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Movie recommendation: Jiro Dreams of Sushi
“The willingness to look more and more deeply so as to discover ways to improve or reinvent one’s work offers a model for every form of endeavor.”
film  food 
yesterday by M.Leddy
Three great strip-mall restaurants
One of Tyler Cowen’s six rules for dining out: “Get out of the city and into the strip mall.”
food 
8 days ago by M.Leddy
Vegan phở
Recipes from the New York Times.
food 
24 days ago by M.Leddy
Orange Crate Art: Rice and beans à la Hannity
Sean Hannity echoes The Grapes of Wrath.
culture  food  JohnSteinbeck 
28 days ago by M.Leddy
Recipes I stopped reading
“1. Fold each licorice piece in half and push ends through centers of 12 marshmallows. Set aside.”
food  recipe 
january 2012 by M.Leddy
Meat-flavored potato chips
The horror.
food  shopping 
january 2012 by M.Leddy
From The World of Henry Orient
A passage from Nora Johnson’s 1958 novel.
fiction  film  food 
september 2011 by M.Leddy
Recently updated
Anthony Bourdain’s hilarious commentary on Food Network stars.
food  television 
september 2011 by M.Leddy
Breakfast with the Food Network
If life were like the Food Network.
food  television 
september 2011 by M.Leddy
Dream jobs
Short-order cook, soda jerk, stationer, traffic cop.
food  life 
august 2011 by M.Leddy
Condiment challenge
“Assortment of condiments to accompany lamb curry,” a 1964 photograph.
food  photography 
august 2011 by M.Leddy
What tastes like summer?
A question from the Quo Vadis blog.
food  summer 
august 2011 by M.Leddy
“[T]he Sinatra of food”
Jonathan Schwartz on the avocado.
food  JonathanSchwartz 
august 2011 by M.Leddy
Orange Crate Art: Salt war
An article at Scientific American suggests that excess salt is not particularly dangerous to human health.
food 
july 2011 by M.Leddy
The Electric Soup Kitchen
From 1940: a gimmick to sell soup in soda fountains, luncheonettes, and tea rooms.
culture  dowdyworld  food  soup 
june 2011 by M.Leddy
Taco Bell lawsuit
It turns out that Taco Bell’s “seasoned beef” is eighty-eight percent beef.
culture  food 
april 2011 by M.Leddy
“Taste worth dying for!”
The Heart Attack Grill in Chandler, Arizona, seems like an outtake from David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest.
culture  DavidFosterWallace  fiction  food 
march 2011 by M.Leddy
Domestic comedy
On the diagonal
domesticcomedy  food 
march 2011 by M.Leddy
“A DONUT IS ALL THIS”
1943 infographic from the Donut Corp. of America
dowdyworld  food 
january 2011 by M.Leddy
The lobster, considered
Do lobsters feel pain?
cooking  DavidFosterWallace  food 
november 2010 by M.Leddy
A Marilyn Monroe recipe
For stuffing
cooking  food 
november 2010 by M.Leddy
Hitting the sauce
Spaghetti sauce recipe
cooking  food 
november 2010 by M.Leddy
"THIS IS FUN"
1940s ad for mystery fun-producing food
advertising  culture  dowdyworld  food 
october 2010 by M.Leddy
Coming soon: fun
A 1940s ad for a food that means fun. Can you guess what it is?
advertising  culture  dowdyworld  food 
october 2010 by M.Leddy
Emily Dickinson's gingerbread cake
A poet's recipe
EmilyDickinson  food 
october 2010 by M.Leddy
The Thomas' code
The secret of nooks and crannies, in peril
food 
august 2010 by M.Leddy
Selling salt
On processed foods and a supposedly intractable taste
food 
june 2010 by M.Leddy
End of the U.S. sardine industry
The last cannery closes
culture  food 
february 2010 by M.Leddy
Fortune cookie
Failed prophecy
food  life 
february 2010 by M.Leddy
In Julia Child's kitchen
Julia Child's kitchen is in our kitchen!
