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• Food Hero of the Day: Former Microsoft CTO, Nathan Myhrvold – “I love to cook short ribs at 130 degrees Fahrenheit for 36 hours,” Myhrvold says. “They become very flavorful and have a different texture than most braised meats.”
• Once upon a time, public relations folk would spam food bloggers with press releases – Now, prepare to be spammed with actual SPAM. Or at least, whatever processed garbage can be mailed to you.
• The correlation between lack of publishing for scientists and their beer consumption – The NY Times forgets that correlation does not equal causality.
• Icecream truck meltdown – Icecream truck succumbs to either global warming or possibly Ricky Swallow Orest Keywan somewhere in Adelaide