Some really good points explaining why genetically modified foods haven't caught on...

Quoted: Could this be the turning point for genetically modified food? As food prices have soared around the world, agro-industry companies like Monsanto and Syngenta, along with their allies in Washington, have been carefully positioning GM technology as our last, best hope against a global food catastrophe.

This cookbook sounds neat, I'd like to check it out...

Quoted: At first glance, Beyond the Great Wall: Recipes and Travels in the Other China looks much like every other expensive cookbook. But look again: It's a Chinese cookbook that ignores what we think of as Chinese food. A preservationist manifesto, the book draws all its recipes from China's ethnic minorities—Tibetans, Mongolians, Uighurs, Hui, Dai, and more than a half-dozen other groups,

Um, gross...

Quoted: Barack Obama was vague about key trade issues during his recent trip to Europe, according to an analysis published in Friday's New York Times. The article referred specifically to the 11-year European ban on importing chlorinated chickens from the United States.

My latest blog post. Mom, I think you'll enjoy the last paragraph :)

Quoted: Seattle Newcomer Examiner - Seattle's got some fantastic restaurants, like Wild Ginger and Palace Kitchen. But there's still something missing - the South Asian equivalent (that is, a restaurant/lounge with authentic but inventive Indian food and great ambiance).

The source of the salmonella is still unknown, and officials are saying that consumers should now avoid hot peppers...

Quoted: The U.S. government has declared it’s OK to eat tomatoes again, lifting its salmonella warning amid signs that the outbreak may finally be slowing.

Holy crap, Meryl Streep makes an amazing Julia Child! I can't wait to see this movie... I loved Julia Child's memoir - so inspirational. She didn't even start cooking seriously until her late 30s and she failed plenty of times. Fabulous life.

Quoted: The film also covers the years Julia Child and her husband Paul (Stanley Tucci) spent in Paris during the 1940s and ’50s, when Paul was a foreign diplomat who was eventually investigated by Sen. Joseph McCarthy.

I will never understand competitive eating, but I continue to be fascinated (and slightly grossed out) by it...

Quoted: On July 4, six-time Nathan's-hot-dog-eating champ Takeru Kobayashi will try to reclaim his title from Joey Chestnut. Last year, Chestnut set a world record at the Coney Island contest by downing 66 hot dogs in 12 minutes.

I want to learn better knife skills!

Quoted: Just as no figure skater ever won a gold medal solely for executing perfect figure eights, no one will become a great chef simply on the elegance of his brunoise. Beyond the purely practical value in good knife skills, there is a certain pride of blade—more often than not, a masculine pride—that goes with elegant handling.

Finally checking this place out! I have reservations for the deck and, of course, plans to see the burlesque show afterwards :)

Quoted: The Pink Door - Italian-American Restaurant & Cabaret Lounge - Seattle, Washington. Located in Pike Place Market. Enjoy outdoor dining on our deck with spectacular views of the Puget Sound.