links for 2007-01-07

New Diet Drug Is Approved for Pudgy Dogs [1]

A prescription diet drug called Slentrol for dogs. Somehow the words "the end of civilization" spring to mind when I read stories like this.

(tags: diets [2] drugs [3] pets [4])
Smelly Kitchen | Ask MetaFilter [5]

How do you get rid of cooking smells, especially if you don' t have a ventilator?

(tags: cooking [6] kitchen [7] smells [8])
eat like a college student, lose weight. | Ask MetaFilter [9]

Just because you can't cook is not an excuse, and other helpful ideas. (and you know if you think you don't have time in college...try running your own business...)

(tags: diets [2] weightloss [10] college [11])
Inventor of "Cup Noodle" Momofuku Ando dies at 96 - MSN-Mainichi Daily News [12]

"By trial and error Ando found a method to dry noodles using hot oil, and finally succeeded in the development of the world's first instant noodle in 1958, called "Chicken Ramen". Instant ramen, one of my sins...

(tags: ramen [13] japanese [14] noodles [15] foodhistory [16])

Links:
[1] http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/06/washington/06dogs.html?_r=1&hp&ex=1168059600&en=0a4f39b5a2ba702b&ei=5094&partner=homepage&oref=slogin
[2] http://del.icio.us/justhungry/diets
[3] http://del.icio.us/justhungry/drugs
[4] http://del.icio.us/justhungry/pets
[5] http://ask.metafilter.com/mefi/54497
[6] http://del.icio.us/justhungry/cooking
[7] http://del.icio.us/justhungry/kitchen
[8] http://del.icio.us/justhungry/smells
[9] http://ask.metafilter.com/mefi/54493
[10] http://del.icio.us/justhungry/weightloss
[11] http://del.icio.us/justhungry/college
[12] http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/national/news/20070106p2a00m0na013000c.html
[13] http://del.icio.us/justhungry/ramen
[14] http://del.icio.us/justhungry/japanese
[15] http://del.icio.us/justhungry/noodles
[16] http://del.icio.us/justhungry/foodhistory