post off and poll: do you eat meat?
A recent story about scientists growing meat in a lab made me shudder (if you’ve read Oryx and Crake, you know why). I was a vegetarian for almost a decade, but I went back to being a meat eater quite a few years ago. Recent books like Eating Animals and The Omnivore’s Dilemma have been making me think about it again. So I’m curious about our readers and their habits — where are you on the meat-eating spectrum? Take the poll, and then tell us more in comments about what you eat and why. — Mary T.
Photo by Michal Zacharzewski
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five things we learned last week
1) Paper pans have fans. Joan A. says: “I have used them. They’re great. I’ve also seen them at Sur La Table, in case you don’t want to wait for them to be shipped.” Have you used paper pans?
2) You have lots of great ideas for hanging pots. S.C. says: “I got frustrated after being unable to find an affordable pot rack. I ended up using a sturdy, solid, curtain rod from Ikea. I have 5 cast-iron pots and pans hanging with S-hooks, and it’s holding up beautifully!” See all the suggestions for Erica’s pots-and-pans dilemma here.
3) Everyone could use more travel comfort. Tiffany says: “That’s hilarious! I was at the airport a couple of days ago and saw a child in a car seat strapped onto the back of her dad’s roller. She was just chilling and watching a dvd. Can we get those for grown ups too?” See the suitcase sofa.
4) You enjoy guessing the animal crackers as much as we did. Erin says: “I think the first one is a hermit crab, the second a gorilla, and the third…um, yeah, let’s go with a headless something. Guess those people that like to bite the heads off first will feel like something is missing in their animal cracker experience.” By the way, an unnamed source has solved the mystery: Apparently that’s a bison, an elephant, and a llama. But we stand by our initial assessments!
5) Wicked Plants gets two thumbs up. Sprout says: “Good book! Quick read, but no index so not useful as a reference.” Kristi says: “It was a quick and enjoyable read.” Sounds like Wicked Plants will be wicked good!
blogwatch: where we were clicking this week
Lovely print-them-yourself wedding favor boxes by Vale Design at The Bedlam of Beefy.
Yum, yum, yum — pumpkin pie ice cream at Craftzine, via ReadyMade Tweets.
The year without a Santa letter? Post Office limits Santa program, at NPR.
Also at NPR — would you believe an Eggo shortage?
The complete National Geographic online. Seriously. Every single magazine. At sub-studio design blog (via Velocity’s Twitter).
Want to be a calm and collected hostess? Casa Sugar can help.
These sound delicious: gourmet adobo nachos in just seven minutes, at Danielle Cooks.
Check out the home winterizing projects at DoItYourself.com.
A photo gallery of Christmas decorating ideas at Canadian House & Home. (And no, it’s not too early…)
A couple weeks old, but no less interesting — Desire to Inspire writes about Dos Family, with photos of a home that is equal parts stylish and lived in. Enjoy.
post off: how annoying is the “man cave”?
In a recent poll, 47% of Americans voted “whatever†as the most annoying word. Sorry, but if the pollsters had called me, I would have cast my vote for “man cave.” It’s technically a phrase, but that just makes it twice as annoying. I was hoping “man cave” lived only in HGTV-land, where happy but deluded first-time house hunters always seem to place a “man cave” on their must-have list. (Isn’t that what the garage is???) But, no. In the past few weeks, I’ve seen it used twice in, of all places, The New York Times. Once by Maureen Dowd in the Op-Ed section, questioning if the Oval Office is becoming the “Oval Man Cave,” and then a few days later in the Home and Garden section. Seriously? What do you think — is a house not a home unless it has a cave? — Sarah L.
Photo of Douglas Wright at Mantiques Modern (yes, seriously) via The New York Times
strangely appealing: the suitcase sofa
Ah, the holidays — our favorite time of the year to spend an inordinate number of hours at the airport. Designer Eric De Nijs of Nieuwe Heren addresses this problem with his Suited Case. Like an upholstered Transformer, larger suitcases combine with hand luggage to create a couch built for two. While I’m a fan of classic suitcases, it would be nice to have my own couch to sit on while playing the waiting game this holiday season. View more photos at Dezeen. — Sarah C.
