Are you a whiz at building popsicle-stick bridges that can support three tonnes of weight, but completely incapable of feeding yourself with anything that doesn’t come with fries and a soda? Lucky for you there’s Cooking for Engineers, a quirky recipe site designed for people with “an analytical mind.” From the site: Michael selected the [...]
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cooking for engineers
May 21st, 2008 · No Comments
the skinny on the “plastic fat” that lunched a thousand chips
May 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Yes, I know the title is cheesy. Has that ever stopped me before? Found by Asher on divine caroline — a site I’m really starting to like — is a layman’s analysis of some of the chemicals, drugs and other heebie-jeebies in your food, by Brie Cadman: The other day I was snacking on some [...]
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while haiti starves, canada culls 150,000 pigs to keep pork prices high
April 18th, 2008 · 1 Comment
The New York Times ran a great piece today on the world’s growing hunger crisis, with a focus on Haiti. Here’s an excerpt, because I can’t say it any better than this: Hunger bashed in the front gate of Haiti’s presidential palace. Hunger poured onto the streets, burning tires and taking on soldiers and the [...]
