"late night" news and stories

Ah, The Times. Often, so behind the times. Oh, sure, I'm still an avid reader. But occasionally I just shake my head, like: they're just now discovering this phenomenon? (See: hipster librarians, Philadelphia's awesomeness, and the latest: Insomnia Cookies).

Insomnia Cookies is the brainchild of some UPenn students who smartly thought that college kids, up late cramming for finals, might crave warm cookies delivered to their door. Bam, the company was born. It has now expanded to thirteen campuses and offers more than just cookies (brownies and cookie cakes, anyone?)

In New York, more restaurants are staying open, or opening up, to cater to the late-late crowd that come out to eat in what some consider to be the wee hours of the morning. Some do it because they like to stay up late. Others do it because you have a "built in clientele" of people who are up and have few options of where to go.

The first, the biggest, and perhaps the best, artisan goat cheese maker in the US has recently been sold to a French company. The company specializes in developing and continuing small artisan lines, and plans to continue Laurel Chenel's work. She plans to continue to raise goats and, even once in a while, take some time off.

There are so many conflicting studies about the health benefits and/or risks or eating fish, it's hard to know what to eat. Most still agree that some fish will have health benefits, as long as you avoid kinds known to be high in mercury.

Want to make some really good Finnish meatballs?

Julia Moskin eats at the Morgan Dining Room and gives it 2 stars.

Mark Bittman, the minimalist, cooks a few quail dishes.

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Tuesday night on The Late Show with David Letterman, Dave had Tom Cruise and Jamie Oliver as guests. All three set about to cooking Thai Laksa (recipe after the jump) and Tom did a very respectable job tossing the scallops while Dave stood about complaining that he wasn't getting to cook. He must have been pretty bored because the next thing you knew, he had taken up a bottle of olive oil and chugged some! He then passed the bottle off to Tom Cruise and Jamie, who also drank. Jamie even drizzled the oil into his mouth to show the audience he was actually downing the oil (At this point I took a moment to remember the time that Paula Deen drank butter). Then, the cooking continued for another few seconds.

Tom felt fine, but Dave remarked, "I don't feel that good. I feel kinda bilious."

Jamie said "What does bilious mean?"

"Full of bile."

[Via Just Jared]

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