An idea whose time has come, from the UK. 
Apparently, a new profession has arisen. It's Dinner Curating. We think. Not a Martha Stewart thing, either, we think. The lovely, ultra aesthetically-pleasing magazine called Kinfolk, out of Portland, Oregon mentioned this. Kinfolk does dinners, is interested in community around a table, does film,…
But where is this?
Handwritten cookbooks from the 1600's to the 1960's comprise the now on line Szathmary Culinary Manuscripts collection from the University of Iowa libraries. Louis Szathmary was a Chicago chef, collector, writer and restaurant owner born in Hungary. His culinary memorabilia archives, in part, went t…
"Syrian artillery gunners shelled a bread bakery full of workers and customers on Tuesday in an insurgent-held neighborhood of Aleppo...Mangled bodies were interspersed with upended loaves of freshly baked pita on the bakery’s bloodied fl…
Via The Guardian "Shoppers in their dozens lining the streets for pork pies, potato cakes, a ribbon-tied box of meringues or fabled Bavarian slices (mouth-watering masterpieces of vanilla custard, jam, fondant and exquisite puff pastry) is something else again.
Such were the incongruous scenes set …
From Utne Reader via Gastronomica: In New York City, freegans promote food justice and combat food waste by eating trash.
For more, direct from a NYC freegan group, take a look at freegan.info.
The old Petaluma, California bank now houses seeds. And hosts the National Heirloom Exposition, for the second time.
Tasting the Joe that the Timor Coffee Cooperative produces, Secretary of State Clinton pronounced it "delicious."
According to Reuters, Secretary Clinton ".... toured a USAID-funded coffee finishing plant, a symbol of the country's second-largest export which generates some $10 million per year.
Wo…
Via Tampa Bay Times:
"Attendees at the Republican National Convention may require special tools to fully enjoy their visit: toothpicks. At many parties, that's what they'll be eating with." 
Why? Because one cannot be seen as being wined and dined......
"According to the House Ethics Manual, House …
The newest Mars lander Curiosity is (one hopes) about to land on the Red Planet. So the peanuts, which have gone along with successful space projects via the Jet propulsion Lab in California, go hand in hand with same.
"The tradition of the peanuts at JPL goes way back to the 1960s and goes all the w…
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Celebrate feeding yourself, your family, your restaurant from a kitchen garden, an entity that was once part of everyone's life.