01/15/2009
To my mind, the historical origins, meanings, implications and evolution of food—indeed, its very semiotics—provides unyielding fascination. I’ve playfully dug into some subjects, such as pickling, ketchup and milkshakes—among other subjects (with similar explorations, published in CULINOLOGY® Magazine but not represented online, like foods on a stick, foods discovered ...
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01/13/2009
In the wake of rising “-vore” usage across our ranging American foodscape of late—think Captain Pollan’s omnivore, the increasingly important locavore, etc.—I hereby submit a new category of “-vore” (from the Latin vorare, “to devour”) for posterity: the pizzavore.Yes, I realize that I’ve admitted that I’m a pizzaholic, but considering ...
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01/07/2009
“Squirrel!!!” Regardless of your opinion of Chevy Chase’s brand of stilted, cheeseball comedy, that one exclamation from the great, late John Randolph, the father of Clark Griswold (Chevy) in the film, in response to seeing the home-invading rodent perched on Clark’s back, is classic. Of course, mass mayhem rapidly ensues.Personally, in our house, it’s not Christmas until ...
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01/02/2009
To my mind, this time of year has a tendency to hit a bit schizophrenic. Yes—for Christians—Christmas is about celebrating the birth of Jesus, the paragon on humble, brilliant simplicity. Yet we stretch budgets and waistlines with unending spent and ingested excess. And the new year is all about refreshed beginnings—often tinged with well-meaning health and wellness halos. So how ...
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12/29/2008
Based on the success of energy drinks, I expect to see a number of new specialty mood and health beverage categories emerge in the near future—everything from sports-type drinks to combined probiotic-superfruit shots and market-specific energy-type beverage clones. Drinks to wake you up, focus your attention, boost your immunity, burn calories, detox the system, provide afternoon pep, boost sports ...
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