Showing posts with label food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label food. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Jamie Magazine

via jamieoliver.com


During my regular lunchtime perusal of the magazine aisle at Borders, I found myself glued to a copy of Jamie Magazine, the food magazine from British chef Jamie Oliver.  I was really impressed with the magazine, which has an interesting layout, great pictures, cool graphics and fonts, and is printed on that good thick matte paper.  It had a bunch of entertaining foodie articles on a variety of topics, from Italian produce to English ciders, and is just really well done.  Not at all what you'd expect from a "celebrity chef."

I really admire what Jamie Oliver has done to bring awareness to the sorry state of school lunches in England and now America, and I once saw him rather gallantly fend off a paparazzo in Primrose Hill while holding one of his adorable daughters (the guy was awful, anyone would have lost their cool), but having lived in England for a while I'm still not sold on the idea of a Brit telling me how to cook.  In fairness, I haven't brought myself to try any of the recipes, so I should reserve judgment.  I think I'll finally give Jamie a try.  It's definitely worth checking out for a hip, un-stuffy approach to food.

Sunday, March 20, 2011

The Value of a Dollar


Artist Jonathan Blaustein has a very interesting project called The Value of a Dollar Project, where he has photographed a dollar's worth of various types of foods, such as the ten organic blueberries above, and the dozen servings of shrimp ramen.  Intended to show how unbalanced nutritional value and price are, it's a very eye-opening display.  And the double cheeseburger looks really gross, so maybe you could look at that next time you get a craving, and save your heart the trouble.