Yearly Archives: 2007

 

A few surplus and possibly excessive words on waste

Apr 5

There’s obviously something in the air right now; there was a well-portioned segment of the BBC program You and Yours about consumer food waste on Wednesday. The core of the discussion was a recently released survey by the UK recycling … Continue reading →

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Bean-o-rama

Apr 4

Having suddenly realised the end is nigh, or at least that there is a risk all the food in our cupboards might not get eaten before the end of July, I was moved to take out a bag of soja … Continue reading →

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Bilingual technophobia

Apr 3

So I’ve had this boring technology drama going on for a couple of months now that I thought I would share with the world. I came to Italy with an Acer Aspire laptop I bought in Canada last March, and … Continue reading →

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Exam shazaam & Vinitaly

Apr 1

I read somewhere that on this day in 1755, Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin was born in France. He wrote The Physiology of Taste, about the pleasures of food, published in 1825 when he was just 69. I should like to add that … Continue reading →

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And now a word from M.F.K. Fisher

Mar 29

..who speaks of her time in Dijon, that started in 1929: It was there that I learned it is blessed to receive, as well as that every human being, no matter how base, is worthy of my respect and even … Continue reading →

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