I’m hungry. This happened. I have no excuse.
Thomas Jefferson
A scoop of fine French vanilla ice cream, topped with a single dollop of whipped cream, blue berries, and a delicate drizzle of melted caramel. Exquisite but restrained.
Alexander Hamilton
Strawberry ice cream with banana and…
So awesome!!
The Vatican Library and Oxford’s Bodleian Libraries have announced a plan to digitize many of the Vatican’s ancient text collections.
The project, which will be undertaken in collaboration with Oxford’s Bodleian Library and supported by a $3.2 million grant from the Polonsky Foundation, will…
The creator of beer, historians believe, was a woman.
Beer is believed to have been first brewed in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, and Sumerian people even prayed to Ninkasi, their goddess of the beverage, said to prepare the drink daily. A Sumerian poem dedicated to the goddess and translated to English by the University of Oxford describes her baking bread, mixing it with grain and malt and letting it ferment before brewing it with honey and wine.
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Ready to say goodbye to a sliver of your Snickers? And how about a slightly slimmer Mars bar? By the end of 2013, chocolate-maker Mars says all of its chocolate bars will be under — or right at — the 250-calorie mark. (via Goodbye To The King Size: Mars To Downsize Candy Bars In 2013 : The Salt : NPR)
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All candy bars 250 calories or lower… Hmm. Sounds like a marketing ploy to make candy bars seem diet-friendly.
Edmund Blair Leighton
“Stitching the Standard”
The lady prepares for a knight to go to war.
Pretty!
Ann Lowe Debutante Gown, 1958
Ann Lowe was a popular mid century designer for the socialite set. One of her best known designs was Jackie Kennedy’s 1953 wedding dress.
The dress pictured above was part of the collection of the now defunct Black Fashion Museum which has been folded into the National Museum of African American History and Culture (opening 2015). You can read more about the Black Fashion Museum collection here.
Gorgeous dress!
