I tried out this recipe for savory carrot soufflé last night for dinner, and it was really good. The flavors of nutmeg, carrot, and creamy parmesan Béchamel balance well. But a word to the wise: Don’t beat the egg whites by hand unless you’re a robot. I spent a good half hour (it felt like) […]
Cooks, get your stove tops ready! The Fifth National Soup Swap is set for Jan. 22, 2011. Check out the web site for all the details and how you can host a swap in your hometown. Looks like a great way to share soup with friends and spend some time in the kitchen – not […]
From Parker Posey’s Mary, in Party Girl, to Batgirl — aka Barbara Gordon, head of Gotham City Public Library — to real-life Librarian Action Figure/ bibliophile Nancy Pearl, there are a lot of reasons why books are sexy. But you don’t need a librarian, or even the Dewey Decimal System, to fetishize over stacks. Grab […]
Flickr user Khol made a geological layers cake, inspired by Tim Babb’s “Geology” design on Threadless. It makes me think of the song “Dirt Made My Lunch.”
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Well, we’re screwed… IBM’s Watson supercomputer won a practice round against Jeopardy champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter and raised a lot of questions about the capabilities of artificial intelligence. Watson, a four-year effort by IBM, was quicker on the draw, didn’t fall prey to emotion and had a voice that could be confused for […]
By Diane Gilleland I know calendars (and clocks and address books) are quickly becoming computer-centric tools, but I like the old-school charm of this desk calendar. Make it once, and you can use it forever – just move the numbers to their correct location each month, and change the nameplate!
