Posted by Jason Kottke on under mehmet murat, pastrami, olive groves, clerkenwell, ravioli, pho, lem, kottke, best food, olive oil, ld, katz, sucker, guardian, cyprus, turkey | 
The Guardian lists the best 50 foods to eat and where to get them. I've had a few of these (ravioli at Babbo, pork at Gramercy, pho at Pho 24, pastrami at Katz's, etc.) but, sucker that I am for such things, I particularly enjoyed reading about the Turkish olive oil available at an electrical supply shop in London:
At his electrical supply shop in London's Clerkenwell, Mehmet Murat sells wonderful, intensely fruity oil from his family's olive groves in Cyprus and south-west Turkey. Now he imports more than a 1,000 litres per year. His lemon-flavoured oil is good enough to drink on its own.
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Posted by blogs@bobvila.com (Ben) on under dust mites, swine flu, dust buster, soot, germs, world health, bacteria, sucker, vacuum, flu, virus |
What does the H1N1 virus fear the most? If you guessed "a vaccine," "the World Health Organization" or "Purell," you are wrong. No, the unfortunately-named Swine Flu's greatest enemy is a hand-held vacuum-cleaner. The new Raycop is no ordinary Dust-buster (it retails for about $199). This stingray-shaped sucker of soot has a built-in UV-C sterilizing lamp that allegedly kills 99.9% of the H1N1 virus, as well as other germs, dust mites and bacteria. It also has a vibrating pad that ...
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Posted by on under three spirits, versis, christmas carol, digg, countless times, vids, sucker, eve, magic, christmas |
There's no use trying to hide it -- we're a sucker for A Christmas Carol. Any version of it can grab our attention; we've read the original countless times; the magic is always there. So on Christmas Eve, as you settle down to see whether you'll be visited by three spirits, let's take a look at the best and worst versions of "A Christmas Carol".
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