Today we discovered the greatest cookbook ever published. The Bacon Cookbook. I shit you not. This is a cookbook’s entire focus is bacon. Bacon! Pancetta. Salt pork. Guanciale. Lard fumé. Pork belly. Bacon! Every recipe involves bacon. From bacon-based appetizers, stews with bacon, bacon entrees, clear through to bacon-wrapped desserts. I cannot wait to try […]
These are my links for January 25th through January 30th:
Almost half of tested samples of commercial high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) contained mercury, which was also found in nearly a third of 55 popular brand-name food and beverage products where HFCS is the first- or second-highest labeled ingredient, according to two new U.S. studies.
Just After Sunset is a strong collection for Stephen King; a little of what I expect (i.e., schlocky horrorshow) and then some rather sophisticated surprises. This anthology is a bit more literary, a bit more high-brow than what I expect from King – and the “keepers” in here are real keepers. There is some […]
Though I a possess a certain hyperbolic certainty that I was the last person in Vermont 1 to obtain an iPhone, I thought I might assemble this handy guide for the folks that (despite my aforementioned certainty) might not be on this particular wagon quite yet. Perhaps you’re waiting for a check to clear; perhaps […]
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These are my links for January 21st through January 25th:
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These are my links for January 19th through January 20th:
For everywhere we look, there is work to be done. ¶ The state of our economy calls for action: bold and swift. And we will act not only to create new jobs but to lay a new foundation for growth. ¶ We will build the roads and bridges, the electric grids and digital lines that feed our commerce and bind us together. ¶ We will restore science to its rightful place and wield technology's wonders to raise health care's quality and lower its costs. ¶ We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories. And we will transform our schools and colleges and universities to meet the demands of a new age. ¶ All this we can do. All this we will do.
Today, our historic election becomes our historic inauguration. Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States. He gave a well-tempered speech, and one that spoke deeply to A. and myself 1, one that stirred more than a few emotions and (hopefully) more than a few into action. MSNBC’s Chris Matthews […]
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