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lettuce eats burger

iain — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:03:41 +0000

80s Estoninian Meat Commercial

iain — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:32:06 +0000

What is good tequila?

iain — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:38:02 +0000

Excellent writeup on the wide world of tequila. Starts with the obvious (Cuervo is not good tequila) and then moves on to define the different tequila varieties. This reminds me…I haven’t had a good tequila in a while. I’ll have to remedy that…[via Daring Fireball]

Red Hook Ball Fields Interview

iain — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:46:50 +0000

HappyConsumer has been silent too long. What better way to break that silence than with a link to an in-depth interview with Cesar Fuentes, Executive Director of the Red Hook Food Vendors Committee over at The Porkchop Express? It looks like all the vendors will be back soon (though it’s unclear when, exactly). They’ll be back in trucks, though, that cost on average $35k – so making money will be a struggle.

Bobolink cattle drive

iain — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:36:09 +0000

These photos of the cows being moved at Bobolink bring back memories. I miss those cows. [via curdnerd]

Food sculpture

iain — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:34:45 +0000

I think these fanciful food sculptures are real. [thanks, Nathan]

More pig butchering photos

iain — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:28:54 +0000

A nice set of photos of another session of the pig butchering demo I attended a few weeks ago. I really meant to take nice picutres myself but, alas, I forgot my camera. [via kottke]

Advertising vs. Reality

iain — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:28:07 +0000

A German site, Pundo3000, has done a very thorough (100 products) visual comparison of prepared food packaging photos vs. actual product photos. This American (or English language, at least) has stolen reposted most of the photos for easier consumption. Sure, we’ve all seen photos of how different a real Big Mac looks compared to its advertising counterpart, but this survey is impressive due to its scope (not to mention all those zany European per-prepared foods – wtf is a Bifi Roll Korn?!?). Someone needs to do a similar roundup of American foods. One note: lay off the Ritter Sport. that’s good stuff. [Thanks, Matt]

NYC Food Film Festival call for entries

iain — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:13:38 +0000

The 2008 NYC Food Film Festival is looking for entries. Last year’s films sound interesting. I wonder if any of these are available from Netflix. I’m particularly interested in American Beer: A Bockumentary. I suppose I should really just buy a copy. [Thanks, Brock]

update: American Beer is indeed available on Netflix (albeit with a long wait). I’ve added it to my queue.

Rolling Stones Rice Crispies advert

iain — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:53:47 +0000

Rolling Stones Rice Crispies advert from 1964