Pad See Ew Just For You

If you’re anything like me, you visit Asian restaurants, devour plates piled high with delicately and masterfully sauced noodles or rice, and walk out promising yourself you’ll find a recipe to capture the essence of that flavorful fare. Well, actually, I usually leave the greasy spoons that I frequent wondering whether or not I mistakenly drank a half gallon of peanut oil in my tea cup and finished my meal with a few spoonfuls of salt.

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 Igloo Outdoor Chair

Those huge round satellite dishes didn’t go out of style, they’ve just been recycled in this hand-woven igloo chair. With a rust resistant powdercoat finish, this chair makes a unique and comfortable conversation piece. $149 @ CB2

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 Much More Healthy Deep Fryer

The term “deep-fried” no longer needs to be akin to a swear word in health circles. With this healtier deep fryer, you only need one tablespoon of oil and the internal convection oven does the rest, making delicious crispy food in a compact dishwasher-save package

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 Abacus Wall Decoration

In this high-tech society it might be more important than ever to know how to wield an abacus, so why do so on your wall with this colorful abacus wall decoration. Its equal parts old school and modern artwork

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 Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking

Julia Child, one of the first true celebrity chefs, brought fine French cuisine to millions of households. The classic book Mastering the Art of French Cooking helps both beginners and master chefs implement Ms

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 Green Hotels Offer Eco-Friendly Travel Options

During your summer travels, using public transportation and dining at locally owned eateries are eco-friendly ways to complement your daily activities. But once you’re tuckered out with sightseeing each day, why not rest your head at a green-certified hotel each night? The “Green” Hotels Association (we're not sure why they use the quotation marks) offers an extensive list of environment-conscious lodging properties

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 10 Great Memorial Day BBQ Dishes

Kick Ass Barbecue Sauce Spiced Butter Barbecued Corn Garlic and Parsley Grilled Flank Steak Asian Meets Cajun Barbecued Ribs Easy Grilled Vegetable Salad Red Dill Potato Salad Cabbage and Fennel Cole Slaw Grilled Miso Chicken Grilled Fruit Skewers With Ginger Cream Tamarita , a refreshing tamarind margarita! Possibly Related Posts: Cochon 555 in Seattle this Weekend! Mount St.

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 For Frugal Fashion, Swapping Smartly

For the most stylish sustainable shoppers, revamping your wardrobe, redecorating your home, or finding that perfect funky accessory just got easier. Two new swap sites just launched, Ecobees and Bigwardrobe .Both are centered around online reuse and recycle and let users browse thousands of others' unwanted items in hopes of finding that personal treasure amid someone else’s trash

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 Where to Live, What to Do, for a Green Career

Finding an entry-level green job can be a challenge, but there’s hope in many locations across America for those searching for a profession to feel good about. According to a study conducted by GreenJobSpider.com , the most green-job openings are in the following states (in order): California, Washington, D.C., New York, Texas, and Colorado. So what exactly is a green job?

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 Green Your Laundry: Ditch Your Dry Cleaner

Whether you lug a bag to the laundromat or roll a basket into the garage, you've got to clean your clothes. But doing laundry consumes a lot of energy and water , so this week we're providing tips for an eco-friendlier wash and dry. Tip #4: Eco-Friendly Options Rather than taking your suits to be doused in a chemical that's linked to cancer and air pollution , head to your local eco-friendly dry cleaner

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 Wine in the News: Bordeaux Bashing

A recent article in the New York Times by Eric Asimov about Bordeaux sent the wine world into a bit of a tizzy.* Apparently younger wine drinkers are turning their backs on Bordeaux, home of some of the most historic (and historically expensive) wines to seek out those with a better price and a more personal story. I’m not exactly sure what Asimov means by younger: Under 40? Under 30

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 Funky, Colorful Champagne Glasses

Designed by a former DJ, this set of two “Club” champagne glasses were specifically designed to keep the form and functionality needs of the discerning drinker in mind. The sleek, colorful design is sure to add a modern touch to any bar set. $20 @ Unica Home

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 Swimming Pool Sofa

Feel like you’re floating on clouds with this inflatable waterborne pool sofa. Puncture resistant with a wide surface and 24″ backrest, this sofa comfortably seats three adults for a relaxing day in the pool. Comes with three inflatable pillows.

