Boots Newman

Cafe Scientifique

Next meeting: September 2007
Guest speaker: on holiday
Topic: on holiday
Time: on holiday
Location: Rialto Restaurant
265 Elizabeth Street
Soho, NYC
(between Prince & Houston)
These are links to other pages, click 'em to learn more:
Columbia Univeristy Events Calendar
Columbia University Science Department runs a program called "Cafe Science" (different than Cafe Scientifque) that meets on the first Monday of each month from 5:30 - 7pm at Picnic Cafe.
Cafe Science

www.ScienceIQ.com
This site posts one science fact a day.
CHINESE CULTURE

China Institute
The China Institute has a gallery, classes on language, cooking, and other aspects of Chinese culture, and some events coming up for the Chinese New Year. (Chinese New Year starts on Febraury 18, 2007. It is the year of the pig.)

Asia Society
In 1956, Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd founded the Asia Society to promote greater knowledge and understanding of Asia.
The headquaters and museum are located at 725 Park Avenue (at 70th Street) in New York. The Garden Court Cafe serves lunch Tuesday through Sunday, and dinner on the second and fourth Friday of the month.
Asia Society Museum
The Collection in Context - explore the collection of the Asia Society Museum.
IamginAsian
Chinese I language course
Chinese II language course
Chinese III lanuage course
Echinese Learning
ITALY
JOB SEARCH (in Italy) Someday I hope to move to Italy. I would like to retire there, or find a job and move there sooner rather than later. Occasionally I search using the links below to see what kind of jobs are available.
www.JobCrawler.it
www.Monster.it

Italian Cooking

There is nothing better than a plate of tagliatelle Bolonese, parmigiano reggiano, a Tuscan red...
Italian Cooking and Living
Accogliente Bologna
Cooking Tours
GENERAL COOKING

The Nibble
Real Wasabi
Soy Wasabi Tuna
The only way to make tuna quicker than this is to just eat it raw.
Gilroy Garlic Festival
This is garlic heaven. the crowds of people, however, will keep me away. I just want the recipies that win the cook-off!
NY Times Style - Wine and Dining video channel
This links to the NY Times "food" related video channel.

CHOCOLATE

I buy Callebut chocolate by the pound for baking, $6.95 a pound from Garden of Eden.
Guittard Chocolate
Have not yet tried Guittard Chocolate, but it comes highly recommended by a friend in the San Francisco Bay area. Not sure if they are even sold on this coast.
Perugina Chocolate - school
The school of chocolate in Perugia, Italy. Take a class in chocolate tasting, chocolate artistry, or get your Masters in chocolate! PHOTO WEB SITES
I put these links here because I can't remeber all of the sites where I have uploaded photos over the years.
SnapFish
Shutterfly
Ofoto
MUSEUMS
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The homepage of the Met Museum features a different piece of art daily.