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Could Nate Silver-style algorithms predict recipe success?

December 18, 2012 – 1:29 pm

by Tory Davis WHAT’S HAPPENING Lada Adamic, a computer scientist at Facebook and the University of Michigan, has developed an algorithm with her team that predicts how well a recipe will turn out. She can predict how many stars a dish will receive on AllRecipes.com with an 80% success rate (NPR.org, 19 November 2012). Her […]

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Not sure about that dish? Check Instagram for #menu pics

November 6, 2012 – 3:00 pm

by Tory Davis WHAT’S HAPPENING Recently opened restaurant Comodo in New York City observed numerous photos of their dishes on Instagram and realized that the platform could be used as a marketing tool. The business now prints “#comodomenu on Instagram” at the bottom of their menus, to clue diners in that photos exist and encourage […]

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Is Alzheimer’s actually a form of diabetes?

October 23, 2012 – 11:33 am

by Tory Davis WHAT’S HAPPENING While the theory that Alzheimer’s is actually a diet-based form of diabetes has been floating around the medical community since 2005, a story published in the September 2012 issue of New Scientist, “Food for Thought: What You Eat May Be Killing Your Brain,” makes the idea hard to refute (Opinionator.blogs.NYTimes.com, […]

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Forget cheese — the wine stands alone

May 11, 2011 – 9:32 am

by Tory Davis WHAT’S HAPPENING A recent consumer study by Wine Opinions found that Americans are sipping more vino than ever before, but that’s not the real news: For the first time, the group asked whether wine is being drunk with food and found that 26% of wine is consumed with no food whatsoever (NYTimes.com, […]

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Gift card in a cup? Inhabitat suggests torquing Starbucks’ eco-friendly mug

January 26, 2011 – 9:08 am

by Tory Davis WHAT’S HAPPENING Inhabitat, a blog written by a green-minded design and architecture team, has an idea for Starbucks’ newly improved, stainless steel, no-spill reusable coffee mug: Why not build in a barcode that could be scanned like a gift card? (Inhabitat.com, 8 December 2010). Pre-paid gift cards are a notable portion of […]

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B(lend) Your Own wine at this San Francisco bar

January 5, 2011 – 1:05 pm

by Tory Davis WHAT’S HAPPENING Dcantr, a quasi-pop-up wine bar inside the Stable Café in the Mission District of San Francisco, invites patrons to create their own pinot blend for a truly customized glass of wine (Rundown.com, 8 December 2010). Consumers measure out their selections in delicate glass test tubes, then decant the quaff into a […]

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These Massachusetts diners BYOR(estaurant)

November 17, 2010 – 9:28 am

by Tory Davis WHAT’S HAPPENING Take one part pop-up, one part potluck, a dash of underground restaurant and a sprinkling of speakeasy. Add one Facebook page, stir, and what do you get? BYOR — Bring Your Own Restaurant (NPR.com, 21 October 2010). It began when a few friends headed to an art opening in downtown […]

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Ahead of the curve: Levi’s offers jeans by shape, not size

September 2, 2010 – 8:38 am

by Tory Davis WHAT’S HAPPENING One size has never fit all. Levi’s has redesigned the way it sizes jeans: Curve ID is a global women’s denim line made to fit a woman’s shape and proportions, not a size number (WWD.com 8.9.10). The new approach acknowledges that women who wear the same size often have radically […]

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This CSA vineyard takes requests and delivers

August 5, 2010 – 7:40 am

by Tory Davis WHAT’S HAPPENING Enlightenment Wines, in New York’s lush Hudson River Valley, claims to put the “alchemy back in alcohol” with its Community Supported Alcohol delivery program — it’s so community friendly, members can even suggest new wines (TastingTable.com 7.12.10). Winemaker Raphael Lyon hand-delivers a dozen mixed bottles to members four times a […]

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eBay for eel? New site goes swimmingly in Japan

June 25, 2010 – 4:50 pm

by Tory Davis WHAT’S HAPPENING A fisherman’s collective on Tokyo Bay, Japan, has taken sales into their own, um, nets. Each day they post photos of the catch online; consumers scroll through, click “buy,” and the bounty is delivered to the buyer’s home the same day (Asiajin.com 4.27.10). As the fish and shellfish is caught, […]

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Will survival gardens replace victory gardens?

June 8, 2010 – 9:19 am

by Tory Davis WHAT’S HAPPENING Worried by the decreasing global oil supply, threats of terrorism and fear of climate change, suburbanites in Lafayette, NJ, have begun digging up their pristine expanses of lawn to sow survival gardens and become self-sustainable. Some locals are taking survival gardening classes taught by Linda Grinthal, a 55-year-old former financial […]

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Wine tasting gone wild: Pairings for the drive-thru set

February 4, 2010 – 10:12 am

by Tory Davis WHAT’S HAPPENING It’s hard to speak pretentiously about terroir with secret sauce dripping down your chin. Los Angeles-based Learn About Wine’s Blind Date tastings pair a variety of respectable reds with beloved In-N-Out Double-Double cheeseburgers (UrbanDaddy.com 1.5.10). The tastings are held on assorted Friday nights in a downtown loft and boast 20 […]

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Someone’s in the kitchen with Dinah: Her bossy husband

January 22, 2010 – 12:28 pm

by Tory Davis WHAT’S HAPPENING More husbands are eagerly navigating the dinnertime waters, as their spouses waver between gratitude and irritation in this latest evolution in gender roles. Though many wives are relieved another household task is knocked off the list, they’re unsettled when their culinary skills are criticized (DoubleX.com 12.15.09). Writers Sandra Tsing Loh […]

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Forget wine tasting, let’s go eat dirt

October 23, 2009 – 6:00 am

by Tory Davis WHAT’S HAPPENING Artist Laura Parker’s newest installation, “Taste of Place,” is part art, part culinary experience and is shifting how people relate to the food they eat. Visitors experience a dirt “tasting,” where Parker provides wine glasses full of carefully chosen terroir, adds water, swirls and then passes them for a sniff. […]

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Wild, wild beach plums can’t keep locals away

October 9, 2009 – 6:00 am

by Tory Davis WHAT’S HAPPENING The beach plum is a fruiting shrub native to ocean dunes from Maine to Virginia. Since colonial times, locals have collected the wild fruit to make desserts, preserves and jelly — and there’s been a resurgence in interest in the last few years (NPR.org 9.9.09). Trees range from around 2-10 […]

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