Beer that I could drink

I like the taste of a good beer but, going down, the alcohol feels like musketballs dropping into my stomach. So I’m stuck drinking Guiness Kaliber (0.50%), which is really quite good — like drinking pumpernickel bread — but not offered at many bars. The New York Times had an article a while back about a new trend of low-alcohol … Read more

Botulism Buzz

Being an Extension-certified Master Food Preserver, I am of course interested in all things botulism-related. Here’s a great piece analyzing the causes of last year’s botulism outbreak in commercially canned food.

Sensationalist recycling

An Idaho veterinarian has had a brilliant idea. Deal with the manure from farms by feeding it to maggots, who use half of it to build their own bodies and break the other half down into a clean soil amendment. Then feed the maggots to rainbow trout. Alas, this article from the Associated Press sensationalizes the process a bit, stating … Read more