March 2006 Archives

This Thursday, The Meatrix II: Revolting the sequel of the animated movie Meatrix will premiere online.

From the press release:

The long-awaited sequel to the Internet's most popular advocacy film, The Meatrix II: Revolting, will premiere online this Thursday (3/30). The launch will be preceded by the world premiere screening at New York City’s Bowery Poetry Club on March 29 at 6 p.m. EST.

The sequel to the Webby-award winning Flash animation, The Meatrix, will expose the ugly truths behind industrial dairy farming.

Learn more about up-and-coming farm heroes Moopheus, Leo and Chickity and their crusade to unveil the real dangers in factory dairy farming at www.Meatrix2.com.

From Physorg.com:

On March 29, just prior to a rare, four-minute total eclipse of the sun, three University of California, Berkeley, astronomers will take the stage in a 1,900-year-old Roman amphitheater in Turkey to introduce local students and the public to the science and lore of solar eclipses.

For the benefit of eclipse watchers elsewhere in the world, the 1:55 p.m. Turkish time eclipse will be Webcast live, thanks to the support of San Francisco's Exploratorium and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). This program is part of the yearly "Sun-Earth Day" celebration sponsored by NASA's Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum.

Read it all.

You can watch the solar eclipse here or here.

(Via Turkish Torque)

Accoring to an article I read today, McDonalds introduced new vegan options, including the McAloo Tikki, Crispy Chinese Sandwich, Salsa Wrap, and a vegan pizza pocket called the McPuff in India.

You can reach to the article from here, and the original news from here.

I aggree with the writer, and I wish they offered the simillar options in the US.

(via 360 Eats.com)

Borek is one of the most frequently side dishes in Turkey, and usually one of the musts for 5 o'clock tea.

Even though, for this one I used patatoes as filling, you can replace it with anything you want. Spinach and patatoes are the two most frequently used fillings.

J.M. HIRSCH, an Associated Press writer, wrote an interesting article about the obesity problem in the US, and the current lawsuits against the food industry.

It's tempting to blame big food companies for America's big obesity problem. After all, they're the folks who Supersized our fries, family-portioned our potato chips and Big Gulped our sodas. There's also the billions they've spent keeping their products ever on our minds and in our mouths.

Likened by some to the way tobacco companies seduced smokers, such practices have made the food industry the target of lawsuits and legislation seeking to yank junk food from schools and curb advertising to children.

But some experts say neither the problem nor the solution is nearly so simple.

Read it all.

Here is another interesting movie about 'Organic Foods vs. Genetically Engineered Foods', or "StoreWars".

(via Socioeconomics)

If you are a working person who also take care of the house, you need to be practical. My mom was one of the most practical person I have ever known. Even today, I still learn easier ways to do things from her.

This mushroom recipe is from my mom. I could not eat the mushrooms she cooked, my brother descibed them to me and I regret not visiting her this winter break.

Here are some statistics about food born illnesses at several countries.

Average Number of cases of foodborne illnesses in the United States: 76 million (or 26 people in every 100)

Average Number of cases of foodborne illnesses in Canada: 2 million (or 6 people out of every 100)

Average number of foodborne illnesses in France: 750,000 cases (pdf file and en francais) (or 1.2 out of every 100 people).
(via Accidental Hedonist)

The New Culinary Technlology from Polyscience represents an interesting equipment called "anti-griddle" for your kitchen. This new technology allows you to freeze sauces and purees into solid, unique forms.

The device works just like a cooktop, but instead of heating the things, it freezes them. (via Boing Boing)

I love chocolate, it makes me happy, I can concentrate better even after 3-4 pieces of M&M.

Chocolate helps us to produce happy hormones, the scientists say. It is no wonder that there are many recipes with chocolate (1,2), and the movie "Chocolat" was that popular. (OK, Johnny Depp is another reason.)