Wednesday, April 10, 2013

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Science Daily: Radical mutterings from the annual meeting of the American Chemical Society: a runny egg yolk may not be the most delicious egg yolk after all. ? Julia Moskin

NPR: Even the maple syrup industry has gone high-tech. That quaint scene of buckets hanging from trees to collect the syrup is becoming a thing of the past in Vermont. ? Maria Newman

The Los Angeles Times: Dandelion greens are not just weeds. They can be dinner, too. ? Melissa Clark

Tasting Table: It?s Lazarus time for iconic dive bars in Los Angeles. Somewhere in the afterworld, Charles Bukowski is smiling. ? Jeff Gordinier

Table Matters: Reasons you shouldn?t take drinking advice from the characters on ?Mad Men.? ? Robert Simonson

Smithsonian: And now, from the minty plant that has become a new superfood, five ways to cook with chia seeds. Rich in protein, fiber, antioxidants and omega-3 fatty acids, the seeds are great in smoothies, breads, soups and burgers (as a binding agent). ? Glenn Collins

The Atlantic: The ?silky teabag? sounds pretty luxurious, doesn?t it? Until you figure out that it?s made of plastic. ? Patrick Farrell

The San Jose Mercury-News: Monday?s report that the I.R.S. may start taxing the free (and famously excellent) food at the Google, Yahoo and Facebook offices set off a ?great grumbling? in the Bay Area. ? Julia Moskin

Mr. Magazine: Strident avoiders of gluten now have their own glossy. ? Jeff Gordinier

101 Cookbooks: How to make labneh and what to do with it once you have. My favorite: season it with saffron and brown sugar, and stuff it into pitted dates. ? Melissa Clark

Saveur: How to make a Sazerac the way they make them at Commander?s Palace in New Orleans. ? Jeff Gordinier

Food Politics: The recent research report on the Mediterranean diet in The New England Journal of Medicine ? which found a measurable heart-attack-prevention effect ? wasn?t really about pasta or red wine, Marion Nestle says. The study was all about supplementing largely vegetarian diets with extra-virgin olive oil and nuts. ? Glenn Collins

Afar: Three great American musicians (Aimee Mann, Joe Henry and Loudon Wainwright III) meet up in Kentucky for fried food, cocktails and rich conversation. ? Jeff Gordinier

The Economist: Farmland, and farmers? futures, are the key issues now in the devastating decades-long struggle between the Colombian government and FARC, the terrorist guerrilla group that is propelled by income from cocaine and other drugs. The fate of the country?s peasant farmers is a sticking point in peace talks in Havana. ? Glenn Collins

The Writer?s Almanac: A casually strolling Wendy Cope poem about sharing an orange for lunch ? and relishing the rare sensation of contentment. ? Jeff Gordinier

Source: http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/09/what-were-reading-668/

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