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The following set of criteria is what jjzach & I use for the purposes of clam chowder quality evaluation. This system was devised in partnership with our friends, Kelly & Erika, on the back of a napkin about a year ago. Thicknocity – the viscosity/thickness of the chowder. Is it brothy? Creamy? Aroma – does [...]

Fascinating. My favorite is the gas range. I like how when everything is off the flat lever controls make a nice straight line, giving you a visual clue, even from a distance, that one of the burners is on. Don Norman would approve. My least favorite aspect? Probably the submarine galley nature of it all: [...]

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 [...]

Jenny & I had the pleasure of attending the opening game of the Arkansas Razorbacks football season in Fayetteville, AR last weekend. If you’ve never experienced the tailgate scene surrounding Razorback home games, it looks something like this: Except imagine that crowd spread in a radius of 1/2 mile around the stadium. Our seats, FYI, [...]