Short Schrift

Kottke reports that there's a "Pepsi Natural" on the way to market -- featuring cane sugar in lieu of corn syrup, and served ...

Jonah Lehrer on the failure of financial markets and the Grand Banks fisheries : In the 1970's, the government instituted strict regula...

Even a diehard barbecue fan has to admit that something is up : "This most American of foods is precisely so American because Europeans...

Stars and Stripes Forever, Muppet-style: Via LPS, who in addition to her brilliant title "the only acceptable expression of american na...

Collobrières, a village in Provence (southeast Mediterranean France), has authorized the use of the French franc en lieu du Euro for everyd...

Hunter from DiBruno Bros., Philly's best cheese shop, on the history/biotechnology of cheese : The cursory step of separating the curd f...

Peter Mucha at the Inquirer finally puts the kibosh on the notion that Cheese Whiz is the "authentic" topping for a Philly cheese...

Ken Silverstein's "The Revolution Will Not Be Pasteurized" is a long, readable, and balanced story about raw milk. It also in...

Why Starbucks actually helps mom and pop coffeehouses. - By Taylor Clark - Slate Magazine : So now that we know Starbucks isn't slaughte...

Anyone who's met me knows that I love to eat. And, I am an extremely democratic eater, which is a good fit for Philadelphia, which is an...