Nothing got your goat lately? Go here. On November 8th, New York is throwing a Goatstravaganza to celebrate, you got it, all things goat.
Chocolate. How far will one man go to get the ultimate cocoa fix? Apparently Bill Buford (author of Heat) will go to Brazil. The latest issue of the New Yorker describes Buford's quest to Bahia for the Food of the Gods, and there's a slide show too. (The New Yorker - October 29, 2007)
Wine has the staggers. One of Italy's oldest and most-prized wines is on the verge of extinction because of the back-breaking labour involved in producing it. (The Age - October 21, 2007)
Whole Foods Market has colonized London, only their windows are decidedly homier than ours. (The First Post - October 24, 2007)
When mixologists wore muu-muus. Salon interviews a historian of Tiki Drinks. (Salon - October 23, 2007)
Glass, brushed chrome, recessed gadget drawers, and a built-in, high tech audio-video system. If the 'guy' factor was any higher, the fridge door would come with a remote. Porche designs a kitchen for Germany's Poggenpohl.
Speaking of that, what do you do when you're bored? Why go look in the fridge, of course. Now you can check out someone else's. Here's a site where people from around the world post photos of the contents of their refrigerator. There's even one from a South African game lodge. www.fridgewatcher.com.
