The bait wasn't real! Too bad and so sad for the shark.

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The Village Voice featured this article a few months ago. It provides an intriguing look into the food habits of some of America's greatest presidents. The following are excerpts:

1. Thomas Jefferson

In fact, such was Jefferson's love of vegetables that he became a quasi-vegetarian, writing in 1819, "I have lived temperately, eating little animal food, and that as a condiment for the vegetables, which constitute my principal diet." Jefferson particularly liked tomatoes, and grew dozens of varieties. Recipes written by a relative indicate some of the uses he put them to: gumbo (okra) soups, cayenne-spiced tomato soup, green tomato pickles, tomato preserves, and tomato omelets.

2. James Buchannan

[President Buchannan] might have been our first gay president. Flamboyant of style, unmarried (his niece, Harriet Lane, served as the first lady), and an epicurean in every sense, Buchanan installed a Frenchman named Gautier as his personal chef, and caterer for his banquets.

According to The First Ladies Cook Book (by Margaret Klapthor, Parents Magazine Press, 1982), "Buchanan was so particular about the quality of his food that he had fresh butter sent him regularly from Philadelphia in a locked brass-bound kettle."

3. William Howard Taft

There is no question that Taft was a glutton, and his tastes ran to lengthy meals featuring multiple meats, fishes, and fowls in rotation. Here is his typical input for one day: breakfast -- grapefruit, potted partridge, broiled venison, grilled partridge, waffles with maple syrup and butter, hominy, hot rolls, bacon, and more venison; lunch -- bouillon, smelts with tartar sauce, lamb chops, Bermuda potatoes, green peas, and, for dessert, raspberry jelly with whipped cream, salted almonds, bonbons, and coffee; dinner -- lobster stew, salmon cutlets with peas, roast cold tenderloin with vegetable salad, and cold tongue and ham, followed by frozen pudding, cake, fruit, and coffee.

4. Andrew Jackson

Food historian Terry Ford further noted, "He kept a horseshoe-shaped table in the state dining room. He had the finest china, silver and furniture for the East Room. People called him King Andrew because of the magnificence of his culinary banquets." These feasts would include many of his favorite dishes -- leg of lamb flavored with rosemary, raw Blue Point oysters on the half shell, braised wild duck, and fricasseed rabbits, which were abundant at the Hermitage, his Tennessee estate. But he also liked rustic dishes that reflected his frontier roots, including "leather britches" (green beans cooked with bacon) and fried apple pies.

5. Lyndon Johnson

[He] wasn't a gourmet -- in fact, he was something of the opposite. Yet he took so much pleasure in eating that he falls among our most food-preoccupied leaders. He was fond of entertaining the press and visiting dignitaries at his ranch in Stonewall, in the Texas Hill Country, where he would often serve giant Tex-Mex buffets. Playing a sort of trick on his guests, he would have the food made super-spicy, the way he liked it himself, and then stand back and guffaw as his tender-tongued dining companions sputtered and turned red.

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We recently found out that this is DJ Agyvérzés, originally posted here. 

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In the past, best selling author Michael Pollan had a food rule: only eat foods with five or less ingredients. Many other food writers gave similar advice: the less ingredients in the food product, the healthier the food.

So, in response to the trend towards eating foods with fewer ingredients, food companies, like Haagen Dazs, decided to turn these "rules" around in their favor. Haagen Dazs recently introduced Haagen Dazs Five, which boasts of having just five ingredients in each of its varieties. Obviously, Pollan's rule wasn't meant to encourage ice cream eating. "It's still ice cream," he says. The fact that it only has five ingredients "doesn't turn it into health food." Tostitos did something similar by boasting only three ingredients in their chips: salt, oil and corn.

As a result of this clever marketing tactic by the food companies, Mr. Pollan has announced a new rule: Don't eat anything advertised on television.

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We're in the mood for some old school hip hop this month.

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Jackson Soul Food
950 NW 3rd Avenue
Miami, FL 33136
Phone: (305) 377-6710
Mon. through Sun. 6:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. 
Breakfast only! 

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After visually examining the Miami New Times newspaper for new restaurants to visit, I came across an advertisement for Jackson Soul Food. The tiny display ad pictured an enticing color photo of griddlecakes and a headline that shouted, "Come see why Dwyane Wade eats here!" 

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Have you ever wondered what to do about all of those extra condiment packets you pick up from local restaurants? No? Well, neither does this guy.

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Here is an ice cream cone machine that Unilever invented for the digital age that rewards you when you smile.

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Did you know that one million Earths would fit inside our Sun? This video captures our flea-like existence and might cause you to pause and think about it. 

Via @funkdvoid

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Here is an interesting DJ setup that Gergwerk did as his senior degree project for the Kansas City Art Institute. What does everyone think?

via @samim

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