Monday, January 31, 2011
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Thursday, January 27, 2011
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
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Saturday, January 22, 2011
Votre recherche - VIN ITALIE, VIN ITALIEN, VIN DU MONDE
I compared the price of some Italian wines promoted by Chapel Hill Wine Company and an internet service I could use in Nice to get the same wines. The service, here, just a couple of hundred miles from the wine's home is about 50% MORE than the wine available in Chapel Hill, thousands of miles away! Why?
Friday, January 21, 2011
French food labels
I am fascinated by what one learns from various food labels. Here are a few notes from a couple in France (Nice) and I look forward to comparing them with their US cousins in North Carolina:
+ Light Yogurt from Carrefour tells me that it contains only natural sugars and lots of healh information that I need a magnifying glass to read.
+ Strawberries from Monoprix tells me they come from Morocco, they are category "1", who imported them, who exported them from Morocco and some tracing numbers.
+ Flax seeds from a Nice organic food store tells me that they are organic, don't eat more than a tablespoon/day, best used by date, and that the seeds orginally come from Russia through a French company.
+ Bananas from Carrefour Discount tells me that they come from Costa Rica, that they are "Cavandish", category "2", that they were treated with Thirebenazole (if I am reading that right), a packaged date, and note the price of 1.15 euros/kilo or about 65-75 USD cents/pound.
+ Pears from Carrefour tell me that they are "Abate", that they cost 2.20 euros/kilo or about 1.40 USD/pound and that I should store them between 0 and 4 C.
+ Light Yogurt from Carrefour tells me that it contains only natural sugars and lots of healh information that I need a magnifying glass to read.
+ Strawberries from Monoprix tells me they come from Morocco, they are category "1", who imported them, who exported them from Morocco and some tracing numbers.
+ Flax seeds from a Nice organic food store tells me that they are organic, don't eat more than a tablespoon/day, best used by date, and that the seeds orginally come from Russia through a French company.
+ Bananas from Carrefour Discount tells me that they come from Costa Rica, that they are "Cavandish", category "2", that they were treated with Thirebenazole (if I am reading that right), a packaged date, and note the price of 1.15 euros/kilo or about 65-75 USD cents/pound.
+ Pears from Carrefour tell me that they are "Abate", that they cost 2.20 euros/kilo or about 1.40 USD/pound and that I should store them between 0 and 4 C.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Monday, January 17, 2011
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Global popularity of Andean 'superfood' quinoa transforms lives of Bolivian farmers
Some people seem to be growing this in NC.