Mark Stevens

Member since: May 31st, 2005

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Divester	1 Comment
Download Squad	1 Comment
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Cranberries - A Crash Course (Slashfood)

Nov 16th 2008 7:51PM Vaccinium is not a species - it's a genus. Cranberries are one species within that genus.

Slashfood Ate (8): Foods and drinks to help you sleep (Slashfood)

Nov 5th 2008 9:10AM Speaking as a psychopharmacologist, I am quite confident that there is not enough tryptophan in either turkey or milk to induce sleepiness, even if you consume ridiculous amounts.

Luxemburgerli: Z�rich's version of the French macaron (Slashfood)

Aug 18th 2008 11:13PM You can easily find Luxemburgers at Burdick's in Walpole, NH. The lavender ones are especially good.

Extreme Notebook Makeover - Protecting your notebook from random searches (Download Squad)

Feb 17th 2008 11:37AM There's nothing at all in HIPAA that would make it illegal for YOU to release YOUR medical information, so claiming it would be illegal for you to release that info is a non-starter.

Super Bowl Week: My "secret" ingredient makes guacamole less healthy (Slashfood)

Jan 30th 2008 7:28PM No - the basic ingredients of guacamole are avocados, lime juice, salt, and salsa (in the US, something like Cholula, Valentina, or Tabasco - not the chunky tomatoey stuff). That's it. Garlic, onions, scallions, and tomatoes might be added by some people, but they're not part of the most traditional recipes.

LuxList: Gettin' Around Town (Luxist)

Dec 24th 2007 1:19PM I certainly agree with the idea of a scooter for getting around. However, since this is a luxury blog, why Hondas for heaven's sake?! The reason the it seems stylish is that it's a fake Vespa. A *real* Vespa simply oozes style and is a much, much better-built scooter.

Live in a Castle Like Royalty, with Royalty (Luxist)

Apr 16th 2007 12:33PM Knights, barons, and dukes aren't royalty. They're aristocrats. One might accept a princess as royalty depending upon circumstances. However, royals properly are reigning monarchs and their immediate families. Usually, recently-dethroned monarchs (say, after a revolution) still "count." Those with a reasonable chance of regaining their thrones (such as Spain's Juan Carlos before he was restored) are still royalty. There are very few "royals" in the world, and I'm willing to wager than none take in paying guests. Aristrocrats are an entirely different matter, as there are tons of them and many are in financial straits. I wouldn't expect many blogs to understand or care about the difference, but Luxist seems like the sort of place that should.

Food Porn: Red Beans and Rice (Slashfood)

Jan 11th 2007 2:05PM Sausage (especially andouille), certainly. Ham? Not for me. Ham *hocks* traditionally could be used, but most people wouldn't think of that as "ham." The classic pork product for RBnR is tasso - hammy for sure, but so much more than that. I agree with others that RBnR is basic, soulful peasant food and it's simply wrong to dude it up with crawdads or shrimps.

Do You Smell Your Air Before Diving? (Divester)

May 29th 2005 11:35PM Smelling tainted air for carbon monoxide would be useless - CO is odourless. Perhaps the shop owner thinks that if the diver had sniffed his air he might have turned pink right there in the shop, thus alerting someone that the air was bad?