What is it about Super Bowl commercials and nuts? Last year there was the controversial Snickers ad; this year there’s a disturbing/weird/funny one by Planters. Here it is, in case you missed it.

I was cleaning out my kitchen cabinets this weekend in preparation for a Christmas cookie baking marathon and unearthed a whole slew of random pantry items. This is what happens when you have deep, ten-foot-high cabinets and don’t take inventory every three years or so. Along with the requisite collection of way-past-their-prime spices, here are […]

This month’s Wired magazine delivery included a nice little bonus publication — a Geekipedia. Along with your usual suspects like Steve Jobs, brain implants, and Twitter, there’s a food-related entry:
Molecular gastronomy: Ever since our primitive ancestors got the hang of fire, application of heat has been the primary way to prepare food. But today’s […]

You may have read this story in the Chicago Tribune yesterday:
District fires vegan art teacher
Dave Warwak said he wouldn’t return to the classroom unless Fox River Grove Middle School served only lunches free of animal products, but with meat still on the menu, school officials on Monday fired the art teacher.
[…] The board, which voted […]