Cheese research, by an intrepid, longtime student of cheese. (Thanks to Adam K. Olson for bringing this to our attention.) Alison Mah reports, for the Ottowa Citizen: Connecticut man drives seven hours to Ottawa to see one very large cheese Anthony LoFrisco had been waiting almost 70 years to find another 1,000-pound provolone. He just […]
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The man who drank enough beer to drown 275 men
This unattributed piece in the Brooklyn Medical Journal (1888) (Volume 1, No. 5, pp. 406-408), reporting on C.A. Crampton’s magisterial USDA report on beer, wine and cider adulterants, contains several odd comparisons. First we learn that Americans’ consumption of beer has risen tremendously since the Van Buren administration, though it still lags that of competitors. […]
Brooklyn welcomes Ig winner polymath
Brooklyn College announces: Polymath in Residence at Brooklyn College Do chickens prefer attractive people? The answer is yes, according to Stefano Ghirlanda, the new Carol L. Zicklin Chair in the Honors Academy at Brooklyn College. A researcher on the psychology faculty of the University of Bologna, Italy, Ghirlanda joined the college community in September, and […]