In Brazil it would just end up in a dusty, ruined building that will never be repaired because the government doesn’t give a damn about science.

Jamie Allmeyer’s story reminds me of my checkered history of ordering drinks in Utah. There’s the time I was told the wine special was “peanut gringo.” There’s the time my wife and I ordered two margaritas and had four individual glasses delivered to our table (Cuz, y’know, we each wanted two margaritas a piece. At…

I'll take it. I've never actually eaten there, and I feel like I could get a piece out of it.

More likely, he will forge a work order for a conduit to be run underneath the facility.

Haha, holy shit, Barilla actually just took Harold McGee's pasta-cooking method, rebranded it, and are selling it to idiots. You can already do this with any pasta and it will take probably half the time of bringing the water to a boil then cooking the pasta, and it prevents sticking.

Ugh - bought the 2 tubs on sale at Costco last month because I'm a cheap bastard. Holy crap it tastes like cake frosting.

I used to work the fry section for Wagamama in Brisbane's Fortitude Valley. In those days, both of the most popular menu items (ie. the most Western-friendly) were from the fry section. Wagamama didn't take reservations, it was all walk-ins. One Wednesday night, four school groups walked in at the same time. On…

I've noticed that Chinese restaurants, likely because they're largely family owned, demonstrably show their appreciation to frequent customers.

I actually lolled hard at that. Thank you.

"They closed the salad bar early that day." I heard that in Garrison Keillor's voice.

My husband was sitting at our kitchen table, working on his laptop and speaking to me. I stood by the table, completely ignoring my toddler because what my husband was saying was more important than "hi! hi! hi! hi! no?"