Posted in cook books on Apr 27th, 2008
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Again with the Saveur back issues. I found a list of some book stores specializing in cook books. I thought I’d make a map so from here on out, we won’t be, like, in Paris or Zurich, cursing and struggling to remember the name and location of that awesome book store…
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Architects, contractors & engineers create large sculptures made of full cans of food. Teams raise money to pay for cost of materials for their can sculptures. After the competition concludes, the cans of food are donated to organizations dedicated to fighting hunger. Since Canstruction first started in 1993, it has generated over [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 20th, 2008
Photo: Nebraska Memories
I love the aesthetic experience of libraries, the beauty of the buildings, furniture and books. Would I like to live in a library? The thought has crossed my mind. And apparently, I’m not the only one. When the Garfield County Library moved to more modern environs, Food Network Exec Christianna Reinhardt [...]
Posted in cook books on Apr 10th, 2008
Over one hundred rare cookbooks from the Fillin-Yeh collection went up for sale at Swann Auction Galleries this past Monday. The New York Times did a little piece about the auction, which included some pretty important books, including Mrs. Levy and Amelia Simmons, some inscribed 1st edition MFK Fisher, etc.
The auction house website has [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 8th, 2008
Professor Carl Winter has a webpage of Food Safety Music. My favorite is Clonin’ DNA, a song to the tune of Surfin’ USA by the Beach Boys. A toxicologist with the UC Davis Food Science & Technology Department, Winter rocks out on synths to popular songs, with rewritten lyrics, about food safety. [...]
Posted in libraries on Apr 3rd, 2008
Friday April 4, 3:15 - 4:15
42nd & 5th
What are you doing this Friday? If the answer isn’t “making my way to NYC for an introduction to culinary research in one of the world’s premier libraries”, then I presume that, like me, you’ll be sighing a lot and wistfully gazing at images from Libraries by [...]