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For some, life begins and ends with pizza. After visiting a Belgian Beer bar, yes I admit I went to a bar, the pizza place next door is said to be the quality of crap. The bartender said that the place to go is Joe’s in Greenwich Village. It might be one of the best. Newbs like me tried the pepperoni first, but the real test is the simple cheese. That’s what 95% of the people walking in get.
That is Goh Nakamura at Grumpy’s Coffee. They use a Clover machine. See the phone on the table? Goh is tethered to it.
Caught in the act. That’s musician Jane Lui looking surprised and Zach Gage who created Spelltower. A hot iPhone game.
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Mad Cow is back. Yeah the meat looks red and good and there are plenty of beef farms everywhere in the US. Some Koreans chains are halting the US beef. “South Korea is the world’s fourth-largest importer of U.S. beef, buying 107,000 tons of the meat worth $563 million in 2011″ The benefits, or the results of eating Mad Cow tainted beef? You get a brain disease! The article makes mention that it takes 40-50 days to ship beef overseas. That’s crazy too. (WTSP – Mad Cow Beef)
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Yes, you’ve had the fake. Admit it. Kobe Beef is only from Hyogo Prefecture where it’s trademarked and not exported (except Macau). Since the trademark isn’t applicable to the US according to the recent Forbes article, the beef you’ve been having here is not really Kobe beef. It’s as similar to the real Kobe beef as Kobe of the Lakers. (Forbes – Kobe Scam) Also see Larry Olmstead’s follow up on Wagyu Beef.
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A story about these limpets. You see these and have no idea that in Hawaii, people will eat this. They’re running low in Hawaii and eventually (in 5 years), it’ll lead to farming of them. Nicely written and a story that takes you into the world of Opihi hunting. (Honolulu Magazine – Opihi)
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