsh rabbit was in 1725,…
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Markets in Everything: Candwich, The Sandwich In A Can
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Love it. (ht: BB) (pic via Candwich) Candwich – The Go Anywhere Sandwich: Candwich™, the official “Sandwich in a Can”, is the perfect food for people on the go. Busy moms, school kids, and outdoor recreationists love Candwich™. The unique…
Book Review: Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil
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I’ve long loved olive oil, and loved olives even longer than that. I dip bread in it, put it on the occasional salad, and drizzle it over vegetables. But until a friend (Mary Beth) recently turned me onto the good…
Art Carden on Regulating Sugar
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Great column. A snippet. Should We Regulate Sugar Like Alcohol or Tobacco? – Forbes: First, the non-communicable “lifestyle” diseases they discuss are generally diseases of affluence. Lustig, Schmidt, and Brindis correctly note that increasing incomes in poor countries increases access…
Buy Local To Save The World?
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One of the most pervasive, misguided, economic beliefs I encounter is the religion of “buy local.” And it is nearly always profoundly wrong. More annoyingly, those who scream the credo the loudest appear to be the most confident. The article…
How A Burrito Is Like Your iPhone
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Fun article, with some interesting facts. For what it’s worth, we’re huge Chipotle fans. The prices are decent, the food is always fresh and tastes fantastic. I go there often. Chipotle is Apple: How the burrito chain is revolutionizing fast…
It’s Near Impossible To Open An Ice-Cream Shop in San Francisco
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That’s what we learn from this piece in the NY Times. I discovered this via the usually very good Boing Boing. The fact that the NYT and Boing Boing are generally left-of-center, statist-supporting, bureaucracy-loving entities adds a bit of irony…
The Japanese Take Perfection Seriously
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Really fun story from the NYT. Made Better in Japan – WSJ.com: For decades, Japan simply imported the wares of foreign cultures, but recession has led to invention. The country has begun creating the finest American denim, French cuisine and…
The Perfect Storm of Vegans, Hipsters, and Abattoirs
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Fun story. How One Former Vegan Learned To Embrace Butchering : The Salt : NPR: The farm-to-table philosophy has been mostly about knowing where food was grown. For meat, that meant knowing if your chickens were caged and if your…
Nassim Taleb On Modern Paleo-Living
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Written in true Taleb style. Why I Do All This Walking, or How Systems Become Fragile – Nassim Nicholas Taleb (PDF, 107k): “After my Aha! flash, under guidance from Art de Vany, I embarked on an Extremistan barbell lifestyle: long,…