Daily Archives: December 30, 2008

Best of 2008: Call them prairie oysters, but you’re still eating testicles

by Tory Davis
WHAT’S HAPPENING

An unusual new cookbook, likely the first of its kind, has been published online: The Testicle Cookbook, Cooking With Balls. This offal masterpiece comes to us via an Eastern European, ball loving chef named Ljubomir R. Erovic, in both English and Serbian versions replete with video instruction on how to skin fresh [...]

Turn the Page

by Josh Kimball
Crank up the “Auld Lang Syne.” It’s the end of a long year, and while each annual trashing of the calendar holds its own special meaning, this page change is especially big. At Iconoculture we watch the trends — large and small — that shape consumer culture. And this year’s shifts were [...]

Best of 2008: Polyvore’s virtual vignettes help homeowners see the potential

by Nissa Hanna
WHAT’S HAPPENING

Online outfit aggregator Polyvore has been helping fashionistas compose their closets with its mood board tools; now the site is taking the same concept to help DIY decorators design their digs.
The Interior Design section lets consumers collect home goods pics from around the web. They can save the images in their Polyvore [...]

Best of 2008: Going coed all the way with mixed-gender dorm rooms

by Hillary Smith
WHAT’S HAPPENING

Think coed floors and bathrooms spell awkward moments in college? Try coed dorm rooms. A growing number of schools are adopting less stringent policies around cohabitation on-campus.
Liberal colleges like Hampshire, Wesleyan and Oberlin have offered coed rooms for a few years now. But students at universities from New York to Stanford are calling for [...]