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Annabel Karmel: Lunchboxes and Snacks

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Annabel Karmel: Lunchboxes and Snacks

When I was looking for more simple yet delicious lunchbox ideas to pack into bentos in the future, I discovered this neat little hardcover book by Annabel Karmel, who is a food author specializing in cooking with and for children. Lunch Boxes and Snacks: Over 120 healthy recipes from delicious sandwiches and salads to hot soups and sweet treats The book is dedicated to all those parents who can’t face making yet another peanut butter sandwich, myself included. She had me grinning there, I admit In most parts of the world the new school year is starting or already in full swing, and many parents are desperate for quick and simple foods their children will eat, not only for lunches but also for dinner, and this 128-page book comes in…

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Martha Stewart’s Everyday Food on the iPad

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Martha Stewart’s Everyday Food on the iPad

One of the early adopters of the magazine culture on Apple’s iPad is (not so surprising) the Martha Stewart emporium. Neither should anyone be surprised that a magazine labeled with the name “Martha Stewart” is terribly good-looking. Of course it is an “app”. While I seriously could do without ‘there’s an app for that’ when it comes to e-books –actually, there are already apps for that, called readers, and the appropriate format would be ePub or PDF– this does make sense when it comes to magazines, since you can buy more issues in-app. A single issue will set you back (in Europe) €2,39, so it’s probably something like that in $ too. Of course there is a free introductory issue, and it is by no means strapped of features –…

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On A Dollar A Day

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On A Dollar A Day

When I read about this book and the blog (I have linked purposely to the old site because the new one is basically book promo), I was intrigued. I have been thinking about doing similar things (like living on an ultra thrifty food plan for a while, or trying to stay within the confines of the German welfare food allowance) but didn’t do it, for reasons I found confirmed in the book (mainly: I wouldn’t want to play havoc with my health). On a Dollar a Day: One Couple’s Unlikely Adventures in Eating in America But even when reading the first paragraphs I had a feeling I was not going to like the book—for reasons utterly personal: I do have a problem with vegan evangelists, and about every third paragraph…

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WBW #16 – Altos de Tamaron, 2002

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WBW #16 – Altos de Tamaron, 2002

This month’s theme of Wine Blogging Wednesday is Judge A Bottle By Its Cover, hosted by Derrick. For my first entry in a WBW event, I chose this bottle: Altos de Tamaron, Tinto 2002Ribera del Duero DO, Spain(100 % Tempranillo) Why did I choose this wine? First, I like artsy labels… the painting reminded me of the parts of northern Spain I have visited years ago, and I liked the concept of a two-part label. I love blue, and I feel that the typographic style chosen ist very modern, as opposed to many wine labels/covers you can usually see over here in the ‘old world’. On top of that, I’ve always wanted to try a Tempranillo from that part of the world… The wine was far from spectacular, an intense…

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The Future Of Food

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Now, this is not exactly a product review, but a movie review. a few days ago I had the opportunity to watch The Future of Food, a terrific and terrifying movie dealing with genetically modified (GM) food and its consequences for our agriculture and future. Farmers are forced into bankrupcy by seed-patenting companies, foods are altered so much they may be harmful without anyone knowing it, the economical damage is as bad as the ecological damage… the Green Revolution ist basically a coup d’etat of biotech companies patenting every little piece of our food heritage – leaving behind malnutrition, biological warfare and catastrophes you wouldn’t even dream of. Meet farmers who stood up against the power of money and attorneys to fight for their right to produce real food without…

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