A Quiet Place

Thoughts on food science, food culture and video games.
Aug 22 ’11
My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world.
— Jack Layton, 1950-2011. R.I.P.

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Oct 25 ’09
procrastination101:

drei121:

fondant? gumpaste? or royal icing? btw.. nice cake:)

i think its fondant, nico.:D awesome

That *is* one hell of a cake!

procrastination101:

drei121:

fondant? gumpaste? or royal icing? btw.. nice cake:)

i think its fondant, nico.:D awesome

That *is* one hell of a cake!

(via aneagerbeaver & laidbackcook)

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Oct 24 ’09
Come Drink With Me (1966). Starring Cheng Pei-Pei. Directed by King Hu.

Come Drink With Me (1966). Starring Cheng Pei-Pei. Directed by King Hu.

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Oct 24 ’09

Some lesser-known collective nouns

fuiru:

  • A borstal of youths
  • An arson of herring
  • A blank stare of pedants
  • A Chardonnay of buried children
  • An eek of Jonas Brothers
  • A Bengleck of murderers
  • A chipolata of confused tourists
  • A load of made-up collective nouns
  • A Sween of Twitterers
  • A gumption of Celine Dion fans who are mad that their favourite singer had to cancel a gig in their city because of a sore throat
  • A pigshit of Creationists

(via fuiru)

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Oct 23 ’09
omgsexyfood:

Kiwi Mousse.

This makes my mouth water.

omgsexyfood:

Kiwi Mousse.

This makes my mouth water.

54 notes (via omgsexyfood)

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Oct 23 ’09

We marry expecting someone else to make us happy, instead of making our own selves happy and then marrying.

Many people marry without realizing that their happiness is their own responsibility and if you aren’t happy there is no one on earth who can fix that problem but yourself.

— Cathy Meyer, “Why Is The Divorce Rate So High?”, About.com

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Oct 23 ’09
1991:

so stoked for halloween

I’ve been eating far too many of these lately!

1991:

so stoked for halloween

I’ve been eating far too many of these lately!

2 notes (via 1991)

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Oct 23 ’09
“The estimated annual cost of illness due to (E. coli) O157 STEC from all sources of infection was $405 million (in 2003 dollars), including $370 million for premature deaths, $30 million for medical care, and $5 million for lost productivity.”
- Frenzen PD et al, “Economic Cost of Illness Due to Escherichia coli O157 Infections in the United States”, Journal of Food Protection 68(12): 2623-2630.

“The estimated annual cost of illness due to (E. coli) O157 STEC from all sources of infection was $405 million (in 2003 dollars), including $370 million for premature deaths, $30 million for medical care, and $5 million for lost productivity.”

- Frenzen PD et al, “Economic Cost of Illness Due to Escherichia coli O157 Infections in the United States”, Journal of Food Protection 68(12): 2623-2630.

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Oct 23 ’09

Only took them 367 years.

“Only in 2000 did the Holy See apologise for putting Galileo on trial in 1633, forcing him to recant his ideas lest he face imprisonment or worse. The Vatican also paid tribute to him in an exhibition that opened this month.”

AP: Paradigm shift: How Galileo’s spy glass upended science

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Oct 22 ’09
Do we dare insult the oozing tubes of melted cheese that pass for burritos in San Diego, the deep-fried mail bombs in Arizona, or the suppurating man-purses you find in Colorado?
— Jonathan Gold

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