There’s been a recent flood of articles about quinoa and the effects its popularity has had…
Author: Nino Cipri
Nino Cipri is a restless wanderer that recently landed in Chicago, a city she'd had a crush on for a while. When she's not working at her day job or writing, she enjoys biking, going to burlesque shows, talking to strangers, reading comic books and baking.
Food Geek: The Science of Hangovers
There's nothing like learning firsthand about the metabolic process of ethanol absorption to ruin a night…
Food Geek: Water of Life
My love affair with whiskey has its origins, like whiskey itself, in Scotland.
Food Geek: In Sickness and Health
Q: How many alternative medicine advocates does it take to cure cancer? A: IT WON’T WORK…
Book Review: A Game for Swallows
Encounter a Lebanese civil war memoir filled personal experiences, visual and narrative metaphor, and striking artwork…
Food Geek: Adventures in Entomophagy
Have you eaten a bug...on purpose? Panko-encrusted? Sea salt studded? Smoked? Fricasseed? How about with a…
Food Geek: Biotechnology and Future Nausea
What we eat and the way we eat it: these things lie in an uneasy crossroads…
Take Your Date Here: Vera
Advice to the lonely-hearted: if you’re lucky enough to snag a date, take them to Vera,…