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Alien pancake
April 18, 1961:
Joe Simonton was loitering on his farm in Wisconsin, when his attention was suddenly grabbed by a "whining sound".
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01
Jul
cateringequipment
10
May
The colour of the meat
One of the most clever pieces of diet advice I ever heard comes from Tom Smothers, part of the musical comedy duo "Smothers Brothers":
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06
May
Meat or Fish?
Meat or fish?
In my experience, it seems like the former has more supporters.
Anyway... the answer, of course, depends on tastes....
21
Jan
Nietzsche’s sausages
Despite what he wrote was provocative and aggressive, in real life Nietzsche was a good-natured boy, even submissive sometimes, tremend...
18
Jan
Frying paradox
Do you know the definition of paradox?
"A statement that is made up of two opposite things and that seems impossible but is actually...
17
Jan
Chicken and “Auspicia”
The ancient Romans firmly believed in auspicia: observing natural phenomena and connecting them to the will of the Gods.
A very popu...
23
Nov
War sausages
They were tough times in the UK during the Great War.
For both, the troops and the citizens in the Homeland.
In fact, the army en...
22
Nov
Escoffier and the “Brigade de Cuisine”
Here's a post about a chef who has perhaps changed the professional catering industry forever: Auguste Escoffier.
Born in Nice, Fran...
18
Nov
The Xitomatl
The history of the tomato is somehow fascinating.
Do you know that it was among the first artificially selected fruits? It is native...
20
May
Caciocavallo of the emigrant
By the early 20th century, immigration had become a mass phenomenon in the United States.
Facing hordes of desperate people from Eur...
