Gigabiting :

Tasty Cartography

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. Google unleashed a beast when it gave the public access to the code for the Google Maps interface. All of a sudden anything and everything could be turned into geography with a mash-up of data overlaying a map. A Google[...]

The Redemption of Lard

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. Pig fat is back. Lard has spent the past few decades in the culinary cellar. It was one of America’s most reviled foods, keeping company with the likes of liver, sweetbreads, and anchovies. We recoiled from its fat profile,[...]

The WikiGullet Project: the new ?Wikipedia? of food

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 image via Will Write for Food/Dianne Jacob . Who doesn’t love Wikipedia? It’s vast, fast, and always up-to-date. It’s the first place we turn to settle disputes. It’s also messy, quirky,[...]

It?s Organic. But What About the Packaging?

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. It’s not a question of whether packaging components will leach into your food. It?s only a question of how much. . When 28 million boxes of Kellogg’s cereal were recalled last summer, it gave us something new to worry[...]

Watch Where You Sit: Attack of the Flesh-Eating Furniture

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image via DJ Reko . Don’t get me wrong; I’m a huge fan of technological advancements. iPhones, electron microscopes, instant streaming Netflix?all good stuff. But every once in a while, something comes along[...]

Mmmm. Tastes Like Brooklyn.

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Exit Sign: Brooklyn Bridge, southbound at Cadman Plaza West. The hot dogs and pastrami will be halal when the Brooklyn Diner opens this week in Dubai. This, the third location and the only one outside of[...]

Best Food Town Around

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. Is it a cluster of Michelin-starred restaurants? A distinct regional cuisine?. Is it the availability of ingredients or the edible imprint of ethnic enclaves? What is it that makes a place great for food lovers?[...]

Ka-BLOOM!

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seed bomber by Banksy . Seed bombs of discontent. It’s a crime to step on private property and plant a flower. You can be arrested for trespassing, vandalism, or littering. But it’s also criminal the way that some[...]

Are There More Pigs or People Where You Live?

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. Eccentric. Arcane. Kooky, even. It’s the 2010 Census. The big count takes place every ten years. It’s a snapshot of us at a point in time, and when we compare it to the baby[...]

Better than Viagra: Arousal by Food Smells

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image via Sensing Architecture . Food might be the way to a man’s heart, but the smell of food aims a little lower. . Research performed at the Smell and Taste Research Foundation in Chicago discovered[...]