Absolute Beauty and Relative Beauty

Science has come up with findings both for absolute beauty and relative beauty.A face with certain proportions has been shown to transcend cultural relativism and be seen as beautiful by people all around the world.At the same time, in a study that showed 500 faces to 20,000...

Distasteful Storytelling and Social Media, e.g., Muslim Air

I started writing a story today inspired by news about how difficult it has become to travel under heightened security. "“Airline security levels were heightened as a result of a failed terrorist plot onboard...

People May be able to "Taste" Words

The Human Body is the single most complex structure ever built in nature. The virtually countless reactions that are happening in the body are just a testimony to that fact. However one of the greatest gifts that...

Chenin Blanc: Grape of 2008 for Tim Atkin

With three and a half weeks left in 2008, it is that time of the year when everyone feels the need to come up with her/ his 'Best of' list (lists).Tim Atkin takes it one step further with no less than his 2008 Wine Awards (December 7. The Guardian).After pointing that many...

Vietnam cuisine, impressive and unforgettable!

Dining on traditional Vietnamese cuisine is part of total immersion into the culture. Vietnamese food is quite unlike any other food in Southeast Asia. It’s even quite different from China. Overall it’s a...

A Taste Of "INDY" While Traveling :: The EDJE

" The Indy 500 Grill at the Indianapolis International Airport features a motif with all of the color, tradition and pageantry of "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing." Image Credit: Ron McQueeneyA Taste Of...

Ipoh White Coffee

Hi everyone, I'm a Malaysian and would like to share with you our exotic coffee blend known famously as " Ipoh White Coffee". Personally, i love Ipoh White Coffee's roasted coffee beans, it's warmly known as...

When did Eating Homemade Mayo become a Luxury?

I don't really use mayonnaise these days yet I can remember my mother always making it fresh.I continued the tradition for a while.Call me a traditionalist or a food conservative if you like but I am not crazy about buying a jar of the stuff.You will not find me buying any...

Take the Orient Express to Flushing for Authentic Asian Cuisine

Anyone visiting or living in New York City and looking for authentic Asian cuisine should get On the Orient Express to the neighborhood of Flushing, Queens.This is what Madhur Jaffrey suggests in this week-end Financial Times.The 'Orient Express' in question is Subway Line...

4 Steps in the Right Direction: 'Cuatro Pasos' (Mencia 06), A Red Wine even a...

To be honest, I cannot remember the last Spanish wine that I mentioned here. Looking for inspiration in a local wine store, I was asked have you tried this. The 'this' in question was Cuatro Pasos (means 4 steps as footsteps). Calling it 'old vines' would not be an...

The Taste Brings Stress Relief to Denver

    The flava of the 25th Taste of Colorado once again fuses food, music and fun together into the last big party of summer in Civic Center Park. A pleasing, welcoming end to a week where the world...

Karadzic's War Crime Victims Relive their Ordeal

OBSERVER reporter Ed Vulliamy exposed the Bosnian concentration camps.  In the wake of Radovan Karadzic's arrest this week, Muslim figurehead Fikret Alic, whose image was imprinted on the world's media...

A Wine So Bad if it was used as Biofuel my Car might Refuse to Start

A week or so ago, I had the misfortune to be offered a sip of a white wine that tasted worse and worse as it lingered.All I wanted is to clean my mouth of this unpleasant experience.If this one was used as a biofuel would my car refuse to start I wondered.How could anyone...

Good Indian Food in Atlanta: Sri Krishna Vilas

" Since we moved to Atlanta in 2006, we have been to all the Indian restaurants in the Alpharetta/Roswell area and have yet to find a better restaurant tan Sri Krishna Vilas. They have a good lunch buffet but what we like better is their ala carte menu in the evenings....

Fashion pirates find gold in stylish fakes

To good to be true... only for people who want to look "haute couture" " When stylish, metropolitan women stroll along with a Louis Vuitton Pleaty bag, they exude an air of high class, impeccable taste and...

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