Monkey Monday: random RSS recipes edition 21 July 2008 6:15 am
Posted by Tracy in : meat, random, monkeys, recipes, people, cooking , add a commentI remembered what else I meant to post about on Saturday night! The wonderful randomness that my RSS feeds bring me, let me share them with you!
First, there was Warren Ellis on cooking steak (hint: “Man cook meat with fire.”) That was July 7. A day later, he clarified his position somewhat: (more…)
Saturday night randomness! 19 July 2008 11:58 pm
Posted by Tracy in : video, random, news, restaurants , 3 commentsFirst of all, Sarah Haskins is a supergenius. Her schtick on yogurt damn near kills me but the latest, aptly titled “Feeding Your F-ing Family” is ever so very right on. (more…)
Why yes, I am up awfully early. 17 July 2008 6:20 am
Posted by Tracy in : pictures, kitchen gear, work, Morning Glory , add a commentThat’s what 6:30 AM opening shifts do to a person, doncha know. I traded for this one, since the prep list was freaking huge and I felt bad inflicting it on the new guy (who had to leave early yesterday, which contributed to the mess I’m about to go wrangle, but then again I actually like prep). Also, there was this:
In which subscribing to the food geek email list pays off bigtime. 16 July 2008 9:27 pm
Posted by Tracy in : events, geekery, school , 1 comment so farLook what I found in my inbox! Thanks, handy-dandy subscription to the Association for the Study of Food & Society (ASFS) listserv!
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CALL FOR PAPERS
Foodies on The Web: A Symposium on Food and New Media
(January 30 - 31, 2009
Boston University)
Many have argued that the Internet and the arrival of Web 2.0 (if there is such a thing) have created new forms of web-based community and interpersonal communications. This has extended into the world of food with the rise of popular food blogs, community-based websites such as Chowhound, Yelp and Citysearch, and other forms of information sharing and collaboration (e.g. YouTube, Wikis, TasteBook, and so forth).
The goal of this symposium is to explore how, if at all, these new technologies have changed the way people eat, cook, share recipes, decide where to have dinner, learn about nutrition, or simply think about food?
Topics of interest include, but are by no means limited to, (more…)
Monkey Monday: shiny new things edition 14 July 2008 2:45 pm
Posted by Tracy in : garden, consumerism, reading, kitchen gear, baking, environment, advice, dessert , 1 comment so farThings to read, toys to play with, secrets I’m bursting to tell…
Firstly: Hey! Awesome! Grist has a new column all about food! It’s called Checkout Line and if you dig Tom Philpott’s Victual Reality and wish Ask Umbra would answer more questions about grocery shopping, well, you’re a lot like me, and Checkout Line might be right up your alley, too!
In other awesome news, (more…)
