The cost of taking it with a grain of salt and the ‘L’ word
December 23, 2004
On a more serious note, let’s talk about the cost of exporting salt – or any other gourmet food item…
My friend JT shuddered when I asked if I should extend the (relatively local) French salt collection I plan on giving his family with a package of rose coloured Himalayan salt. As with most export products the cost of transporting the goods is not fully reflected in the cost of the product itself. (See his blog here.)
Just like my Mom used to say, ‘It’s all about location. Location, location, location!’ It ALMOST goes without saying that one can best buy locally and hope for nice xmas gifts from the Jewish houseguests.
Pictured above on the left is not a bowl of cornflakes but a bowl of very pretty New Zealand Flake Salt. Pictured on the right is the correct gift buy, the *local, the less well-travelled Fleur de sel de Guerande.
Mr. Bloch’s Salt Archive the Motherload of salt information
US Saltworks gourmet salt guide – great salt images here.
* local for I me moi.
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Culiblog FINALIST in 2 Int’l Food Blog Award categories!
December 22, 2004
Dear Readers,
Thank you so much for nominating culiblog in the International Food Blog Awards hosted by the Accidental Hedonist. Your support has placed culiblog in the finals in two (2) categories; writing and humor.
Between NOW and midnight on the 31st of December (Pacific Standard Time) you can vote for your favourite culi weblog at the following urls. The urls below will bring you directly to the polls for these categories and not for the entire poll. If you want to vote for the other categories follow the Accidental Hedonist link. You’ll have to do a bit of navigating if you want to vote on all of the categories. It’s voting information design that only a blogger could love.
To vote in the category of Best Food Blog Humor click here.
To vote in the category of Best Food Blog Writing click here.
Here’s the competition:
For Humor my competitors are:
Amateur Gourmet
The Food Whore
Meat Henge
The Passionate Cook
For the category Writing my competitors are:
Chez Pim
Chocolate and Zucchini
Orangette
Shiokadelicious
I am honoured to be signalled among these excellent blogs, and that wouldn’t have happened without your enormous support in the nominating phase. Please take 5 minutes to vote in the next few days and let your voice be heard in blogland. Thank you for voting for culiblog!
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Moist towellettes inhibit finger lickage
As usual the package is better than the product because these moist towellettes inhibit finger lickage. Still, it’s a great holiday present for under 5 euro for people I don’t know. I hope that the receiver of this fine gift won’t take it personally.
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