Free Rice!

Wanna kill some time, guilt free?  Play this game while supporting humanitarian efforts and educating yourself in the process.  Challenge: Beat my score (level 6) in Art: Famous Paintings.
Ready…Go!

“FreeRice is not sitting on a pile of rice―you are earning it 20 grains at a time. Here is how it works. When you play the game, [...]

Rant: Family Style

Please tell me if this has happened to you.  You’re at a Chinese restaurant with say, a group of six.  You’re going through the rituals of looking over the menu, discussing what your in the mood for, giving or receiving  recommendations based on past experience, or suggestion, or hearsay or whatever.  Then, out of nowhere, [...]

Favorite woman of the moment

Rebecca Federman may have the best job in the world.  As a librarian, Ms. Federman enjoys the unique pleasure of safeguarding the largest public menu collection in America, housed at the New York Public Library.  I first discovered her via the video series “Obsessives” on Chow.com where she passionately describes the collection and her job [...]