News from the world of food and wine that you might have missed this week.
- Here’s a little postmodern authenticity from Coca-cola. The image of Doc Pemberton, who came up with the original formula for Coke, which is being used to market Coke as “the real thing” probably isn’t an image of the real Doc Pemberton.
- Oyster Stouts. Beer made with oysters. mmmm…
- For bottom feeders here is a rating and ranking of “cheap beer”, i.e. cheaper than Bud Light which is considered “premium”.
- Quote of the day. On becoming a better cook: “But really it’s just a long process of making smaller and smaller mistakes as you go on…” That about sums it up.
- For your daily soaps, more on the on-going demolition of Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate.
- Food past its sell-by date is probably still edible.
- A meta-list (or round up of the round ups) of the best cookbooks from 2012.
- Computers may surpass humans in culinary creativity.
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 