Comments for Slow Food Columbus Blog http://slowfoodcolumbus.wordpress.com Living the slow life... one day at a time Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:39:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU Comment on The health benefits of coffee by Bear http://slowfoodcolumbus.wordpress.com/2008/06/17/the-health-benefits-of-coffee/#comment-101 Bear Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:50:39 +0000 http://slowfoodcolumbus.wordpress.com/?p=137#comment-101 Why, thanks, Zach.... Haven't had the Happy Greek's, but I assume that's a good thing. :-) I think it's really not so much a matter of ignoring the evidence as it is of (a) much of the evidence being pretty recent, (b) the existence of longstanding concerns about minor health issues related to caffeine consumption, and (c) the aforementioned nebulous "it's bad for you" sentiment that seems to have a lot of traction for some reason. Blackness, tarriness, bitterness, who knows. But the stuff definitely gets a bad rap. One thing I've noticed, being in academia, is that academics tend to live a very long time, on average... and if coffee were really bad for you, they'd all be quite dead by the time they hit forty. Why, thanks, Zach…. Haven’t had the Happy Greek’s, but I assume that’s a good thing. :-)

I think it’s really not so much a matter of ignoring the evidence as it is of (a) much of the evidence being pretty recent, (b) the existence of longstanding concerns about minor health issues related to caffeine consumption, and (c) the aforementioned nebulous “it’s bad for you” sentiment that seems to have a lot of traction for some reason. Blackness, tarriness, bitterness, who knows. But the stuff definitely gets a bad rap.

One thing I’ve noticed, being in academia, is that academics tend to live a very long time, on average… and if coffee were really bad for you, they’d all be quite dead by the time they hit forty.

]]> Comment on The health benefits of coffee by Zach http://slowfoodcolumbus.wordpress.com/2008/06/17/the-health-benefits-of-coffee/#comment-100 Zach Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:03:33 +0000 http://slowfoodcolumbus.wordpress.com/?p=137#comment-100 I have multiple coworkers who consider themselves health nuts and refuse to drink coffee due to the nebulous "it's bad for you." It's amazing what people will assume when they ignore the evidence... Speaking of coffee: Bear's espresso > Happy Greek's espresso I have multiple coworkers who consider themselves health nuts and refuse to drink coffee due to the nebulous “it’s bad for you.” It’s amazing what people will assume when they ignore the evidence…

Speaking of coffee: Bear’s espresso > Happy Greek’s espresso

]]> Comment on Coffee by The health benefits of coffee « Slow Food Columbus Blog http://slowfoodcolumbus.wordpress.com/bear/coffee/#comment-98 The health benefits of coffee « Slow Food Columbus Blog Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:03:39 +0000 http://slowfoodcolumbus.wordpress.com/?page_id=56#comment-98 [...] as a huge coffee fan I’m hardly an unbiased source.  But I will admit that I’m a bit baffled that coffee [...] [...] as a huge coffee fan I’m hardly an unbiased source.  But I will admit that I’m a bit baffled that coffee [...]

]]> Comment on Alana’s / UE photos by loulou http://slowfoodcolumbus.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/alanas-ue-photos/#comment-96 loulou Sun, 01 Jun 2008 08:43:35 +0000 http://slowfoodcolumbus.wordpress.com/?p=108#comment-96 Bear, I think it is so fabulous that you all get together to celebrate food, especially Slow Food. The chapter here is small but they do what they can to promote local products. I'm adding your site to my links. Santé! Colleen You can write to me in English. I'm American! I found your site through a Google Alert for the word "Minervois." We are several hours from Nice, but close to Spain. We moved about five years ago because we had the opportunity to and we took it! :) Bear,
I think it is so fabulous that you all get together to celebrate food, especially Slow Food. The chapter here is small but they do what they can to promote local products.

I’m adding your site to my links. Santé!

