Cooking Time-Wasters You Should Toss in the Garbage Bowl [Cooking]

Cooking Time-Wasters You Should Toss in the Garbage Bowl [Cooking]:

We do plenty of stupid things we do in the kitchen, including things that seem smart or helpful, but really just waste our time and make cooking and cleaning up more annoying than it needs to be. Here's a list of kitchen time-wasters you should stop doing right now. More »

The Right Way to Sauce Pasta [Video]

The Right Way to Sauce Pasta [Video]:

Cooking pasta isn't rocket science, but cooking pasta well is definitely an acquired skill—one that takes a little guidance. We've shown you the right way to cook pasta and how to match your pasta with the right sauce: now let's set you straight on how to properly sauce your pasta once it's cooked. More »

Glad I took a short cut through our science building to avoid the rain. Got to see this

Glad I took a short cut through our science building to avoid the rain. Got to see this:

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Pooping Dog Lamps by Whatshisname

Pooping Dog Lamps by Whatshisname:

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The Eat Well Guide Travel Map Offers Healthy Eating Options for Your Next Road Trip [Nutrition]

The Eat Well Guide Travel Map Offers Healthy Eating Options for Your Next Road Trip [Nutrition]:

Eating healthy is easy when you're at home, or have your favorite market nearby, but if you're in a new town or planning a road trip, it can be easier to just drive through a fast food joint to grab a bite. Well, no more: the Eat Well Guide has over 25,000 healthy eating options, from cafes to stores, where you can grab a bite that's good for you, whether you're in an unfamiliar place or you're in the car on the way to your destination. More »

The Gnomes of Gnù: Umberto Eco Teaches Kids About Ecology Through Abstract Art

The Gnomes of Gnù: Umberto Eco Teaches Kids About Ecology Through Abstract Art:
A beautiful allegory about ecological collapse and salvation.
In the 1960s, celebrated novelist, list-lover, and philosopher Umberto Eco partnered with illustrator Emilio Carmi on an unusual children’s trilogy. First came The Bomb and the General, a primer on semiotics that used language as a malleable toy to comment on the nuclear age and deliver a message of peace. Then followed The Three Astronauts, using recurring symbols to teach kids to draw connections between text and image. Finally, nearly three decades after the original two, in 1992, Eco and Carmi produced the last installment: The Gnomes of Gnù (public library) — an abstract allegory about ecological collapse and the capacity for change, told through a Space Explorer (“SE”) who sets out to find a beautiful new habitable planet to which to port human civilization. But when he does find Gnù, the gnomes that inhabit it turn out to be less than interested in receiving civilization.











The Gnomes of Gnù is fairly hard to find, but Ariel S. Winter has kindly scanned it and made it available on Flickr in its entirety.
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McDonald's Makes Good On Promise To Free Pigs From Crates, Announces 10-Year Plan

McDonald's Makes Good On Promise To Free Pigs From Crates, Announces 10-Year Plan:


When big companies like McDonald's make lofty promises, we like to keep tabs on them to see if they actually go through with those vows. And in this case, McDonald's is making good on its plans to phase out the use of gestation crates by its pork suppliers, unveiling a 10-year plan on how it'll accomplish just that.

Back in February, McDonald's said it would ask its suppliers to submit plans by May as to how they would phase out those cages gradually. It appears the company has taken those ideas into consideration and come up with an outline.

According to the Chicago Tribune:

"We value our relationship with our suppliers and our shared commitment to animal welfare," Dan Gorsky, senior vice president of McDonald's North America Supply Chain Management, said in a statement. "Our approach seeks to build on the work already in place, and we are also sensitive to the needs of the smaller, independent pork producers in phasing out of gestation stalls."

By 2017, McD's says it will only buy pork from suppliers that are down with its commitment to phase out gestation stalls. The company says it's going to try to figure out ways to move farmers to other practices other than confining sows -- a method proponents say is because sows get aggressive around food -- as well as develop systems that trace where the pork is coming from and make sure the sows weren't confined.

Others in the food industry have announced they will also move gradually toward crate-free pork, including Burger King and Wendy's, both of which buy less pork than McDonald's, as well as grocery chain Safeway.

McDonald's to phase out pork from suppliers that cage pigs over 10 years [Chicago Tribune]