Tag Archives: Food
Chicago Bank Converted into a Bar
23 Jan
The Bedford even has a restaurant and a lounge in its 1926 vault. Location: Wicker Park, Chicago, US.
Unemployment Joins Corruption And Poverty As World’s Most Talked About Issue [Infographic]
12 Dec
[via The Huffington Post]
The Rise Of Coffee And Reason
11 Dec
The rise of the coffee house culture is linked to the Age of Enlightenment, says author Steven Johnson. Before coffee replaced beer as the daytime drink of choice, «the entire culture basically was drunk all day long».
Squeezed By Food Prices
2 Feb
«The chart illustrates how the lower income groups in the U.S. really get squeezed when food and gas prices rise. In the U.S. the average annual income for the consumer units (households) measured is $62,857, where food expenditures consume a little over 10 percent of income.»
Full post from The Big Picture here.
Latest Podcast From Freakonomics
16 Dec
Via Wikipedia
Do More Expensive Wines Taste Better?
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Méthode Extraordinaire
26 Sep
Image by rpeschetz via Flickr
How about trying a food and wine combination you might not come across everyday? - Sparkling Russian red wine and Parmesan.
The sweet Abrau Durso wine is produced from 100% Cabernet Sauvignon, has 45g residual sugar per litre, and is dominated by the smell of cherry stones. The winery is one of the oldest in the country; established in 1870. It is the only producer in Russia that uses Méthode Traditionelle - the same technique as in Champagne.
In Russia, they match it with meat and spicy curries.
Something that certainly will spice up the next dinner party – Bon Appétit! Courtesy of The Wall Street Journal Wine Blog.
Photos by Jonathon Much
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