My favorite part of Sunday is catching up with the newspapers and scouring them for good things, especially book reviews and more upbeat, less sad news stories.
This article in August 23rd's Wall Street Journal is so intriguing:
Dining From Trash to Table in Brooklyn
by Larissa Zimberoff
Salvage Supperclubs Meals Are Served Inside a Scrubbed-Down Dumpster
Bruised apples, floppy herbs and moldy grapes might not be considered acceptable ingredients for most home cooks. But a Manhattan man is hoping to change New Yorker's outlook on food freshness—one dinner party at a time.
Josh Treuhaft, a recent graduate of the design for social innovation master's program at the School of Visual Arts, has hosted seven Salvage Supperclubs, where he served past-prime food to diners inside a scrubbed down dumpster.
In all, the dinner rescued 1.8 pounds of food per person that was otherwise destined for the landfill. Culled from farms, farmers markets, restaurants and home kitchens, the waste was still perfectly safe and nutritious, Mr. Treuhaft said—the chef just needed to be creative in its handling...
You can read the rest here:
http://online.wsj.com/articles/dining-from-trash-to-table-in-brooklyn-1408756306
One of my favorite new albums: Yes, It's True. It is so upbeat ("You Don't Know Me" will have you dancing on the couch!) and has a great late 1960s vibe to it:
And thanks to an article in today's New York Times, I was able to discover Medici.tv, which streams classical music and opera performances, many times for free.
(for instance: http://www.medici.tv/#!/maria-callas-in-paris )
The NYT piece is a great resource and this part especially jumped out, where the author discusses iTunes and listening to opera:
...But something seemed to go awry in recent years. Maybe it was just me, or my not-quite-state-of-the-art equipment, but the early versions of iTunes — while great for storing and sorting singles — made me want to tear my hair out when it came to classical music. Forget the long-gone librettos and liner notes of yore: My iTunes sometimes had a hard time figuring out that Act II of an opera should follow Act I. Trying to teach it to sort music by, say, composer could become a daunting task requiring National Security Agency-level coding skills.
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