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While in Israel a month ago for work, some of my co-workers took me for a lunchtime humus adventure to a place called Taami. It’s a hummus-slinging hole-in-the-wall in downtown Jerusalem. The owner is infamous for rushing customers through their meal once they’ve been served so that he can turn the table. “Don’t chew–swallow!” and [...]

Well, technically whey, which I sort of knew what that was, but looked it up on Wikipedia anyway to make sure. It is “the liquid remaining after milk has been curdled and strained.” I was reading this Slashfood post which linked to this article on how the pickle industry may be in decline (yikes!) when [...]

Yes, that’s right: you can help “save Britain’s vegetable heritage” by adopting a vegetable at GardenOrganic.org. I seem to remember a similar “seed bank” organization on this side of the Atlantic but I can’t find the link right now. And I don’t remember them having such a novel method of raising funds. Reminds me a [...]

A great Op-Ed in the Globe yesterday by Christopher Kimball, the founder of one of my favorite recipe sources, Cook’s Illustrated. “[...] human interference no longer makes food cheaper, more plentiful, and safer. It is now more dangerous, more expensive, and less in our own interests to consume it. What consumers should want — good [...]

Been living with this setup for about a week now. It’s not so bad really. So far we subsisted on prepared stuff from Wilson Farm and takeout. The coffee pot and toaster oven by themselves will dim the lights when warming up. And don’t even think about trying to use more than one at a [...]