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Category: Nibbles

Little bits of link goodness not worth a whole post

Posted on February 11, 2008February 12, 2008

Machine with a taste for espresso

Swiss scientists announce a machine “to predict the sensory profile of espresso coffee.” Luigi comments: “Yeah, right.”

Posted on February 10, 2008

Yet more potato salad

And part 38. “La papa es peruana.” Chileans unavailable for comment.

Posted on February 8, 2008

More potato salad

Never rains but it pours, part 37. Local newspaper article on the US potato genebank.

Posted on February 8, 2008

More on Columbian Exchange

Columbus not responsible for lice.

Posted on February 7, 2008February 8, 2008

More hot cocoa

Never rains but it pours. Mars and Nestle jump on the ethical cacao bandwagon.

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Fresh Nibbles

    1. Africa needs good forest seeds.
    2. And genetic monitoring of the resulting plantings, probably.
    3. The Caribbean also wants quality seed, and thinks a mobile seed bank is the way to get it.
    4. The only mobile things about New Zealand’s genebank are its collectors.
    5. A very mobile donation to the UK’s vegetable genebank.
    6. Nothing very mobile about Slow Beans 2025, but that’s the point.
    7. The long journey of honeysuckle.

    Published on January 20, 2026

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