links for 2006-10-10

How to haggle over your restaurant bill … before you book [1]

A web site in Scotland will let people name the price for what they'd be willing to pay for a meal, priceline.com style.

(tags: restaurants [2] scotland [3] uk [4] priceline [5])
PriceYourMeal.com - Bid for meals at top restaurants [6]

The web site in question alreadyallows ebay-style auctions for meals. Interesting concept....

(tags: restaurants [2] scotland [3] uk [4] bidding [7] ebay [8])
Chef discovers flavor in his roots [9]

An interview with Marcus Samuelsson about his new book on African cooking.

(tags: chefs [10] restaurants [2] cookbook [11] africa [12])
vegan shortening for baking | Ask MetaFilter [13]

Crisco and more. People did use lard for cooking - and 'vegetable shortening' or 'vegetarian suet' only seem to be widely used in the US (maybe Canada too) and the UK.

(tags: shortening [14] vegan [15] crisco [16] lard [17] fat [18] baking [19] nutrition [20])
On Blogging, On Gawker, On Dethroner: An Interview with Joel Johnson | A Whole Lotta Nothing [21]

Matt Haughey interviews Joel Johnson about his new 'men's mag' type blog, Dethroner. Interesting in itself,but read the comments too if you are a food blogger.

(tags: dethroner [22] foodblogs [23])

Links:
[1] http://www.sundayherald.com/58410
[2] http://del.icio.us/justhungry/restaurants
[3] http://del.icio.us/justhungry/scotland
[4] http://del.icio.us/justhungry/uk
[5] http://del.icio.us/justhungry/priceline
[6] http://www.priceyourmeal.com/
[7] http://del.icio.us/justhungry/bidding
[8] http://del.icio.us/justhungry/ebay
[9] http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/15673290.htm
[10] http://del.icio.us/justhungry/chefs
[11] http://del.icio.us/justhungry/cookbook
[12] http://del.icio.us/justhungry/africa
[13] http://ask.metafilter.com/mefi/48151
[14] http://del.icio.us/justhungry/shortening
[15] http://del.icio.us/justhungry/vegan
[16] http://del.icio.us/justhungry/crisco
[17] http://del.icio.us/justhungry/lard
[18] http://del.icio.us/justhungry/fat
[19] http://del.icio.us/justhungry/baking
[20] http://del.icio.us/justhungry/nutrition
[21] http://a.wholelottanothing.org/2006/10/08/on-blogging-on-gawker-on-dethroner-an-interview-with-joel-johnson/
[22] http://del.icio.us/justhungry/dethroner
[23] http://del.icio.us/justhungry/foodblogs