In the News: Weird Dudes Cooking; Rachael Ray's New House; Chicken, Chicken, Chicken

  • Rick Steves, writing about the finicky virtues of the French, laments that "free-range" snails have "gone the way of the great American buffalo" and talks to a French vintner about the character of good wine. [Seattle Times]

    "A good grape must suffer. Look at this soil—it's horrible, just rocks. And these grapes have character. The roots of these struggling vines are thin as hairs, searching down for moisture. The vines in the flat fields" — she motions to fields just a kilometer away — "have it too easy ... a silver spoon in their teeth. It's like people. Paris Hilton, she is not interesting. The fine wines of humanity, they are the ones who have suffered." (I had to ask, "Like Tina Turner?" She said, "Exactly.")

  • "Food on the Internet: Tastes Like Chicken.":
  • Our Internet habits reveal a lot about our food preferences, and if our Internet searches are any reflection of our daily menu, we're having chicken for dinner. If we examine the search terms that send traffic to the top recipe sites such as Allrecipes.com and Epicurious, we find that chicken remains the most searched for main ingredient. In fact, I can tell you what time of year it is based on the most popular chicken recipe searches.

    In summer, we're Googling chicken salad; in winter, chicken pot pie and chicken noodle soup. [Time]

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