Archive for April, 2011
School Lunches Around the World: TidBit of the Day
If you haven’t seen this yet, check it out on BuzzFeed. School lunches in 20 countries around the world. Looking at these photos, I’m amazed at how many places exist where the children get fresh rice, fish, noodles, cabbage, vegetables for lunch…how can we learn from each other? Which one would you want to eat? [...]
Existential Momentum: Ambasha, Eritrean Bread
In this day and age, many people are familiar and relatively comfortable with the concept of interracial dating, interracial marriage, and interracial children. However, fewer people are familiar with intercultural relations. Both my husband and I are brown in complexion; however, he is Eritrean and I am not. The cultural differences and conflict we [...]
In the Cellar: Photo of the Day
In the cellars of the V. Sattui Winery, voted 2011 Winery of the Year. What makes them even more special? Their amazing gourmet cheese shop and deli.
Type-A Therapy: Farmer’s Market Style: Melissa@Market
Type-A personalities frequently have a hard time at the farmer’s market. I should know. I was (am?) one. Before I became an enamored addict of market fare, I used to plan each week’s menu way in advance, choosing recipes and making a precise list of ingredients. I felt lost if I had to deviate from [...]
Shiok Singapore: Photo of the Day
Claypot chicken with Chinese sausage. A great find in downtown Menlo Park, California: Shiok Singapore Kitchen.
Must Love Food: How Men View What Women Eat
On Sunday at Matchbox restaurant during a 2nd date, I inhaled an entire “Fire&Smoke” pizza (crust and all), preceded by a simple salad where I left the plate so clean I could reapply lipgloss using it. I didn’t even pause to consider what this might look like to my date. After sitting through a two-beer, [...]
Coffee for Water: Tidbit of the Day
We are so excited here at Zomppa to learn about this new social enterprise that started up last month. Coffee for Water™ is a specialty coffee company with a humanitarian mission: to provide safe drinking water in the coffee-growing regions of the world, where one in three people lacks access to clean water. It was [...]
“Dear Starbucks”, A Coffee ‘Exchange’: The IRONIC
From: “AE” <xxxxx@gmail.com> Received: 10/7/10 8:23:48 AM MDT To: <sbxinfo@buf.sitel.net> Subject: other Dear Starbucks: Do you want your more nutrition-conscious customers (diabetics, low-glycemic index consumers, health nuts) to like you a lot more? Instead of the array of crap sweeteners you stock (or in addition to them), start offering stevia. It’s made from a [...]
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