Colleen
You can write to me in English. I’m American!
I found your site through a Google Alert for the word “Minervois.”
We are several hours from Nice, but close to Spain. We moved about five years ago because we had the opportunity to and we took it! :)

]]> Comment on Micro-Roasting Taste Workshop 5/25 by Bear http://slowfoodcolumbus.wordpress.com/2008/05/27/micro-roasting-taste-workshop-525/#comment-89 Bear Tue, 27 May 2008 23:10:24 +0000 http://slowfoodcolumbus.wordpress.com/?p=122#comment-89 I hear and obey. Next up, the first Kenya of the season -- a peaberry that's gotten some great reviews. Really looking forward to it!! :-) I hear and obey. Next up, the first Kenya of the season — a peaberry that’s gotten some great reviews. Really looking forward to it!! :-)

]]> Comment on Alana’s / UE photos by Colleen http://slowfoodcolumbus.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/alanas-ue-photos/#comment-75 Colleen Thu, 01 May 2008 17:00:57 +0000 http://slowfoodcolumbus.wordpress.com/?p=108#comment-75 Bienvenue Loulou! Je suis contente que vous avez trouvée notre *link*! Mais comment? J'adore vos photos, je me souviens les scènes semblables parce que j'ai passée du temps à Nice et l'environs comme étudiante. Pourquoi vous habitez en France? Pardon mon Français, je n'ai pas beaucoup d'occasions à parler--et surtout pas écriver. -colleen Bienvenue Loulou!

Je suis contente que vous avez trouvée notre *link*! Mais comment? J’adore vos photos, je me souviens les scènes semblables parce que j’ai passée du temps à Nice et l’environs comme étudiante. Pourquoi vous habitez en France? Pardon mon Français, je n’ai pas beaucoup d’occasions à parler–et surtout pas écriver. -colleen

]]> Comment on Bear by Bear http://slowfoodcolumbus.wordpress.com/bear/#comment-74 Bear Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:38:52 +0000 http://fakesfcolumbus.wordpress.com/?page_id=7#comment-74 I agree completely. And the reason that simple recipes work for me is that they're much more like a controlled experiment -- fewer ingredients, fewer things to tinker with, far easier to understand how a change in one input has an impact on the final product. A dish with ten different spices in minute quantities is not a dish to be experimenting with if you want to get to know how one of those spices interacts with other foods. I agree completely. And the reason that simple recipes work for me is that they’re much more like a controlled experiment — fewer ingredients, fewer things to tinker with, far easier to understand how a change in one input has an impact on the final product. A dish with ten different spices in minute quantities is not a dish to be experimenting with if you want to get to know how one of those spices interacts with other foods.

]]> Comment on Alana’s / UE photos by Bear http://slowfoodcolumbus.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/alanas-ue-photos/#comment-73 Bear Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:34:23 +0000 http://slowfoodcolumbus.wordpress.com/?p=108#comment-73 Hi Loulou, and welcome to Columbus! I love your blog; if we managed to impress YOU with the way the dinner looked, we must be doing something right! (Readers who haven't yet done so can click on Loulou's name for a breathtaking visit to the south of France, complete with enough photographs and exciting commentary to make you want to pack your bags and jump on a plane tomorrow.) Hi Loulou, and welcome to Columbus! I love your blog; if we managed to impress YOU with the way the dinner looked, we must be doing something right! (Readers who haven’t yet done so can click on Loulou’s name for a breathtaking visit to the south of France, complete with enough photographs and exciting commentary to make you want to pack your bags and jump on a plane tomorrow.)

]]> Comment on Alana’s / UE photos by loulou http://slowfoodcolumbus.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/alanas-ue-photos/#comment-68 loulou Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:28:16 +0000 http://slowfoodcolumbus.wordpress.com/?p=108#comment-68 I loved reading about your dinner. The entire meal looks so amazing and that rabbit dish looks divine! I loved reading about your dinner. The entire meal looks so amazing and that rabbit dish looks divine!

]]> Comment on Our Inaugural Event — Photos! by Columbus Foodie » Blog Archive » Event: Slow Food Columbus UE Wine Dinner at Alana’s http://slowfoodcolumbus.wordpress.com/2008/03/21/our-inaugural-event-photos/#comment-63 Columbus Foodie » Blog Archive » Event: Slow Food Columbus UE Wine Dinner at Alana’s Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:42:41 +0000 http://slowfoodcolumbus.wordpress.com/?p=75#comment-63 [...] fairly new group, only has a few events under its belt. I unfortunately didn’t get in on the inaugural event, as tickets were sold out before I knew I had the date free. But I did make it a priority to get [...] [...] fairly new group, only has a few events under its belt. I unfortunately didn’t get in on the inaugural event, as tickets were sold out before I knew I had the date free. But I did make it a priority to get [...]

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