cooking  food  JuliaChild  kitchen 
january 2010 by M.Leddy
Roger Ebert, "Nil by mouth"
Roger Ebert on being unable to eat, drink, speak
friendship  food  hospitality  life 
january 2010 by M.Leddy
Sweetzels Spiced Wafers
"Spiced Wafers are like emotionally-complicated ginger snaps — darker, moodier, more intense."
food 
january 2010 by M.Leddy
The parsnip
“Hail to thee, blithe parsnip!”
food  life 
october 2009 by M.Leddy
George Clooney and yogurt
Not all George Clooneys are George Clooney, not all probiotics are the same
analogy  food 
october 2009 by M.Leddy
Julie & Julia & Russ
On real-life friction between Julie Powell and Julia Child
food 
august 2009 by M.Leddy
Cooking and television
Michael Pollan on the meaning of food television
culture  food 
august 2009 by M.Leddy
102 salads
101 from the New York Times, one from me
food 
july 2009 by M.Leddy
Little sponges
From the back of the Cheerios box
advertising  analogy  food 
july 2009 by M.Leddy
Brain food!
Cracker Jack in the shape of a brain
food  humor  life 
july 2009 by M.Leddy
Florida Citrus responds
The Florida Department of Citrus has responded to Alissa Hamilton's book Squeezed: What You Don't Know About Orange Juice: "The basic principle of orange juice processing is similar to how you make orange juice at home."
books  culture  food  orangejuice 
june 2009 by M.Leddy
Review: Squeezed, the orange juice book
Review of Alissa Hamilton's Squeezed: What You Don't Know About Orange Juice
books  culture  food  orangejuice 
may 2009 by M.Leddy
A Winston Churchill breakfast
"1st Tray. Poached egg, Toast, Jam, Butter, Coffee and milk, Jug of cold milk, Cold Chicken or Meat. 2nd Tray. Grapefruit, Sugar Bowl, Glass orange squash (ice), Whisky soda. Wash hands, cigar."
food 
april 2009 by M.Leddy
Orange juice book
Excerpt from a book by Alissa Hamilton
food 
march 2009 by M.Leddy
NEDAwareness Week
National Eating Disorders Awareness Week
culture  food 
march 2009 by M.Leddy
Buy peanut butter
With a list of companies unaffected by the recall
culture  food 
february 2009 by M.Leddy
Mmmm . . . starches
From a newspaper ad for a Valentine's Day dinner: three starches, one "desert"
food  misspelling 
february 2009 by M.Leddy
Store brands on the march
Store brands rise in popularity, though some name brands are inimitable.
culture  food 
december 2008 by M.Leddy
Pasta with spinach and lemon
A simple recipe
food  recipe 
july 2008 by M.Leddy
Feeding times
On feasting and feeding, Norman Rockwell and Sara Lee
cooking  culture  food  eating  feasting 
november 2007 by M.Leddy
Twinkie, Deconstructed, rewritten
A passage from the book, rewritten
food  howtoimprove 
june 2007 by M.Leddy
Chicken strips and fries
On changing children's menus
culture  food 
may 2007 by M.Leddy
Julia Child and Rachael Ray
Anthony Bourdain contrasts
food 
february 2007 by M.Leddy
Dinner
NY Times on families eating meals together
culture  dinner  family  food 
april 2006 by M.Leddy
The real ramen
The real thing, as served in Japan
food 
february 2006 by M.Leddy
Where's my dinner?
The origins of the TV dinner
film  food  culture 
february 2006 by M.Leddy
Food nostalgia
Breakfast cereal on college campuses
food 
february 2006 by M.Leddy
Adventures in grain
Pasta aglio e olio, pasta with tuna and lemon
food 
february 2006 by M.Leddy
Saturday night quesadillas
A recipe
food 
february 2006 by M.Leddy
Zuppa time
"Soup does seven things"
food 
february 2006 by M.Leddy
JK Chocolate Truffles
Truffles of the gods
food 
february 2006 by M.Leddy
Cabbage soup
A vegan recipe
food 
february 2006 by M.Leddy
Food for thought
"Small chihuahua": from the classified ads, under "Food"
food 
february 2006 by M.Leddy

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