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Chock full of randomness! 29 April 2008 7:16 am

Posted by Tracy in : cooking, dessert, meta, monkeys, news, school , add a comment

So first and foremost, it’s Free Cone Day at participating Ben & Jerry’s ice cream shops (vegans, I know they have sorbet but I don’t know if their nondairy options are fully free of kingdom Fauna ingredients, sorry). You can locate a participating shop here… and there’s one within easy walking distance of my house, aw yeah. (Like, yesterday I got off the bus a few stops early there to do my grocery shopping and carry it home easy walking. Oh yes. Free deliciousness will be mine.)

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Monkey Monday: it is so on now. 28 April 2008 2:40 pm

Posted by Tracy in : geekery, monkeys, pictures, school , 2 comments

Regular monkey-style early-week randomness resumes tomorrow, I swear. But in the meantime, um, well, yeah:

NYU deposit, 28 April 2008

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Monkey Monday: back to randomness. 14 April 2008 9:40 pm

Posted by Tracy in : Morning Glory, books, friends, meat, meta, monkeys, news, not even vegetarian, restaurants, travel , 2 comments

News from my browser tabs, off the top of my head, and beyond:

Did you hear that the only female head waiter at Per Se wrote a book about the experience? From that article, it sounds like it could be fun if you’re into that whole behind-the-scenes-at-restaurants thing. Especially if you’re curious about super-extreme high end fine dining.

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Monkey Monday: just past Sunday night edition 31 March 2008 12:00 am

Posted by Tracy in : Marion Nestle, breakfast, eating, health, meta, monkeys, nepal, news, nutrition, restaurants , add a comment

Now with more breakfast news and commentary!

20/20 hindsight says I should have gone with a breakfast theme for last week, because the news was certainly on my side for a breakfast theme to last week. There was the study I mentioned on Wednesday, about the correlation between not eating breakfast and weight gain in adolescents, which Marion Nestle discussed a few days later over here on Eating Liberally. (more…)

Monkey Monday: pop quiz edition 24 March 2008 5:40 pm

Posted by Tracy in : Morning Glory, books, food safety, monkeys, news , add a comment

Hey readers! Do you know how to handle a melon? Bix at Fanatic cook has some pointers, in light of the recent FDA warning about Salmonella-contaminated cantaloupe from Honduras. In case you’re wondering, I handle melon as little as possible, because (more…)