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In re: 15 minute meals?

Posted on December 28, 2013
While my wife and I do a lot of home cooking, I often don?t do it in the simplest, quickest, cleanest manner.  I often use a lot of pots, pans, bowls, spoons, plates and produce a dinner that takes up a good chunk of the evening.  Part of it is over ambition and part of… Continue reading In re: 15 minute meals? →

In re: Marketing veggies

Posted on November 04, 2013
An interesting article in the New York times by Michael Moss whose book on processed food I’ve been meaning to read. In this article they get an ad firm to create an ad campaign for broccoli and see what it would look like and the results are pretty good I think...

In re: Vegetarian Cooking

Posted on October 16, 2013
[This was an unpublished post from over a year ago – still trying to eat more veggie only meals. Haven’t posted in a while and figured I throw this up as is] Vegetarian eating at good restaurants is pretty easy, especially if its at Indian restaurants where I don’t often see the need for meat… Continue reading In re: Vegetarian Cooking →

In re: Airline baggage tags: their brilliant design

Posted on October 06, 2012
Airline baggage tags: How their brilliant design gets bags from Point A to Point B. – Slate Magazine. Just been flying a bunch this week and saw this really good article on all the design aspects that go into the modern luggage tag, kinda amazing how much we take it for granted (of course I… Continue reading In re: Airline baggage tags: their brilliant design →

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In re: Backyard figs

Posted on August 27, 2012
Early last summer while walking into a Lowe’s hardware store we saw fig trees for sale. Not being an expert on figs I assumed that being native to the Middle East they weren’t something for Ohio’s climate but upon further reading of their detailed tag that indeed the variety of Chicago Hardy was listed as… Continue reading In re: Backyard figs →

In re: homemade ginger ale

Posted on May 26, 2012
A few months ago I saw an episode of Good Eats that on Ginger. (For years I was a religious Good Eats viewer but I somehow stopped watching as often and eventually not at all, but have intermittently seen a few episodes over the last few months. The gags are a bit more annoying then… Continue reading In re: homemade ginger ale →

In re: Picnic in the commons

Posted on May 25, 2012
Yesterday was the ‘official’ grand opening of the new stage at Columbus Commons, the park in Columbus on the former site of City Center Mall.  The park is an amazing addition to downtown and the new stage makes it just that much better.  To open up the new venue a free concert of the Columbus… Continue reading In re: Picnic in the commons →

In re: How the Sling was Slung

Posted on May 06, 2012
I hadn’t ever given much thought to the Singapore Sling until a friend of mine who was getting into cocktails ordered us up a pair out in San Francisco a couple years ago.  It wasn’t a signature of the bar we were at (I think they had to look it up in fact) and I… Continue reading In re: How the Sling was Slung →

In re: All American: Cinco de Mayo

Posted on May 06, 2012
You can’t get much more American than the Fifth of May, better known as Cinco de Mayo.  Cinco de Mayo’s origins are not surprisingly Mexican and come from the State of Puebla, where they celebrate on May 5: El Día de la Batalla de Puebla, commemorating the Mexican army’s victory over the French in 1862 at… Continue reading In re: All American: Cinco de Mayo →

In re: Fried Chicken

Posted on April 22, 2012
I don’t have it too often (fortunately or unfortunately), but fried chicken is one of those foods that while seemingly incredibly simple and common, can and often is, so much more.  Thomas Keller makes it and so do plenty of gas stations, which makes it kind of democratizing meal of sorts – but rather than… Continue reading In re: Fried Chicken →

In re: the strangeness of tariffs

Posted on February 02, 2011
So you probably know that we in the US are part of the WTO, part of NAFTA and that we are generally liberalizing our trade (our tariffs today are really low compared to back when we were protectionist). That’s why its so crazy to learn about all the crazy distinctions in tariffs on goods imported [...

In re: Starbucks homebrew?

Posted on January 05, 2011
“As the amount of Americans who home-brew increases, Starbucks will continue to lose out on potential grocery store sales.” — Forbes article on why Starbucks should get out of its deal with Kraft (which is already happening, Kraft has sued over it) and get into K-cups the Keurig/Green Moutain coffee machine...

In re: The beer can is back?

Posted on December 16, 2010
A couple of weeks ago I was in Whole Foods up in Cleveland and I was buying a few random loose beers to have around my folks house.  One of the things I grabbed was some Brooklyn Brewery Brown Ale, nothing strange about that except it was in a can.  Not too many craft beers [...

In re: Country of Origin?

Posted on December 16, 2010
“The concept of country of origin for manufactured goods has gradually become obsolete.” An interesting article in the WSJ on tech supply chains and the problem with a lot of trade statistics. Remember how much of a trade deficit we have? Well apparently the iPhone’s wholesale cost counts towards China’s exports, not ours...

