Monday, May 31, 2010
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Saturday, May 29, 2010
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Tuesday, May 25, 2010
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Saturday, May 22, 2010
Friday, May 21, 2010
Boxed wine
In France, boxed wine - called bottle-in-a-box there - is doing relatively well, but still not taking off. I don't understand. For everyday consumption of wine, it makes perfect sense to me.
The reason I post this is that I got a flyer in the mail today from Total Wines and I cannot even find a single box of wine mentioned anywhere. In the past, they have had an eighth of a page of boxed wines, or something like that. And while you have to walk to the back of the store, they do sell the stuff.
Why has this technology not caught on in the marketplace?
The reason I post this is that I got a flyer in the mail today from Total Wines and I cannot even find a single box of wine mentioned anywhere. In the past, they have had an eighth of a page of boxed wines, or something like that. And while you have to walk to the back of the store, they do sell the stuff.
Why has this technology not caught on in the marketplace?
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Monday, May 17, 2010
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Friday, May 14, 2010
Thursday, May 13, 2010
"2010 food spending infographic: How America's biggest cities spend on food" - Bundle
Note that Raleigh and Durham rank 4th and 5th in the country, respectively, for total expenditures on food!
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Monday, May 10, 2010
Food workers?
I think I heard yesterday that 10% of workers in NC work in restaurants. Can that be right? Perhaps it is 10% of a subgroup of workers?
Sunday, May 9, 2010
"California Giant Berry Farms | Berrybuzz Newsletter Sign-up"
It seems like we are getting a dramatically increased number of opportunities to interact with our food and the people/organizations that supply it to us.
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Friday, May 7, 2010
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Monday, May 3, 2010
Discount coupons for vegetables?
Where are the discount coupons for fresh local vegetables? Yes, stores occasionally have sales, but I never see coupons offered in the same way that manufacturers offer them for products filled with things we do not know. Why is this?
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Dates on olive oil
I've bought three one liter bottles of olive oil recently. This was not for everyday use, but rather when I have something especially deserving of a dunk in the oil!
One is Bella Famiglia Extra Virgin Olive Oil - First Cold Extraction. That was at Weaver Street Market for about $8 as a I recall. It has no date on it telling me the vintage of the olives of the date of making the oil. It does tell me to consume it - "best by" - sometime in 2011.
The other two both came from COSTCO - their Kirkland brand. In this case, the label tells me that both bottles came from the 2009 harvest, in one case Oct/Nov and the other Nov/Dec (this makes sense to me). Both carry a "best by" date of 6/1/2011.
The Bella Famiglia was on sale - normally around 13, as I recall. The Kirkland was its normal price, around $12.
How can one tell from the label which is the better? If not, shouldn't there be aome other way to do so?
One is Bella Famiglia Extra Virgin Olive Oil - First Cold Extraction. That was at Weaver Street Market for about $8 as a I recall. It has no date on it telling me the vintage of the olives of the date of making the oil. It does tell me to consume it - "best by" - sometime in 2011.
The other two both came from COSTCO - their Kirkland brand. In this case, the label tells me that both bottles came from the 2009 harvest, in one case Oct/Nov and the other Nov/Dec (this makes sense to me). Both carry a "best by" date of 6/1/2011.
The Bella Famiglia was on sale - normally around 13, as I recall. The Kirkland was its normal price, around $12.
How can one tell from the label which is the better? If not, shouldn't there be aome other way to do so?