This book sounds really interesting to me, as who doesn't enjoy reading about a slow hemlock death?
Biker Poet anthologies are now on my must read list!
When I was in Vegas last Christmas, I loaded up on whiskey fudge from the international supermarket near me mum's house. I bought a few varieties and can't wait to get more the next time I go out there. (I would share it with my brothers [maybe].) Anywho, now this BonBon scotch bar candy looks just as good and it is now on my list for when I see my sister in California.
The title is the best part of this article: "FDA: Pistachio Plant knew some nuts were tainted" (heh heh!)
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Stuff and stuff
I agree with the author here: academic librarians need to teach research methods, not computer skills.
Kindle DX? No thanks, not for me, but Princeton is giving them away!
If you really want to get technical, OSU is not burning books, they are merely migrating to more digital collections, which results in the loss of physical items. This is why I think there needs to be some sort of book landfill or place somewhere where people can go and scrounge around the landfill of thrown-away books and take some home.
You've read the news stories, the blog posts and watched the specials, but if you are anything like me, you would have found it hard to fully grasp the way the world economy is growing (or not growing). I need visuals and this article and this accompanying "parking lot" map helped me visualize the situation. Hundreds of ships just sitting around Indonesia you say? Why yes, I did say that. Now what are we going to be doing with all of these ships if we end up with an economy where we eliminate the need for these ships? What's this I hear about reducing or trying to eliminate carbon footprints by not moving food around the globe as much as we have been?
ASEAN Cocoa Contract update
Kindle DX? No thanks, not for me, but Princeton is giving them away!
If you really want to get technical, OSU is not burning books, they are merely migrating to more digital collections, which results in the loss of physical items. This is why I think there needs to be some sort of book landfill or place somewhere where people can go and scrounge around the landfill of thrown-away books and take some home.
You've read the news stories, the blog posts and watched the specials, but if you are anything like me, you would have found it hard to fully grasp the way the world economy is growing (or not growing). I need visuals and this article and this accompanying "parking lot" map helped me visualize the situation. Hundreds of ships just sitting around Indonesia you say? Why yes, I did say that. Now what are we going to be doing with all of these ships if we end up with an economy where we eliminate the need for these ships? What's this I hear about reducing or trying to eliminate carbon footprints by not moving food around the globe as much as we have been?
ASEAN Cocoa Contract update
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
For your viewing and reading pleasure, fer sher
I love old pictures! I've been reading a lot of old chocolate books and they have some of the coolest pictures in them. This is from a website showcasing old photos from Sri Lanka.Libraries that Twitter - yet another article about it!
As an aside, read Marion Nestle's blog. Not just because I told you to, but because it is not only funny, but informative on current food politic topics.
Monday, April 27, 2009
No time for 'splaining
Ghana + World Food Crisis
WTF? rant against NYC locavores
Nigeria + Cocoa
One of many links to that chocolate study everyone is yapping about
Urban Garden from place of animal cruelty (obviously from my alert for cocoa!)
Ghana + Cocoa refuse potential
SWEET! Chocolate disguised as Swiss Army Knives!
World's Worst Chocolate? Judge for yourself, as I haven't tried them all . . . yet
WTF? rant against NYC locavores
Nigeria + Cocoa
One of many links to that chocolate study everyone is yapping about
Urban Garden from place of animal cruelty (obviously from my alert for cocoa!)
Ghana + Cocoa refuse potential
SWEET! Chocolate disguised as Swiss Army Knives!
World's Worst Chocolate? Judge for yourself, as I haven't tried them all . . . yet
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Libraries are everywhere!
The 14th Congress of Southeast Asian Librarians took place yesterday and you can find a recap here and here
Nigerians pushing for library advancement
Nestle sales decline (surprised?)
Man gets imprisonment with 6 months of hard labor for stealing 1.5 bags of cocoa beans
Rising cocoa prices are benefiting growers in Ivory Coast - which is a good thing!
Nigerians pushing for library advancement
Nestle sales decline (surprised?)
Man gets imprisonment with 6 months of hard labor for stealing 1.5 bags of cocoa beans
Rising cocoa prices are benefiting growers in Ivory Coast - which is a good thing!
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Too much to handle
I've been posting things on Facebook, but I see too many articles that I want to keep and don't want to post too many and end up bothering my friends.
New York Chocolate & Confections Company will start producing chocolate at the former Nestle plant
Seattle Public Library is facing big cuts, including layoffs and extended closings
145-year-old book returned to library
Kindle users' strife with accounts being locked, etc.
"Chocolate may not go straight to the groin . . ."
Chocolate innovation center opens in Wisconsin
Cars & Chocolate - why growing in Africa makes sense
Discourse on the unfairness that is farming in Africa
Nigerian farmers ask state to raise subsidies
New York Chocolate & Confections Company will start producing chocolate at the former Nestle plant
Seattle Public Library is facing big cuts, including layoffs and extended closings
145-year-old book returned to library
Kindle users' strife with accounts being locked, etc.
"Chocolate may not go straight to the groin . . ."
Chocolate innovation center opens in Wisconsin
Cars & Chocolate - why growing in Africa makes sense
Discourse on the unfairness that is farming in Africa
Nigerian farmers ask state to raise subsidies
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Etc.
Tomato Products Wellness Center joins Healthy Lives this April
Providence, RI Culinary Arts Museum showcases the evolution of our food culture
AIV Microbiology's Paul Hall Receives 2009 NCFST Award for Food Safety (I just copied the whole title because I'm tired this morning)
I was interested in this post because it is about a Benefit Tea at Monticello to benefit a library, but what caught my eye was the link to the local school lunch program. I rarely see so convenient a link to get information on school lunch menus. This is very impressive.
Indonesian government wants local cocoa production to increase by 300% (!)
Cocoa farmers in Ghana looking for ways to make a disease-free cacao planting materials
Honolulu wants you know that they have a chocolate industry
Ivory Coast gets debt-relief
Providence, RI Culinary Arts Museum showcases the evolution of our food culture
AIV Microbiology's Paul Hall Receives 2009 NCFST Award for Food Safety (I just copied the whole title because I'm tired this morning)
I was interested in this post because it is about a Benefit Tea at Monticello to benefit a library, but what caught my eye was the link to the local school lunch program. I rarely see so convenient a link to get information on school lunch menus. This is very impressive.
Indonesian government wants local cocoa production to increase by 300% (!)
Cocoa farmers in Ghana looking for ways to make a disease-free cacao planting materials
Honolulu wants you know that they have a chocolate industry
Ivory Coast gets debt-relief
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