Tom Ka Gai is Tom Om Nom

10 Feb 2010 In: Cooking, Food

Tom Ka Gai (Thai Coconut Chicken Soup), originally uploaded by ChrisLZach.
I worked from home on Monday due to the remnants of the Snowpocalypse, and I couldn’t resist cooking some soup for warmth and comfort. A survey of the ingredients on hand led me down the road to Tom Ka Gai, or Thai Coconut Chicken Soup.
The [...]

Six Minutes of Flashing Life

24 Jan 2010 In: Science, Technology

You know the cliche, often cited when one has a near-death experinece: “I saw my life flash before my eyes.”
Well, when you skydive from 22.7 miles above the earth, it turns out you have time for 6 minutes of life flashing before your eyes.
I’ve got a lot of living left to do; I’m not sure [...]

Sunset [January 19, 2010]

19 Jan 2010 In: Photos

Enough said.

J&G Steakhouse Has Great Fish [Restaurant Review]

19 Jan 2010 In: Food

Cross-posted from Yelp.
J&G Steakhouse is a well-appointed restaurant in the W Hotel serving beautiful, flavor-filled dishes beyond just cuts of beef.
I sampled the offerings at J&G during Restaurant Week, helping bring the price down to a level as palatable as the food. Fortunately, the presence of RW didn’t seem to diminish the quality of food [...]

Blogged from my iPhone

18 Jan 2010 In: Social Media

I just downloaded the Wordpress app for iPhone so of course I need to try it out. I don’t know how much I’ll want to blog on this little touchscreen keyboard, but it can’t cause me to post any LESS frequently, right?
Let’s see if photos work. Here’s an example.
One more kitchen gadget for the junk [...]

Behind the Scenes on Food Network

14 Jan 2010 In: Cooking

Back in the days when I had a TV, I was a big fan of the Food Network. What’s my favorite show? Good Eats! Thanks for asking. (I now own three of Alton Brown’s books after receiving Good Eats: The Early Years for Christmas.)
 
 

 
I never assumed that filming cooking shows was easy, but this article [...]

Pretty Power

11 Jan 2010 In: Energy, Innovation

Need power generation plants always exist as hulking industrial behemoths? Wind and solar power growth is already shifting the generation of electricity from an eyesore to a new and necessary component of our 21st century landscape.
Now a British architectural design firm is giving the more conventional combustion power plant a much-needed makeover. Of course, this [...]

I had my heart set on attending the DC food bloggers’ potluck this evening, but the Iowa Hawkeyes’ victory in the Orange Bowl kept me out of the kitchen last night, and by the time I could pull a dish together today it was too late. Nonetheless, I think the selected dish turned out well [...]

New York Magazine published a piece providing some insight into the marketing – one might even say “gastro-econo-engineering” – that goes into well-planned restaurant menus today. The information is pulled from the book Priceless: The Myth of Fair Value (and How to Take Advantage of It) by author William Poundstone.
The terminology Poundstone uses seems roughly [...]

Take Two Placebos and Call Me in the Morning

2 Jan 2010 In: Health Care

You’ve probably heard the results of many studies where pharmaceutical company’s hopes and dreams and tens-of-millions-of-dollars-investments are extinguished before they wake by the placebo effect.
Well, Sugapil is here to fill the void created by those stillborn dream drugs. With sugar pills.
It’s such a relief to see honesty in marketing.
From Sugapil.com:
Harness the power of your mind.
Sugapil©-like [...]

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