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 ChemistryViews, Alchemist, espresso

ChemistryViews just launched, so here’s my first link to my stuff on there together with the regular Alchemist round-up and a surprising finding about espresso. Small molecules for fighting cancer – My first short feature article in the all-new ChemistryViews magazine from Wiley covers research into tumor necrosis factor (TNF-alpha) Alchemist news – This week, The Alchemist hears how chemists are helping deal with the major oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, that mosquitoes could be evolving a way to ignore strong formula insect repellent, and what actually killed legendary racehorse Phar Lap.

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 Earth from Above

With 366 breathtaking photos and accompanying information and essays, Earth From Above shows readers the world in a way very few people have seen. Travel to the arctic ice caps to the cotton fields of Indian and all points in between while learning about our changing environment

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 Wheels within wheels – the scientific lifecycle

An oft-repeated message from scientists involved with the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), mapping the human genome, the search for extraterrestrial life and other vast scientific projects, such as supercomputing experiments is that the tera-bytes, peta-bytes, perhaps even the yotta-bytes of data generated by large-scale projects is hard to handle, to say the least. Not only has there to be a way to manage the outpouring of data from the sensors, monitors, and arrays, but this data has to be channelled through the appropriate digital conduits, dumped into robust databases, processed in parallel, and finally interpreted by the scientists themselves. Only then can DNA be fully unravelled, ET phoned home about, and god in the particles revealed… A team at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and the Fluminense Federal University in Brazil hope to one day help big science address this big problem by finding ways to manage the scientific workflow on large-scale experiments.

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 Sweet Potato Enchiladas for Meatless Monday

When it comes to comfort food, several dishes come to my mind; Tuna Casserole , Fried Chicken , Macaroni and Cheese or “Mom’s Lasagna” to name a few. Comfort food is what we eat when we miss home, when we have had a hard day or simply because it’s pouring outside. They say you won’t need food in heaven, but it’s ironic to think the closest thing I can equate that to  is a gooey chocolate chip cookie just out of the oven- pure bliss! For today’s Meatless Monday post, I wanted something comforting, soulful and satisfying

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 Cookbooks We’re Devouring

Urban Pantry: Tips and Recipes for a Thrifty, Sustainable and Seasonal Kitchen by Amy Pennington Fat of the Land: Adventures of a 21st Century Forager by Langdon Cook The Butcher and the Vegetarian: One Woman’s Romp through a World of Men, Meat, and Moral Crisis by Tara Austen Weaver Stir-Frying to the Sky’s Edge: The Ultimate Guide to Mastery, with Authentic Recipes and Stories by Grace Young The Newlywed Kitchen: Delicious Meals for Couples Cooking Together by Lorna Yee and Ali Basye Jamie’s Food Revolution: Rediscover How to Cook Simple, Delicious, Affordable Meals by Jamie Oliver Gourmet Game Night: Bite-Sized, Mess-Free Eating for Board-Game Parties, Bridge Clubs, Book Groups, and More by Cynthia Nims Mastering the Grill: The Owner’s Manual for Outdoor Cooking by Andrew Schloss, David Joachim, Alison Miksch Blue Eggs and Yellow Tomatoes: Recipes from a Modern Kitchen Garden by Jeanne Kelley Fat: An Appreciation for a Misunderstood Ingredient, with Recipes by Jennifer McLagan Possibly Related Posts: Cast Your Vote! Healthy Bread in 5 Minutes a Day Cookie Swap, Creative Treats to Share Throughout the Year Announcing The Foodista Best of Food Blogs Cookbook! Tonight Chef and Mixologist Kathy Casey at Nightschool

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 Cochon 555 in Seattle this Weekend!

Last year we attended Cochon 555 , a pig-centered culinary event, here in Seattle. It was pork-tastic! The event showcases 5 heritage breeds of pig, 5 chefs, and 5 wineries with a handful of “official” culinarians to judge which chef mastered the pig. This year, Cochon 555 Seattle is this Sunday, May 23 and tickets are still available! Though a bit on the spendy side (around $125 per ticket) we can attest that it is well worth the coin! Indeed, an event you shouldn’t miss.  Check out our experience last year where we porked out in piggy heaven (sorry, couldn’t resist)

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Cochon 555 in Seattle this Weekend!

 Chemical structure drawing poll

Yesterday’s blog feature quoted my various contacts on Twitter, LinkedIn and elsewhere on what program they use to draw chemical structures . There were some interesting answers, including mentions of sites like ChemSpider and PubChem that are no drawing packages per se but do allow you to retrieve a vast array of molecular structures

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Chemical structure drawing poll