Despite reservations I have about the San Francisco Chronicle’s Sunday Food section (see here, for one example), and the limitations to Michael Pollan’s book, Omnivore’s Dilemma, I found today’s column by Nestle to be right on.
Today, Nestle addressed the recent controversy over Omnivore’s Dilemma: many universities and colleges are distributing it as required reading for [...]
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Right on, Marin Nestle
Posted in Food, News clippings, tagged Bay Area, Books, NPR, Organic on 1 November 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Autorickshaws and haggling over 50 cents
Posted in Malayalam, Travel logistics, tagged Books, Humor, Malayalam, Trivandrum on 14 July 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Depending on the types of interactions I’ve had all day, I either feel that everyone here is out to rob/screw me, or is trying to just make an honest living.
For example, I’m sometimes overcharged 30 rupees for an autorickshaw ride of under 4 kilometers. I never know when and how much to haggle, and [...]
On LCDs and Plasma TVs, from India to California
Posted in Environment, Resources, We All Live Downstream, tagged Books, the Times of India on 6 January 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s no secret that neither LCDs nor Plasmas are very energy efficient, yet they are coveted by many people.
I found the following articles from the past two days to be very interesting.
From the Times of India: Durables: Staying alive, staying strong
Yearning for a LCD or plasma TV on your living room wall? Go right ahead. [...]
Trouble brews for coffee planters
Posted in News clippings, Political Economy, tagged Books, Climate on 23 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »
(From the Hindu)
YERCAUD: Coffee planters of Shevaroys Hills are facing problems this year.
The advanced ‘blossom showers’ have withered their hopes of having a bountiful yield, which, according to their conservative estimate, will be of a staggering loss of 40 per cent.
(The Shevaroys Hills are in Tamil Nadu, which neighbors Kerala. For a great [...]
A Kerala cookbook
Posted in Food, Resources, tagged Books on 22 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I am sure many more excellent cookbooks on Kerala cuisine exist out there, but I wanted to recommend one that I have: The New Tastes of India by Das Sreedharan.
Sreedharan was the founder and chef of Rasa Restaurants in London (our local one was the one in Stoke Newington).
