jwz: The Food Simulator is a haptic interface that displays biting force. It is designed to fit to the user's mouth, where it delivers the captured force of real food and auditory and chemical sensations associated with eating. Why, why, why….

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The Black Commentator: "Howard Dean's December 7 speech is the most important statement on race in American politics by a mainstream white politician in nearly 40 years. Nothing remotely comparable has been said by anyone who might become or who has been President of the United States since Lyndon Johnson's June 4, 1965 affirmative action address to the graduating class at Howard University."

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More Not Geniuses: I Don't Get It. "Now, I realize I am not a genius, but there is something over at Pandagon and at Matthew Yglesias where Jesse and Big Media Matt keep calling the President unelectable. I suppose he may be unelectable, but mostly I think..." It took me a minute or three to figure out but I agree with them that our current President is unelectable.

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Perhaps it's spitting in the wind to post this this morning, but . . . from Not Geniuses: "Director Robert Greenwald's 'Uncovered' reveals the deceptions and distortions used to sell the invasion. And from the limousine liberals at Moby's bash in NYC to the regular folks in Billings, Mont., antiwar and anti-Bush audiences are eating it up."

Here's the article they link to, the film's site, and the order form.

9:30:46 AM    trackback []  

Julie: "I've been doing a lot of thinking, and I[base ']ve come to conclusion that is, well, a little bit heartbreaking for me. I think it[base ']s time to officially pack up the Julie/Julia Project.

"Good news"em"I want to go out with a bang, so there is at long last going to be a J/JP Party! On Wednesday, December 17^th from 6 to 8 pm (and beyond?!) Eric and I will be at the Fat Black Pussycat at 130 West 3^rd Street, between 6^th Ave and MacDougal, expecting anyone and everyone to show up for a Julie/Julia Project wake."

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The Meatrix via SauteWednesday.

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Dinner tonight: San Francisco Little Joes, on bakery rolls like sloppy Joe's.

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More from the Times: 'Steak and Shake' Takes On a Whole New Meaning: "It's tough trying to conduct an interview while at the next table a voluptuous woman in spangles has dropped her top and is treating one happy executive to a lap dance. It was even tougher, I soon discovered, trying to eat a steak dinner while another enterprising gal gyrated her bare buttocks just inches from the entree."

9:26:56 AM    trackback []  

NY Times: "The jalapeñoed Thanksgiving menu represents one school of thought in the family. The other school is of the opinion that the menu should be, well, as American as apple pie, and there are some terrific pie bakers in our crowd."

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NY Times: The Microwave Graduates From Sous-Chef to Star.

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Fast Company Now: "This article really took the cake: Tyson Creates Office of Animal Well-being."

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USA Today: "To some extent, Slow Food picks up where the organic food revolt left off. 'It's adding fire to a revolution,' says Patrick Martins, Slow Food USA executive director."

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Dave Barry: WHY GUYS SHOULD NOT COOK.

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Meg's Food and Wine Page: "Not that I'm advocating for people to drink Boone's Farm (yuck) but it will be interesting to see if California can come down off its 'Emperor's New Clothes,' 'Fine Wine' high-horse and make something that these adorable twenty-somethings will actually drink. Used to be, they would start with white zinfandel. But that is soooo not cool these days."

8:01:59 AM    trackback []  

John Mariani's Virtual Gourmet for November 3 looks at Irish Cream liqueurs (scroll down a little past half-way). According to the article, two new products to look for are Bailey's light, and Briscoe's pareve kosher version. Briscoes hasn't revealed how they achieve the creamy texture without dairy.

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Salon.com: "Geeks who go low-carb see it as more than just taking off pounds -- they're reengineering the human organism, overclocking their own bodies."

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I haven't gotten around to reading it all yet, but the Boston Globe ran a series on changes in the New England fishing industry this past week.

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Sundance Channel airs two restaurant documentaries this month: Eat This New York (schedule) and American Waitress: New Mexico (schedule). Amanda Hesser previewed the former.

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NY Times: To Perk Up Pasta, a Jolt of Espresso. Can I get my pasta decaf?

12:26:22 AM    trackback []  

A couple of angles on an expected FDA ruling: Wired, BBC, and NY Times. Looks like cloned meat is coming our way.

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Europe gives us a timeless repetory in ints varies cuisines, and we give back Krispy Kreme, "supersizing", and obesity?

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Times, they are a Cha(i)ngin': Now the chains are trying to move upscale and get healthy.

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Boston Globe: Schools feeding into student tastes.

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