It's time for another collection of eight interest links from around these interwebs. I've been saving up some goodies for you all week long!- First, for those Battlestar Galactica fans in the crowd, I bring you the BG toaster! That's right, you can now be a fanboy at the breakfast table.
- How's this for a fun one! A Flickr set dedicated to images from vintage cookbooks (spanning 1898 to 1978).
- On Tuesday, The Kitchn sends out some love to my very favorite cracker, the Ak-Mak. Truly one of the best vehicles for cheese around, they are also delicious topped with turkey and avocado or even crumbled up in some yogurt for a little crunch.
- Did you know that elephants don't like hot peppers? Farmers in Africa grow it to keep them out of their subsistence crops and now you can buy hot sauce made with those peppers in order to support the work of those farmers.
- If your local Starbucks is one of the locations on the chopping block, you might be a bit concerned about how you'll get by without a regular cup. In her regular Real Simple blog post, Kim O'Donnel reminds us that we can make quality coffee at home, no 'bucks required.
- Over at Amazon.com's Al Dente blog, they're ranking the top five fictional foods. Just say yes to dehydrated pizza from Back to the Future II!
- Apparently, espresso over ice is "not okay." What about "the customer is always right!"?
- Lastly, the top foods that only Americans could have invented. I don't know about that list. I think the Canadians could have created the S'more!
Second Helping of Slashfood - June 19
Competitive-Eating Contest to Pit Humans Against Elephants
The Backyard Boom - The Hungry Bride
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7-18-2008 @ 5:45PM
Dr. Electro said...
Sorry, the s'more is as American as it gets. It was invented in 1964 right here in the USA by an American Boy Scout for his campfire cooking merit badge. I read the recipe in my Boy's life magazine at the time.
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7-19-2008 @ 3:50PM
Bear said...
I'd second point #5 -- about making good coffee yourself at home -- and even add something that folks in many soon-to-be-Starbucks-less locations may not have thought of: if you don't have a good supplier of freshly roasted beans nearby (or even if you do), you can roast your own coffee beans at home. It's surprisingly easy. The details are here.
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7-19-2008 @ 3:51PM
Bear said...
Ah. So embedding html in comments doesn't work. Let's try that again. The details are here: http://slowfoodcolumbus.wordpress.com/bear/coffee/
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