Davidovich's Pumpernickel Bagel (right) vs Dunkin' Donut's Rendition (left)

More on that bagel smack-down. The artisanal bagels beat the "artisanal" bagels, three nil.

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Great little video showing how they make traditional Sardinian pane carasau, also known as carta da musica. Unfortunately, I can't seem to embed the video here.

P.s. 28 December 2017: Worse, it seems to require Flash. Image from flickr; the drop shadow was not my idea.

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A few weeks ago I was asked to share some brief thoughts on Rio+20, an assignment I tried to turn down on the grounds that my thoughts on Rio were unpublishable, even in this modern era. But I was prevailed upon. "What advice would you give them? We really want you to use your voice." Who could re...

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Catching up with podcasts, there was an intriguing bit in The Food Programme episode Seaweed, a forgotten food?. A baker ¹ said she regularly put seaweed in her breads, and that it added a good meaty note of umami. I remembered an old packet of dried kombu sitting in a drawer. Bingo.

Rather...

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