Archive for the ‘Food’ Category
20
Dec
Posted by NPI in Aught Lang Syne, Culture, Food, comedy, economics. Tagged: Chuck Klosterman, In defense of Food, Dan Ariely, Predictably Irrational, Michael Lewis, moneyball, randy barnett, restoring the lost constitution, Sex Drugs and Cocoa Puffs, noam chomsky, A.J. Jacobs, Hegemony or Survival, The Omnivore's Dilemma, Blink, The Tipping Point, The Mystery of Capital, The Wisdom of Crowds, James Surowiecki. 1 Comment
In case you missed Part I of our analysis of the decade’s best nonfiction, you can check it out here.
9/11, Pirates and Emperors, Hegemony or Survival, Failed States, et. al. – Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky has always been prolific in his political writings, but the aftermath of 9/11 saw an increase in the relevance of his criticisms [...]
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4
Nov
Posted by John S in Advertising, Culture, Food. Tagged: Advertising, anheuser busch, beer, beers featured prominently in two incredibly bad and overrated films, Blue Velvet, corporate beers, Frank Booth, Gran Torino, hipsters, ironic consumption, ironic downscale chic, MillerCoors, Pabst Blue Ribbon, Pabst Brewing Company, skinny jeans, Walt Kowalski. 8 Comments
Pabst Blue Ribbon has undergone a catastrophically successful rebranding over the last decade. What was once a heartland, working-class beer, brewed in Wisconsin and enjoyed by the Walt Kowalskis and Frank Booths of the world, has now become the beer of choice among hipster 20-somethings. In fact, the change has been so successful that the [...]
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5
Oct
Posted by Josh in Food. Tagged: deep dish, giordano's, jewish delis, pastrami, philosophy of excess, Pizzeria Uno. Leave a Comment
I previously reviewed the original Pizzeria Uno, offering a slightly negative opinion but remaining fairly agnostic (with an admitted New York bias) on the issue of deep dish pizza in general. It took a few months to overcome my bloatedness of that evening and to bring myself to eat deep dish again, but I did [...]
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21
Sep
Posted by Josh in Food, Joie de Vivre. Tagged: Chicago, bretzel, Hannah's Bretzel, Nasher Cafe, seemingly excess enthusiasm about seemingly trivial culinary innovations, whole grain wheat. 3 Comments
Yes, you read that correctly. If you thought I was actually writing about “Braising the Pretzel”* and became enthused, then I sincerely apologize for causing false excitement.
*Nonetheless, an article on such a topic does not make much sense so I would question your logic if you did indeed become enthused. I would still maintain an [...]
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25
Aug
Posted by Josh in Food. Tagged: alternative childhood tastes, classic greek, romaine lettuce, the NPI research staff, the pita, the snack wrap, wendy's, Yahoo Questioners. 6 Comments
You will hear me defend agnosticism, insular arrogance, irrational anchoring, and the Second Amendment before you will hear me offer a general defense of the food quality of American fast food chains.
As a child not very into the burger, going to fast food restaurants was a tough experience. While my peers salivated at the mere [...]
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15
Aug
Posted by Josh in Culture, Food, Social Norms. Tagged: an inconvenient truth, condorcet, environmentalism, moral neutrality, peter singer, predictions, quorn, silent spring, vegetarianism. 6 Comments
I’ve heard a variant of this question posed many a time, most recently by John S. If you look back at any slice of history, there were certain human behaviors, beliefs, and institutions that are now viewed as obviously wrong. Slavery, racism, and geocentrism are a few examples.* What is next?
*These examples are generally thought [...]
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2
Aug
Posted by Josh in Culture, Food, TV, Uncategorized. Tagged: Andrew Zimmern, Anthony Bourdain, Iron Chef America, Michael Pollan, new york times magazine, opporuntity cost, subtle yet ambiguous female tennis player references, the Food Network, TV Food Culture, unprocessed salt. 5 Comments
Michael Pollan, acclaimed author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma and In Defense of Food (which I reviewed), offers a thought-provoking critique of TV food culture in this weekend’s New York Times Magazine. There are many different components to Pollan’s argument (I wouldn’t be surprised if a book on the subject is forthcoming) but the gist of [...]
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25
Jun
Posted by Josh in Food. Tagged: consider the lobster, david foster wallace, penne alla vodka, small appetizers, Spain, tapas, the demise of the entree. 5 Comments
I love the concept of tapas. Since dinner is served so late in Spain, tapas, a variety of small appetizers, serve to keep Spaniards from suffering from hunger bouts between work and dinner. What I love about tapas is that it allows people to eat a diversity of foods in one meal. One can reasonably [...]
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23
Jun
Posted by Josh in Food. Tagged: Cel-Ray, Dr. Brown's, gastronomes, Grandma's Pizza, Humbert, Jewish deli, Kaminsky's New York Deli, Lady Kaminsky, lox and cream cheese, New York City, really good food, whitefish salad. 6 Comments
New York City (NYC) has a lot of really good food: So much good food that it is very difficult to decide where and what to eat when in the city. The question I pose here is this: If someone is in New York City for the first and only time for a day and [...]
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19
Jun
Posted by Josh in Food. Tagged: Chicago, commitment mechanisms, deep dish, gastronomy, mozzarella, Pizza, Pizzeria Uno. 1 Comment
This week the NPI crew, the Lawgorrhea crew, and a Chicago native ventured to the original Pizzeria Uno to try Chicago deep dish pizza. Let me start by saying, as a native New Yorker who is very proud of his state’s culinary accomplishments, I’ve always been skeptical of the deep dish as competition to New [...]
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