Archive for July 15th, 2007

Looking through a Monocle

Jul 15, 2007 in Media

The Relief of Belsen movie I picked up a copy of fancy-business mag Monocle. It’s the latest project of Tyler Brule (the founder of Wallpaper). According to their site Monocle aims to be “A fresh focus on global affairs, business, culture, design and all you need in life.”

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Really, it’s a Wallpaper for the biz-set but interestingly enough, there’s a significant amount of urban design/sustainable transportation. Issue 3 looked at cycling (a story on Taiwanese bikemakers Giant

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and how the Dutch do cycling). Issue 5, on newsstands now, has a top 25 list of urban design elements and the Monocle

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editors design the perfect street. All quite droolworthy.

Reading about food just makes you hungry

Jul 15, 2007 in Books

sushibook.jpgI occasionally do book reviews for various publications, including the National Post. My first review for them was on the globalization of food. My possible second review is of Sasha Issenberg’s The Sushi Economy.

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After this book I vow not to review a book about food for the Post. I don’t want to be pigeonholed as the food guy.

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Agent Cody Banks hd Creature from the Black Lagoon psp Issenberg’s book is a worthwhile read, especially if you’re trying to figure out just how your tuna, salmon and octopus gets from the sea to that hole in the wall sushi place on Bloor Street (it goes through a dozen hands, travels a lot of miles). It does make me wonder what the carbon footprint of my california rolls though. It can’t be good.