The Daily Yonder presents a good overview (and more interesting statistics) of the FDA’s new Food Environment Atlas. You can make your own maps based on nearly 100 measures of food and health (it’s a little slow, but the data is fascinating!). I chose this parameter because I’m currently working on a project concerning food [...]
What makes a good cookie? Or, perhaps I should start more objectively–what makes a cookie good?
Cookies look attractive and taste sweet. They are portable–small and not too crumbly, easy to slip into a pocket and smuggle out of a dining hall. A baker needs not bother with a rolling pan or cutting knife; merely a [...]
Rain ruined the hike we planned yesterday, so Eva, Brendan, Ted and I went to Artichoke Annie’s! After working in Heartland Antique Mall for two years, I’m no stranger to this enterprise of material culture. Nevertheless, no antique mall experience can ever replicate another one (contrast that with outlet malls, where the shopping by its [...]
I wandered into Crazy Music today, purchased a blue capo, and played exclusively Radiohead and Bonnie Prince Billy the entire afternoon. And by played, I mean “tried to play.” Not even “learned to play,” as that would indicate that I retained any of it.
I’m not a musician. A mood strikes every few months (or years), [...]
I sent this to the editor of the Lebanon Daily Record a week ago, and apparently it just ran because I’ve received 3 Facebook messages about it (all positive, so far). I didn’t think it was right to let the rift between words and action go unnoticed. As a 2008 LHS graduate who worked very [...]
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