קטגוריה: English

  • …and now, for something completely different

    Today we shall explore the darker side of the the food and drink business. The twilight zone of molecular gastronomy and mixology, where people take our common conceptions of what is regarded as “food” and deconstruct it, creating deliberate disassociation between ingredients and flavors, or between appearance and taste, or just using unexpected materials for […]

  • שיר מיתון

    Douglas Adams, Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, 1987: ‘But the silliest feature of all was that if you wanted your company accounts represented as a piece of music, it could do that as well. Well, I thought it was silly. The corporate world went bananas over it.’ . . . ‘You see, any aspect of […]

  • פינת האירוניה

    NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim January 16, 2002, as Religious Freedom Day. I urge all Americans to observe this day by asking for the blessing and protection […]

  • DNS Shakeup! Expect interruptions

    I've getting my DNS in order, so the blog might be in- or partly-accessible for the next couple of hours. Possibly a day. But we shall overcome! Edit: DNS realigned. Blog back up, with RSS auto-detect, and with proper links to articles working.  Existing links MIGHT have been broken.

  • State of Anxiety

    There are many bridges and tunnels leading out of the familiar landmarks of Manhattan, the symbol of America that everyone knows. They lead out to the Bronx, or to New Jersey, and from there on out to Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, down to Florida or all the way to far-off Idaho or California. There are maps […]