A mess of links
1. Not food, but fabrics. Scroll through to look at the photos.
2. A special way of preparing young rice from the Philippines. And while you are at it check out Robyn Eckhardt’s EatingAsia, evocative and informative about (mainly) the street foods of Southeast Asia.
3. Who knew? The USDA still sends out plant collectors.
In the months ahead, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists plan to collect walnuts from Kyrgyzstan, grasses from Russia, and carrots and sunflowers from fields across the Southeastern United States in efforts that will enhance one of the nation’s most effective tools for protecting the food supply.
Hat tip to Jeremy Cherfas.
4. Almost Italian by Skip Lombardi is full of acute observations on American Italian food. My only quibble is that I think he should call it A Different Italian. Anyway Skip has now published a book about his Sicilian grandparents’ kitchen, La Cocina dei Poveri on Kindle. A plus for all us potential self publishers out there. He figured out how to do it on Kindle not through a self-publishing companies.
5. On the subject of Italian, here is a lovely piece on stamped pasta b
y Laura Schenone.
6. Lots of interesting resources on Asia at asia-www-monitor@anu.edu.au
Such as this.
http://academic.reed.edu/formosa/formosa_index_page/Formosa_index.html
That Kindle info is earth shattering! THX!
… AND, I can hardly wait for the book.
How very cool that you link duman! The chocolate that goes with it is just as fabulous.
I bet it is. Nice blog by the way. I’m put it on my reader.
Rachel, thanks so much for linking to the duman article. We were so happy to finally find a home for that piece. Appreciate also yr kind words about the blog. Happy Lunar New Year!
Robyn
Oh, and B is right – Philippine cacao is to die for.