Linksplodge 12/14/09

December 14, 2009, 5:35 pm 0 Comments

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Above, 1970s Ting soda cans. Photo by Roadside pictures.
Radio 4's 28 minute "Food and Art" program is worth a listen. [via @tresjoliestudio]
Martha Stewart gives a woman a full set of kitchen appliances after her home is destroyed in a fire, including a juicer and an ice cream maker. The woman doesn't even have a kitchen, but she will not be eating any of that crappy store-bought ice cream.
Grub Street has the inside scoop on Anthony Bourdain's new Kitchen Confidential sequel, Medium Raw.
The Dark Corporate Lord of Agriculture, Monsanto, has been messing with its competitors and trying to squash smaller seed companies, and the Department of Justice isn't too pleased about it. [via boingboing]

In case you are in Chicago, freezing, and in need of matzo ball soup that "tastes like The Colonel's bathwater," the Chicago Gluttons are willing to help you out.
"Famous" Wally Amos, who sold his chocolate chip cookie brand to Kellogg's in the mid-90s, has a new brand of cookies on the market — and Kellogg's won't let him use his name to sell them.
Yet another food-related flow chart. This one helps you pick a beer.
Some interesting ads from McDonald's from all over the world. [via Coldmud]
Food & Wine sent Frank Bruni to Le Bernardin to act like a jerk, but the end result is dark and humorless.
Important deer hunting facts from meat fanatic/chef Julia Jaksic.