Archive for March 17th, 2008

Feeder is a new feature, highlighting interesting food-related posts from around the web. This week we have some trivia, a couple daring recipes, an important fund-raising campaign, and more.

The Accidental Hedonist dispels the popular belief that a vodka martini is James Bond’s favorite drink. MI5′s savviest spy is certainly no teetotaler, but his actual most ordered drink is neither shaken nor stirred…

Chocolate & Zucchini, in its usual charming manner, proffers a great-sounding carrot and beet salad.

Four words: Candied Bacon Ice Cream.

And speaking of desserts with bizarre star ingredients: over at 101 Cookbooks: Black Bean Brownies?

From The Kitchn, home-grown alfalfa sprouts. My mom used to always do this when I was a kid; don’t know why I never have. Now that I am moving to a place that gets light in the kitchen, maybe I just will!

Lastly, and most importantly, the Gothamist Food Blog has a story on the TAP project. Participating restaurants are asking for a donation of $1 for regular ol’ tap water, and then donate the proceeds to UNICEF to bring clean drinking water to especially impoverished areas in third world companies.

See you next week!