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Monthly Archive for March, 2008

The Farmers’ Museum

How was I unaware of this? Check out the events calendar for the Farmers’ Museum in Upstate New York.
Spring Beekeeping A workshop offering an introduction to the fundamentals of beekeping!

Photo: TW Collins
From Udder to Butter?! Start by milking a cow and finish by eating the butter you finished churning! Gah!

Photo : Vicious Bits
They [...]

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Table Manners
March 29 through September 14, 2008
The Arizona Museum for Youth
Table manners is at a museum in Mesa, Arizona. Mesa is Spanish for table. Coincidence? Not Very Likely. The exhibit will be very hands on. Kids will learn to use chopsticks, fold napkins, etc. They’ll use the food pyramid to plan meals [...]

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A few weeks ago, I found out about British Photographer Carl Warner and his foodscapes. Those aren’t clouds, they’re cauliflower. Broccoli trees, mountains of bread, and is that polenta paving? Nope, it’s cumin. Warner has fifteen foodscapes on his site, carlwarner.com.

These vivid and fantastic images really struck a chord online, [...]

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Food Movies

Photo: Eskimo Dane

The Oceanside Museum of Art will be hosting a Culinary Cinema Series. The Union Tribune says they’ll be featuring menus too.

May 3: “Big Night”
Aug. 9: “Eat, Drink, Man, Woman”
Sept. 27: “Babette’s Feast”
Dec. 6: “Like Water for Chocolate”

Nice Choices. But for those who can’t make it to California, or [...]

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