“University of California Press is proud to introduce Gastronomica: The Journal of Food and Culture, beginning publication in February 2001. Combining a keen appreciation for the pleasures and aesthetics of food with the latest in food studies, Gastronomica is a vital forum for ideas, discussion, and thoughtful reflection on the history, literature, representation, and cultural impact of food.”

“The first-ever information resource and web store to offer both in-depth English coverage of Japanese sake and online sales of premium Japanese nihonshu.”

“One of the graduation requirements at my high school was a 75-hour senior project on a topic of one’s choice. And so here is mine. I hardly recall spending an evening folding napkins in the middle of my senior year, but that’s beside the point. All the examples require well-starched napkins that can hold their shapes without wire support. That means no paper napkins, folks.” More: YWH Napkin Folding Tips and Quip Napkin Folding Techniques.

Yay! “Featuring sushi rolled into beautiful works of art: butterflies, dragonflies and flowers. Try my nori-maki sushi recipe & find out about sushi history. I decided to create this page to share some of my favorite things I love about Japan and the Japanese culture: good food, delicate sushi, beautiful music and colorful cartoon characters.” The page loads a midi; you may want to turn your sound off.

“The World-Wide Sushi Restaurant Reference: This list of definitions is compiled from messages posted to the net, email messages, my own knowledge and from sushi menus I’ve picked up at various restaurants.”

“Say goodbye to hangovers forever with Sob’r-K, the only product guaranteed to combat the adverse effects of alcohol. Sob’r-K eliminates hangovers safely and effectively, allowing you to enjoy any and all alcoholic beverages without the after effects of a hangover. Sob’r-K has received praise from doctors and users world wide for its fast and effective relief of the common hangover.”

“Catherine Neville and Allyson Mace created Sauce Cafe as a way to promote the restaurant scene in St. Louis. St. Louis has an amazingly diverse selection of places to dine and drink, mainly because of the multiethnic population of the city. If you have a craving, St. Louis has a place where you’ll find exactly what you’re looking for.”

“SUSHI. It can get pretty complicated for a food art consisting of rice and fish. What’s raw? What’s cooked? What if I’m a vegetarian? What makes the rice sticky? And how do they make a kelp roll stay… rolled? If you’re paralyzed by the fear of trying, see our Guide to Surviving a Sushi Bar. If you’re ready to roll your own, Making Sushi offers expert, step-by-step instruction. Either way you’re in for a treat.”

It’s Thanksgiving.

“iDRINK is designed to allow partygoers to have more variety in their mixed drinks. You enter all the ingredients that you have around the house (or at the party), then our database of 5300 alcoholic recipes is compared against your selections and a list of all the recipes you can make is provided.”

Do you like beer and gadgets? Heineken combines the two with BarTrek. They’ve identified top bars worldwide and will give you directions to them via GPS through your PDA. It also works with ol’-fashioned desktops PCs — just print out the maps and get there yourself.

In college, our favorite bar, http://www.the-union.net/” title=”External WWW link”>The Union, served $.80 Schlitz cans. And I still graduated.