Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 22nd, 2009
I recently stumbled on mathematician Douglas Baldwin’s wonderfully detailed guide to sous vide. French for under vaccum, sous vide is a technique of cooking food sealed in bags without oxygen at relatively low temperatures and long cook times. Baldwin’s site is awesome; it features a bit about his professional work in computer science and math, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 29th, 2008
2008 San Francisco Michelin Star Restaurants in Google Earth
Here is a map I created. Do let me know what you think of it, won’t you? I’d like to know how to improve it (include more information, change formatting, etc.). Also, I’d like suggestions for what other food related maps would be useful or [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 19th, 2008
I’m a little obsessed with data visualization. I’ve been trying to learn about collecting, formating and displaying data recently, after exploring the beautiful and communicative visuals created on Many Eyes. Below is a visualization I created using data on organic farming from the US Department of Agriculture.
I came across a table ranking the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 7th, 2008
food studies lectures on itunes u from Jason Young on Vimeo.
iTunes U has sooo much stuff! Over the past couple years, I’ve been really jazzed about online learning. Some of the institutions and corporations I respect most, from the New York Public Library and Google, the Smithsonian and MIT, are making information available [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 24th, 2008
The Glory of Waste
(part 4 in a 5 part series by Maureen Callahan)
Part one……….introduction
Part two……….the invention of the paper cup
Part three……..the invention of germ culture
Part four………the glory of waste
In 1957, Vance Packard wrote The Hidden Persuaders, a volume about how the advertising industry is deliberately alienating our wants from our needs to produce more [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 5th, 2008
The Invention of Germ Culture
(part 3 in a 5 part series by Maureen Callahan)
Part one……….introduction
Part two……….the invention of the paper cup
Part three……..the invention of germ culture
By 1916, more than 100 railroads throughout the country, including the Pennsylvania Railroad, the Lackawanna, The Chicago, Illinois Central, some New York Central lines, as well as the Pullman [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 28th, 2008
The Invention of the Paper Cup
(part two in a five-part series by Maureen Callahan)
Following the Civil War, when modern conveniences like running water, indoor bathrooms and gaslights were only at first available to the affluent, certain sectors of the “have” society initiated philanthropic projects to “purify” America. While many of these groups sought to promote [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 26th, 2008
Jason: I’m thrilled to introduce a series of posts by librarian & archivist Maureen Callahan. She is an alumna of Bryn Mawr College and a recent graduate of the School of Information at the University of Michigan. When I heard that Maureen had researched and written about the origins of the disposable [...]
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 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. [...]