July | 2013 | ideas that taste good

If you want to succeed, get the frame right

July 28, 2013 by antdina

Travel the Natural History Museum in New York and it will focus the mind on the evolution of things. Begin on the fourth floor where dinosaurs live. Curators designed the permanent exhibit as walk through millennial time. It shows the progress of species by the only evidence we have: the bones left behind. Scientists point our attention to the hole in the pelvis. This evolution provides a socket for the thigh bone and greater mobility on land. Or consider the shift […]

Categories: Food Finds, Meaning • Tags: food, Pieous, Pizza

user guide to a foodie

July 21, 2013 by antdina

Some people worry about a zombie invasion. Others about a foodie invasion. Yes, these meal-obsessed loved ones endless talk about what goes into their mouth. Or someone else’s mouth. But what do we do about them? Below is a simple guide on how to handle the situation. Identify the severity of the foodie fever Administer the following test. Count the number of clicks then find the level below: 0-5 Foodie as hobbyist: appreciates finer things of the culinary world, […]

Categories: Meaning • Tags: Big Night, cornichorns, Flow, Food TV, foodie, Haidt, Jonathan Haidt, kurant events, Like Water for Chocolate, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, pate, Roy H. Williams, Steve Konarik, Tampopo, The Righteous Mind, Wizard Academy

Pickles aren’t just for pregnancy

July 14, 2013 by antdina

Vincent grew up eating hot dogs with applesauce. Most people shudder at the thought. The purists demand mustard but realize that ketchup is how most American children take their wieners. How is it that little Vinnie mixed the favorite condiment for pork chops with a beefy link? The reality is that his mother was cooling the temperature of Vincent’s lunch by instructing him to put applesauce right on the steaming hot dog. And now as a man, it’s a pairing […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: Austin, cheese, Denver, glutamic acid, Linger, mozzarella, muscles, pickle, umami, Umami Mia, Vincent

Casey strikes out at the (breakfast) plate

July 7, 2013 by antdina

In 1888, The Examiner immortalized the emotional roller coaster of baseball through Earnest Lawrence Thayer’s poem. We swelter in the stands while our hero, Casey Jones eyes three pitches only to fail to crack his bat on any of them. Casey discounts the first two balls as unworthy of his time. And with the third, the fury of the swing does not meet its target. Casey strikes out. Sometimes our kitchen heroes make us feel like that day in Mudville. […]

Categories: Design, Food Finds • Tags: baseball, bitter, Casey, duck confit, ears, evolutionary biology, eyes, Maslow's hierarchy of needs, piquancy, psychology, pungency, Roy H. Williams, salt, salty, sour, sweet, The Examiner, umami

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Monthly Archives: July 2013

If you want to succeed, get the frame right

user guide to a foodie

Pickles aren’t just for pregnancy

Casey strikes out at the (breakfast) plate