Food crisis: A daily quest for bread in Cairo

This is an important story:"Cairo - Every day at 4 a.m., Hagg Abdel Wahab walks down a narrow path past a simple coffee and tea shop to his bakery. For 40 years, this elderly man has donned a gray gallabeya robe smudged with white flour and baked thousands of...

Get SmarterChild in Gmail

"Aim Get SmarterChild in Gmail smarterchild.png Now that Gmail's got AIM support baked into the web interface, Gmailer Steve Rubel commented how nice it will be to have SmarterChild along with your email. Nearly three years ago we first posted about SmarterChild, an AIM bot...

YALETOWN'S BOULANGERIE LA PARISIENNE

I used to live in Kingston Ontario, where there was a fabulous bakery, Pan Chancho, mere minutes from my house. I got quite accustomed to fresh baked bread, pain au chocolat, and brioche almost every morning. While it may not have been good for my waistline or wallet, it was...

A fat target for the food police

"Big Brother had shouldered his way into the kitchen long before the New York City Board of Health moved Tuesday to prohibit the use of all but a tiny amount of trans fats in restaurant cooking. Be glad he's there. Would all the people muttering about New York's "food police"...

Pan Chancho Bakery and Café

"Pan Chancho Bakery and Cafe is located at 44 Princess street, across from Coffee and Company. It originally started out as a small bakery, baking bread for Chez Piggy. But now it is one part bakery, one part deli, one part cafe - and all parts delightful."

Mourning the Loss of the Towne Crier

"Remember the Towne Crier? Well, it was a fabulous cafe and magazine store on King Street, across from Bubba’s and right near the alley that leads into Chez Piggy. They served insanely great coffee, cheap baked goods and sandwiches, and had the citys best selection of...