Tag Archives: food

“El Bulli”

Posted on April 12, 2013 by

Paleo Retiree writes: A German hagiography-documentary about the last season of creating-and-serving at El Bulli, the famous restaurant on the Costa Brava (outside of Barcelona) that was sometimes said to have been the world’s greatest. The movie is an impressively … Continue reading →

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Food Jargon

Posted on April 10, 2013 by

Paleo Retiree writes: Although I do love it when my food is “artisanal” and “locally-sourced,” I’m at my happiest when my charcuterie has been “curated”: What’s your favorite contempo pretentious food term?

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Architecture Conundrums: Solvang

Posted on March 18, 2013 by

Paleo Retiree writes: Back in the day, one of the main things that any self-respecting arts education drilled into wannabe artsfans was an aversion to kitsch. And not just an aversion to it, but a vehement, cell-level hatred. It’s fake. … Continue reading →

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Linkage

Posted on March 7, 2013 by

Paleo Retiree writes: An excellent argument for Slow Food (as well as for Slow Eating). Dark Enlightenment Link Du Jour. Jim Kalb, whose take on things is trad-Catholic, is often great. Here’s his book. At the old blog, I did … Continue reading →

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Linkage

Posted on February 25, 2013 by

Paleo Retiree writes: An excellent intro by architect Christine Franck to a great American artform: the Shingle Style. Why should taxpayers be subsidizing our biggest banks?  Meet Roberta Pedon, unbelievably busty hippie-chick pinup star of the ’70s. What’s become of … Continue reading →

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Bourdain on El Bulli

Posted on February 23, 2013 by

Paleo Retiree writes: Thanks to UR contributor epiminondas for calling my attention to this inspired episode of Anthony Bourdain’s “No Reservations” celebrating the Catalan restaurant El Bulli and its genius chef Ferran Adrià. It was made in 2011, on the … Continue reading →

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The Honey of Ikaria

Posted on January 6, 2013 by

Paleo Retiree writes: Remember that New York Times article from a few months ago about the world’s longest-lived people? They’re the inhabitants of Ikaria, a small Greek-owned island in the Eastern Aegean, just off the coast of Turkey. After gathering … Continue reading →

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Linkathon

Posted on November 4, 2012 by

Paleo Retiree writes: The latest from “Idiocracy”‘s Mike Judge. A survey of the state of secessionist movements in today’s world. The Catalonia movement seems like one of the most serious of them. So who exactly was the victim? How trustworthy is … Continue reading →

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Linkathon

Posted on October 24, 2012 by

Paleo Retiree writes: This Kevin Lamb mini-memoir of life at Newsweek parallels my own experience at the magazine almost exactly. Steve Sailer wants to know, how real is “stereotype threat”? Wheat has changed a lot since the 1960s. Paleo/Primal guru … Continue reading →

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Question Lady Question

Posted on August 31, 2012 by

The Question Lady writes: What is the best Labor Day meal you ever had?

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