Following yesterday’s post on the wine industry, I thought I’d balance the books bottles by taking a look at a couple of interesting articles on beer. According to ABC Science of Australia, beer has been made from yeast that’s up to 45 million years old. A tiny colony of yeast trapped inside a Lebanese weevil… Continue reading A different kind of beer
Tag: Food
Does this coffee taste funny?
From Iowa comes the following tale of woe. It wasn’t just the caffeine that gave an Iowa woman an extra jolt after she had her morning coffee. It was also the bat she found in the filter. The Iowa Department of Public Health says the woman reported a bat in her house but wasn’t too… Continue reading Does this coffee taste funny?
An exploding custard truck???
Ye Gods and little fishes. A lorry driver has been forced to flee after the 60,000 tins of custard and rice pudding he was transporting began to explode. The cans of dessert exploded “like fireworks” after the a blaze broke out on his HGV. The driver was unaware that his lorry, carrying 26 tonnes of… Continue reading An exploding custard truck???
Not a bad idea!
Via Gizmodo, we learn of a refrigerator designed especially for those sharing a home. It was designed by Stefan Buchberger, who entered it in the Electrolux Design Lab 2008 competition, where it’s one of nine finalists. The Gizmodo reporter goes on: Buchberger said he decided to create Flatshare from personal experience, after discovering that “there… Continue reading Not a bad idea!
This explains a lot!
A headline in the Times of India speaks volumes. Eating veggies shrinks the brain 14 Sep 2008 MELBOURNE: Scientists have discovered that going veggie could be bad for your brain -with those on a meat-free diet six times more likely to suffer brain shrinkage. Vegans and vegetarians are the most likely to be deficient because… Continue reading This explains a lot!
Doofus Of The Day #57
To the hotel manager who paid so much for these grapes, we unhesitatingly award this Doofus Of The Day entry. A bunch of grapes has sold for £465 [US $930] – the equivalent of £13 [US $26] per grape – in Japan today. A hotel manager paid that amount for a 1.5lb of Ruby Roman… Continue reading Doofus Of The Day #57
Does this count as self-abuse?
I feel ill just reading this article! Barrientos got the idea for eating the 26×26 after watching an Internet video of a man finishing a 20×20 at In-N-Out, the Southern California hamburger institution legendary for preparing virtually any hamburger on the spot. A friend challenged him to match the anonymous man, and Barrientos agreed. After… Continue reading Does this count as self-abuse?
An interesting restaurant
I was intrigued to see these pictures of a Boeing 747 that’s been converted into a restaurant in the city of Mokpo, South Korea. How on earth they got it into its space I can’t imagine! It can apparently hold 150 tables. A nice touch is that the menu is displayed in super-large-size in one… Continue reading An interesting restaurant
The craziness of gourmet bottled water prices
I’ve noticed a growing snobbery among certain circles as to the water they drink. People seem to spend phenomenal amounts of money on name-brand bottled water as a sort of “social one-upmanship” game. Quite ridiculous, in my opinion: and the latter has been reinforced by some recent reading. It seems that water menus are becoming… Continue reading The craziness of gourmet bottled water prices
The Russian diet gets a makeover
This report should please my friend Marko. He’s written about the gustatory delights of currywurst before. Forget the caviar, a German chef has imported to Russia Berlin’s contribution to world gastronomy, the currywurst. For a few days each week, visitors to Moscow’s exclusive Ritz Carlton hotel can sample the dish, which consists of hot pork… Continue reading The Russian diet gets a makeover