Bldgblog has a great post on the possibilities of water. Not homeopathy but taste, specifically terroir: how geography can bestow special characteristics. To point, London hotel Claridge offers a selection of over thirty mineral waters from around the world, complete with suggested flavor pairings. It makes a mockery of the familiar question, “still or sparkling?” [...]
No you are not dreaming. Now available in selected North-Western US states: Bacon Vodka.
From the official website:
Bakon Vodka is a superior quality potato vodka with a savory bacon flavor. It’s clean, crisp, and delicious.
Check out their site for lots of weird talk about drinking bacon and some recipes. I think this calls for a road [...]
After enjoying some diver scallops at Chambar, I started thinking: what are diver scallops anyway? (other than delicious) Could they really be hand-collected? A little searching led me to an interview on ChefTalk.com with Maine’s Tim Hunt, a 20-year veteran scallop diver.
Tim explains that diver scallops really are collected by hand, in contrast to normal [...]