Had great brunch today at this tiny neighborhood cafe on Summit & Thomas. The food was tasty (3 choices of omelette but menu changes every week and it came with juice, coffee, croissant, Greek appetizers, and dessert).

The owner was very friendly, and so was the live music: a guitar player who sang some Floyd, Beatles, and Radiohead songs for us (and one of his own).

You should try it. I'll go back for dinner next time.

By the way, they spell it "Thomas St. Bistro" sometimes, and I keep calling it "Thomas Saint Bistro". The Saint, for short.

Cheese, Gromit, cheese!

Quoted: Makers of Hawes Wensleydale, Real Cheese made from Wensleydale Milk. Distributors of Speciality English and Continental Cheeses, Dairy Products and Chilled Foods.

Just "discovered" this little sushi place half a block from my apartment. Great sushi, awesome prices, and I ended up talking to the other two customers for a while. Three of us made the place feel crowded. I might have to become a regular.

Quoted: Sushi Maki Reviews - "One heavy ass bag of sushi to go please. That will pretty much be your order at this teeny tiny sushi bar - they have about 50-60 different rolls for you to choose from all organized neatly by cooked, raw, and spicy. The…

Emily Post on tea party etiquette, circa 1922

Quoted: "Do come in for a cup of tea" This is Best Society's favorite form of invitation.

Quoted: As tea is the one meal of intimate conversation, a servant never comes to the room at tea-time unless rung for, to bring fresh water or additional china or food, or to take away used dishes.

Quoted: If the cake is very soft and sticky or filled with cream, small forks must be laid on the tea-table.

Quoted: The atmosphere of hospitality is something very intangible, and yet nothing is more actually felt—or missed. . . Introspective people who are fearful of others, fearful of themselves, are never successfully popular hosts or hostesses.

A great article that explains how farm subsidies make unhealthy foods cheaper. Two of my friends (Ryan & Galena) independently mentioned it today.

Quoted: Will this year’s farm bill make us fatter and sicker?

Quoted: For most of history, after all, the poor have typically suffered from a shortage of calories, not a surfeit. So how is it that today the people with the least amount of money to spend on food are the ones most likely to be overweight?

Amazing cakes. The mushroom is a cake.

Quoted: All you see below are cakes that can be eaten without any part of it left. No plastics or any other artificial stuff is being used - everything is eatable. All this cakes by Zhanna from St. Petersburg.

In your face, milk-tea drinkers! The true way is with sugar and lemon.

redotting from Sandra. Apparently Des Moines has an underground restaurant scene!

Quoted: New year, new trends, new flavors. Here, F&W’s guide to the 100 must-tastes of 2007, from South African Syrah and wild Italian artichokes to fiery and fragrant Hunan shrimp. Web-Exclusive: 15 More Must-Tastes.