Tag Archives: Food & Drink

France’s new ‘cat cafe’ is predictably full of rescued kitties

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“France’s first ‘cat cafe’ opens on Saturday in Paris with an in house troupe of nine rescue cats ready and waiting to be made a fuss of by cat-loving customers.  Already popular in Tokyo where there are dozens, cat cafes allow customers who cannot have a pet at home to enjoy a cup of something hot with a purring cat perched on their knees. Margaux Gandelon, the woman behind the new Cafe des Chats in Paris’s trendy Marais district, says the cats were carefully selected for their social skills and stresses that hygiene and their welfare are her top priorities.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/09/18/frances-new-cat-cafe-is-predictably-full-of-rescued-kitties/

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Man gets drunk randomly because his own body brews beer from carbs

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“A Texas man who was struggling with episodes of sudden and unexplained drunkenness was found to have alcohol-producing microbes in his gut, which were busily making beer.  Health care workers were baffled. Initially they assumed that the man was being dishonest and was drinking on the sly. They checked the patient in to a hospital room for 24 hours and made absolutely sure that he had not smuggled in any alcohol. They fed him foods rich in carbohydrates. Sure enough, his blood alcohol content began to spike on its own.  The man, who was an avid home brewer, had an abundance of brewer’s yeast in his gut, making his intestines act as their own small brewery.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/09/18/man-takes-home-brewing-to-extremes-by-brewing-beer-inside-his-own-body/

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New Yorker Foodies Pissing Off the Regulatory Bullies

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“The article describes heroic foodies in New York who celebrate and arrange unique dining experiences for folks who voluntarily want to partake of these experiences and pay their hosts a worthwhile fee to provide them with a desired service. Great chefs are doing this not just for a profit, but also because of their love for food culture and the desire to foster unique dining experiences for their own enjoyment. Meet-Ups have been forming here in Detroit doing the same sort of thing. I am going to my first ‘illegal’ event soon.”

http://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/new-yorker-foodies-pissing-off-the-regulatory-bullies/

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Underground — And Illegal — NYC Dinner Parties

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“It may look like a dinner party, but it’s really an underground supper club.  The diners are a mix of New Yorkers and tourists. CBS 2’s undercover cameras captured one experience — eight people who didn’t know each other eating a meal in a stranger’s home.  That hostess, Naama Shafi, writes about food but is not a chef. Leitner found her through a website, which connects amateur foodies and professional chefs in 20 different countries with people who want unique dining experiences.  Clandestine dinner parties like the one Leitner attended are completely unregulated.  If caught hosting an underground dinner party, the hosts could be fined $2,000 and ordered to shut down.”

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/09/11/cbs-2-investigation-underground-and-illegal-nyc-dinner-parties/

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Farmers Market: Bitcoin Haven or Bitcoin Bust?

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Farmers Market: Bitcoin Haven or Bitcoin Bust?

“A couple of weeks ago, we visited the Salt Lake Farmers Market. We were amazed at the receptiveness of the vendors there to bitcoin. It was the smoothest experience we have had in the month and a half we have been living on bitcoin in persuading people to accept bitcoin. These were very open minded folks!  Five different vendors accepted bitcoin from us for their products.”

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Tulsa: Meals on truck wheels

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“The food truck phenomenon hits Tulsa and reshapes the dining landscape.”

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Aussies start paying for beers in Bitcoin

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“The Old Fitzroy will become the first pub in Australia that will allow customers to buy their beers in Bitcoin.  The pub in Woolloomooloo, Sydney, will start accepting Bitcoin as a form of payment on September 29, with Bitcoin Sydney on hand to help new-timers to the crypto-currency.  The pub, which has been around since at least 1907, will use QR codes to handle transactions. With Bitcoin wallets able to be accessed via smartphones, customers simply scan the QR code and authorise the transaction in order to pay. Beers should cost customers around 0.05 Bitcoins, around the equivalent of AU$7 at the current value of the currency.”

http://www.zdnet.com/au/aussies-start-paying-for-beers-in-bitcoin-7000020692/

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Federal marijuana decision clears way for Oregon hemp production

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“Oregon is one of seven states with laws that permit the production of industrial hemp, a non-intoxicating relative of marijuana grown for its sturdy fiber and seeds.  Elsewhere in the country, hemp advocates have reacted to the federal government’s new position on cannabis by moving ahead with legal hemp production.  Kentucky’s top agriculture official said the Cole memo is all he needs to move forward.  India is the largest market for Canadian hemp by weight, though the United States buys more hemp seed than any other country, generally for food and beauty products. China, also a major international exporter of hemp, tends to produce hemp that’s used for textiles.”

http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/09/federal_marijuana_decision_cle.html

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White House leans on industry for bottled water push

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“First Lady Michelle Obama is launching her new Drink Up initiative at an event Thursday in Watertown, Wisconsin.  According to the White House, the American Beverage Association and International Bottled Water Association are both promoting the effort. The two associations are the major lobbying forces inside the Beltway for both the bottled water and beverage association.  According to the visitor’s logs, one of the American Beverage Association’s lobbyists, Susan Neely, visited the White House several times. The American Beverage Association is a lobbying heavyweight that has spent $680,000 so far in 2013. The bottled water association has spent $60,000 so far in 2013.”

http://www.politico.com/politico44/2013/09/white-house-leans-on-industry-for-water-push-172501.html

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Rooftop urban gardeners in Bangkok grow edible algae

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“Three times a week, Patsakorn Thaveeuchukorn harvests the green algae in the barrels. ‘The algae is growing so fast, normally the doubling time is around 24 hours,’ said Patsakorn, whose employer EnerGaia uses Bangkok’s rooftops to grow spirulina. The empty space on top of Bangkok’s many skyscrapers provide suitable growing conditions for spirulina as the constant high temperatures and sunlight are ideal breeding conditions.  The algae also helps combat carbon dioxide levels through photosynthesis, its champions say, and growing it in cities means it can reach consumers the same day it is harvested.  The company says it is the only producer of fresh spirulina in the world.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/27/rooftop-urban-gardeners-in-bangkok-grow-edible-algae-a-sustainable-souce-of-protein-and-alternative-to-meat/

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