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Any enthusiastic traveler visiting a country in the tropics appreciates the sultry, sexy feel of air stifled by heat, sweat, garbage, and curry. Such areas operate slowly yet harbor a vibrant, steamy energy one takes in through the pores of the skin. Strange foods, people close in your face, livestock
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Any enthusiastic traveler visiting a country in the tropics appreciates the sultry, sexy feel of air stifled by heat, sweat, garbage, and curry. Such areas operate slowly yet harbor a vibrant, steamy energy one takes in through the pores of the skin. Strange foods, people close in your face, livestock
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Jonathon Jones, an art critic with the Guardian in London penned a terse column last year after (much to his chagrin) Ferran Adria, chef-proprietor of the celebrated Spanish restaurant El Bulli, had been invited to participate in Germany’s Documenta art show. Chefs as artists? Jones says “not.”
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Jonathon Jones, an art critic with the Guardian in London penned a terse column last year after (much to his chagrin) Ferran Adria, chef-proprietor of the celebrated Spanish restaurant El Bulli, had been invited to participate in Germany’s Documenta art show. Chefs as artists? Jones says “not.” “In reality, even a
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True or false — four-star Tacoma steak houses serving $50 slabs of meat cruise through health inspections better than hole-in-the wall ethnic joints scraping out a living on the mean streets of Lakewood’s Ponder’s Corner. False (you saw that coming). At said local wallet emptying place, inspectors recently discovered slack hand
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True or false — four-star Tacoma steak houses serving $50 slabs of meat cruise through health inspections better than hole-in-the wall ethnic joints scraping out a living on the mean streets of Lakewood’s Ponder’s Corner. False (you saw that coming). At said local wallet emptying place, inspectors recently discovered slack hand
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Should we rank animals by intelligence and then form a committee (no vegans allowed) to draw the line at which beasts we spare from the butcher’s block due to their smarts, and which of the dumb fucks we let fend for themselves on the open range? What criteria
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Should we rank animals by intelligence and then form a committee (no vegans allowed) to draw the line at which beasts we spare from the butcher’s block due to their smarts, and which of the dumb f***s we let fend for themselves on the open range? What criteria would we
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I know gourmets who scoff at the thought of eating south of Center Street in Tacoma. So ask them to eat in Olympia and you’re likely to hear: “I’m sorry, maybe you are unaware, but I don’t dine among anarchists and women formally known as Joe.” Olympia, overshadowed by
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I know gourmets who scoff at the thought of eating south of Center Street in Tacoma. So ask them to eat in Olympia and you’re likely to hear: “I’m sorry, maybe you are unaware, but I don’t dine among anarchists and women formally known as Joe.” Olympia, overshadowed by peace marchers,
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Metaphysically speaking, do you feel The Force in your food? When you eat a carrot — do the miticlorians give you a connection to the universe — offer up spiritual communication — empower you? Many people, in both the East and West, believe food, be it animal, plant or mineral features an
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Metaphysically speaking, do you feel The Force in your food? When you eat a carrot — do the miticlorians give you a connection to the universe — offer up spiritual communication — empower you? Many people, in both the East and West, believe food, be it animal, plant or mineral features an
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“And the winner is …” A packed house of restaurateurs, foodies, chefs and sommeliers waited at the edge of their seats during the 2008 Taste Washington awards ceremony in early April as the Washington Wine Commission opened the envelope to name the Washington Wine Restaurant of the Year. “And the winner is
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“And the winner is …” A packed house of restaurateurs, foodies, chefs and sommeliers waited at the edge of their seats during the 2008 Taste Washington awards ceremony in early April as the Washington Wine Commission opened the envelope to name the Washington Wine Restaurant of the Year.
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Tried spending a night on the phone dirty talking with a plate of risotto? Ever pick up a bananas Foster in a seedy bar? Sociologists, historians and anthropologists have long studied the feeding habits of humans, but should psychologists and psychoanalysts do the same? And if they did, what would they
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Tried spending a night on the phone dirty talking with a plate of risotto? Ever pick up a bananas Foster in a seedy bar? Sociologists, historians and anthropologists have long studied the feeding habits of humans, but should psychologists and psychoanalysts do the same? And if they did, what would they
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Since the dawn of Christianity, goats — those cute, prancing Capra aegagrus hircu we love to pet at the Puyallup Fair — have walked this earth as known associates of the Devil. In the Middle Ages, goats whispered lewd innuendos into the ears of innocent Saints. Thor stabled them to
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Since the dawn of Christianity, goats — those cute, prancing Capra aegagrus hircu we love to pet at the Puyallup Fair — have walked this earth as known associates of the Devil. In the Middle Ages, goats whispered lewd innuendos into the ears of innocent Saints. Thor stabled them to
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A locally celebrated chef told me recently that cooking had more to do with craftsmanship than art. “Saying it is art sounds hoity-toity to me,” says this chef. “Cooking is a teachable skill — you can teach anyone the basics of cooking like you can teach them woodworking.”
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A locally celebrated chef told me recently that cooking had more to do with craftsmanship than art. “Saying it is art sounds hoity-toity to me,” says this chef. “Cooking is a teachable skill — you can teach anyone the basics of cooking like you can teach them woodworking.”
