A Brief History Of Thyme By Bridget Booher.(All Images Courtesy of Duke University Edible Book Festival.)These are tough times for libraries. Media reports every day tell of city, county, and state governments cutting library budgets in the face of massive revenue shortfalls. But the beginning of the month of April brings the worst news yet. Not just in the US but worldwide, libraries around the globe will literally be slicing up their books to raise money. Those who care about their collections must rally before their rarest delicacies are consumed, and lost forever in the bowels of money hungry citizens....
Crooks in the Food Trade
Carl Wagner, Bartender; wanted for carrying a concealed weapon. Previously wanted in Tacoma for murder Rabelais Books, a bookshop in Portland, Maine that specializes in food and wine material, is currently exhibiting a selection of mug shots of criminals that dabbled in the food trade. The exhibit titled Food Industry Mug Shots 1899-1954 features images from the collection of Dr. Lou Jacobs. Jacobs, a serious foodie himself, started collecting the mug shots 4 years ago when after searching for an antique cleaver for his own kitchen, came across a visual of a foodie who had stabbed a colleague with a butcher...