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How to Cook Medieval - Foods To Never Use. A list of foods that one should never use if one wishes to cook authentic medieval fare. “Please be aware that turkey, the large drumstick of which is ubiquitous at the modern Renaissance Faire, is included here, as well as potatoes. Neither of these foods, so often erroneously associated with medieval feasts, should be served at any authentic medieval dinner.”

Good to know. [via kottke]

Latin Food Vendors to Stay at Brooklyn Soccer Field. Good news for the red hook ball field vendors (and the people who love the food)…they’ll be invited back for another six years - at roughly the same cost as they’ve been paying. It’s not all rosy (some of them will need significant investments to appease the health department) but overall, it’s good.

How the Clover could change the way we think about coffee. Now that’s an expensive coffee maker. I’ve been to the place in williamsburg that sells stuff from this machine and it is good…but not 500x better than a french press.

garfield minus garfield Who knew there were so many amusing ways to desconstruct Garfield? This might be my favorite so far.

Deep-fried octodogs