If you work in downtown Seattle, chances are you’ve eaten in the subterranean cafeteria known as Bakeman’s. It’s known for its turkey sandwiches, fast service, low prices, total lack of ambiance and the cranky proprietor, Jason Wang, aka “The Sandwich Nazi.”
If you come into Bakeman’s, you better know what you want to order, and you [...]
Archive for September, 2009
I HEART Bakeman’s
Posted in Reviews, So right, tagged Bakeman's, Jason Wang, Seattle, Turkey sandwiches on September 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I am breaking up with Grand Central Bakery
Posted in Reviews, So wrong, tagged Grand Central Bakery, Pioneer Square, Seattle on September 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I once dated this guy who loved art and literature, had a wicked sense of humor and was passionate about social justice issues. These are all great qualities. Too bad he was a total dick to me. It took me awhile, but I finally learned that someone who is interesting, smart and funny isn’t necessarily [...]
Food for Thought writing contest winner
Posted in Filipino food, Food and race, tagged adobo, Bumbershoot, Filipino food, Food for Thought Writing Contest, Juliette Kaplan, Poem, School lunch, Tupperware, Winner on September 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Congrats to Juliette Kaplan, the winner of the Bumbershoot “Food for Thought” writing contest. Her poem below deals with food and identity and fitting in.
Tupperware
I was the kid
who brought her lunch
in sticky
leaky
Tupperware.
Tupperware was not cool.
When people asked me,
“Where are your parents from”
Like a well-rehearsed robot, I would recite,
[...]
A touching lumpia story
Posted in Filipino food, tagged Lumpia on September 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is an e-mail forward that I got from my colleague Gene who is Filipino like me.
This is for all the Filipinos out there, and those who are lucky enough to have Filipino friends, those who have Filipino spouses and those who have Filipino next door neighbors. The story goes like this…
The elderly [...]
Bourlaug, who saved millions from hunger, dead at 95
Posted in Essays, tagged Norman Bourlaug, Green Revolution, Nobel Peace Prize Winner, 1970, Hunger, High-yield agriculture, Gregg Easterbrook, Atlantic Monthly, Forgotten Benefactor of Humanity on September 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This morning on NPR, I heard an interesting story about Norman Bourlaug, the winner of the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize. He died Saturday at age 95.
Bourlaug was known as the father of the “green revolution,” which transformed agriculture through high-yield crop varieties and other innovations, helping to more than double world food production between 1960 [...]
Happy birthday, dear…panda?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Birthday cake, Animals, animal cakes, zoo, panda, walrus, Animal birthdays on September 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I just saw this photo on the Yahoo! homepage of a panda at a zoo in Taipei, Taiwan eating her birthday cake. Yes, you read that right–birthday cake, not bamboo.
I wondered if giving zoo animals birthday cakes was a common practice, and thanks to the powers of Internet search, I can tell you [...]
