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Everyone always asks me for my very mild chili recipe (actually, I've only gotten one request but, still, it is worth a blog post on the coldest night of year at halftime of the football game). I'm somewhat of a chili expert having worked one summer (and, secret, part of a fall) at Brooking's Chili King…
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A few days into the experiment, the new world of legal-recreational-marijuana sales in Colorado appears to be a big success — so much so that pot shops are finding it impossible to keep up with demand. According to the Denver Post, at least 37 stores in Colorado were licensed to sell recreational pot to anyone…
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That bunch of bananas on your kitchen counter — the ones that are a staple of your baby's diet and the linchpin of your breakfast — could be wiped out within the next couple years. According to science journal Nature, the Cavendish banana variety, which accounts for nearly all of the world's global export trade,…
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A: Common ground on the bad environmental economics of the ethanol mandate. The summary: This week, the EPA is expected to announce changes to the ethanol mandate, a 2007 law that requires energy companies to mix billions of gallons of ethanol into gasoline and diesel fuels. After six years in the mix, corn-based ethanol has…
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Yes, beer does make Homer less productive. Resul Cesur and Inas Rashad Kelly in Economic Inquiry: Few studies explore the linkages between health behaviors and macroeconomic outcomes. This study uses 1971–2007 state-level data from the United States to estimate the impact of beer consumption on economic growth. We document that beer consumption has negative effects…
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From John, via Newmark's Door, via Slate comes this intriguing story of the real origins of Maryland Blue Crabs: Lots of local [Maryland] diners have a taste for blue crab. Lots of chefs and restaurateurs have good crab-based recipes. Lots of home cooks enjoy hosting crab-related events and have their own preferred methods of crab…
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The winless Jacksonville Jaguars have released their own strategy to increase ticket attendance to this week’s game and prevent a blackout: free beer. The NFL club is entering its fourth week against the Indianapolis Colts, and in an effort to draw fans to EverBank field they have taken to Twitter to announce: “2 free drinks…
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It might seem that the range of scents humans can detect is infinite, but scientists have managed to sort them all into 10 basic categories, ranging from peppermint to pungent. The classifications are meant to be the olfactory equivalent of the five basic tastes: sweet, sour, salty, bitter and umami (savory). To come up with…
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Nobel Prize winning economist* and colleague of mine, Brent Sohngen, wrote the following for his undergraduate class in "Food, Population and the Environment": Recent high prices for energy and food leave many concerned that we are pushing the limits of the earth's system with too many people and too much consumption. One example of our…
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From the Wayward Seed Farm website: At Wayward Seed, we strive to be an example of Ohio at its best. We're passionate about selecting the vegetable varieties that not only promote Ohio's farming heritage, but bring the very best flavor to your table. From the Columbus Dispatch: Union County authorities raided a property last night…
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