In re: Google Autocomplete Redefines U.S. Map

Posted on December 06, 2010
“What happens if you let the notoriously fickle and sometimes downright dirty Google search autocomplete feature take over U.S. geography? A completely new State of the Union heavy on universities, history and other peculiarities, thats what.” via Google Autocomplete Redefines U...

In re: Good movies ? A perfect world?

Posted on October 27, 2010
Getting ready for a trip out west by cleaning up and doing some laundry, while watching the Cavs season opener and poking around the internet.  I came across a video movie review of A Perfect World, a Clint Eastwood movie from the early 90s.  I was surprised to see the review give it really high [...

In re: home security innovations

Posted on October 01, 2010
Home Security Innovations for Modern Living “as a modern semi-adult, your designer possessions represent most of your net worth.  Her’s how you can protect them from shifty bike messengers and thieving house guests while appearing to live modestly during this time of economic turdness” Checkout lunchbreath for the amusing cartoon.

In re: Walmart entering Africa?

Posted on September 27, 2010
“Wal-Mart is eyeing Africa, and has decided to start its push into the continent by offering $4.1 billion for South Africa’s third biggest retailer, Massmart, reports Reuters. … Wal-Mart’s bid comes as South Africa has sought to elevate its profile as a nation primed for investment… Analysts told Reuters that Wal-Mart’s offer is “a big [...

In re: iPhone amazing for blind as well?

Posted on September 20, 2010
I have seen a lot of technology for the blind, and I can safely say that the iPhone represents the most revolutionary thing to happen to the blind for at least the last ten years. Fifteen or twenty years brings us back to the Braille ?n Speak, which I loved in the same way, so [...

In re: Secret world of Trader Joes

Posted on August 26, 2010
Swapping selection for value turns out not to be much of a tradeoff. Customers may think they want variety, but in reality too many options can lead to shopping paralysis. “People are worried theyll regret the choice they made,” says Barry Schwartz, a Swarthmore professor and author of The Paradox of Choice...

In re: Coffee consumption up north

Posted on August 20, 2010
“We know from lots of other situations that the Scandinavian nations lead the world when it comes to such important things like environmental matters, gender equity, income equality. But amazingly, its not just Finland where they need a lot of coffee amidst all the darkness to make it through the day...

In re: Is Time Warner Cable finally innovating?

Posted on August 17, 2010
Time Warner Cable has never exactly blown me away with their services.  They have added more HD over the years now (although Fox Soccer in HD is missing, would trade a few Bravo & A&Es for that) anyway, what definiately doesn’t blow me away is their crappy cable box that crashes and has all kinds [...

In re: Apple?s magical?bumper?

Posted on August 17, 2010
A funny video from Slate V, the first time I watched it I had thought Jonathan Ives and some of the Apple folks had a sense of humor and were somehow involved but its really just some clever editing repurposing their ‘magical’ commments.

In re: The Sporkful makes waffles

Posted on August 17, 2010
Can’t say I normally watch any of the videos on Slate V, I always think they are going to be articles and when I realize that they are on Slate V, I click away.  But the other day I decided to watch a funny idea for a Wyclef Jean for president commercial...

In re: Muffin secrets

Posted on August 07, 2010
The company that owns the Thomas? brand says that only seven people know how the muffins get their trademark tracery of air pockets ? marketed as nooks and crannies ? and it has gone to court to keep a tight lid on the secret. via A Man With Muffin Secrets, but No Way to Cash [...

In re: Pandora + iOs 4

Posted on July 21, 2010
So you probably know I like the iPhone, I was one of those fools who paid way too much for the first one and have been hooked since. So like a true addict I was counting down the days to iOs 4.0 that added background processes for apps (I know, I could have been on [...

In re: Foodie cart spoted in Cbus

Posted on July 21, 2010
Food carts. They seem to be all the rage these days with taco trucks taking over the scene in Columbus and with all kinds of crazy carts getting attention in the ‘hipper’ cities. Despite that Columbus still had not yet got in on the crazier concepts or some really upscale food in a cart...

In re: LeBronomics

Posted on July 12, 2010
While many if us in Ohio are still getting over Lebrons departure to Miami we gotta start looking to the future and move on.  So despite that one quick post on Lebron, well not really him, but rather the economics of Lebron.  But before that I will mention that I don’t mind him leaving if [...

In re: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Posted on July 12, 2010
Just read The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larson the first of his three part millennium trilogy published after he passed away. I enjoyed the book a lot, figured no need for a review here as it’s an epic bestseller and it seems like everyone else has already read it...

In re: Barrio (Downtown Columbus)

Posted on June 07, 2010
Barrio gets the benefit of the doubt from me on many fronts.  One being that they opened up shop in what is not a thriving part of downtown, on the previously fairly desolate stretch of High Street between Nationwide and Broad (the Elevator Brewery is of course there but stood quite alone)...

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