Food knowledge :

Everything But the Squeal

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image via Snorg Tees . My friend, I don’t know how to break it to you, but you’ve been eating pig . That’s right, pig. Not what you would properly call pork, but pig parts?the bits and pieces and byproducts[...]

I?ll Bet You Didn?t Know?

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Ken Jennings' brain via Villard/Random House . You can be the life of the party; Or the world?s leading authority of an esoteric knowledge domain; Or know the special pleasure that comes from stockpiling obscure[...]

Ugly, Unloved, Unappreciated

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Oh, grow up! Do you have an allergy? Do you object on political grounds? No? Then shut up and eat your vegetables! It’s time to stray outside of your comfort zone of carrots, green beans, zucchini, broccoli, and spinach. You[...]

Big Plate Big Meal (Big Butt)

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image via Beard Crumbs We’ve all heard the statistics about how often we think of sex, but what about f ood? Studies have shown that we face an average of 226 food-related choices in a day, but we are only conscious of our[...]

Architecture for the Taste Buds

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Pasta is a marvel of geometry and construction. It’s architecture for the taste buds. Long or short, thick or thin, smooth or ridged; each shape is a unique construction of form and consistency[...]

How Big is Your Water Footprint?

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. Let’s see a show of hands: Who knows what a carbon footprint is? How about a water footprint? Why all the blank stares? And please, no eye-rolling about yet another food issue to worry about. Water[...]

The Sweetener Formerly Known As?

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. It worked for Prince. By now you’ve probably heard about the public relations disaster that is the sweetener formerly known as high fructose corn syrup. After years of waging a losing battle to convince the American public that[...]

Got Milk? How About the Not Milks?

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Calvin and Hobbes comic via United Feature Syndicate . Got milk? Gotten milk recently? It’s no easy feat. The dairy case seems awfully crowded these days. Soy milk, the dairy alternative, has been joined by a[...]

Potato Chips: Tasting With Our Ears

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image via the Loud Food Club . We Love the Crunch . It ‘ s just potato, hot fat, and salt, but together they make magic. The first chip out of the bag?pristinely crisp and salty, with a crunch that is unsullied by time or[...]

French Fries Make Me Insanely Happy

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image via DazeyChic . Deep golden brown, crisp on the outside and fluffy, oh so fluffy, on the inside. Fat, starchy batons, crispy, salty shoestrings, crinkle-cut, double-fried, and oh-my-god duck fat fries. I’ve met a few[...]