100 beats per minute is the rhythm of life. When performing CPR, 100 beats per minute is the ideal target rhythm to sustain bodily functions until help arrives. Slower, and blood doesn't reach the brain quickly enough to ensure brain function. Faster, and there isn't enough time for the heart to fill with blood for it to be circulated resulting in ( Read more... )

Just a quick note to say that What the Fork is back - I'm going to try to update every Friday and see how it goes. I stopped because our old kitchen didn't have windows and that, combined with the winter light, made taking pictures maddeningly hard. It's easier now that we've moved and that it's summer, so hopefully I'll get a good run out of it ( Read more... )

oh, hey. Remember that Frankenmix that I was signed up for, like, six months ago? I mailed it out Thursday.

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There aren't many recipes that make me nauseous on sight, but I just found a description of a taco-themed pie that, along with the peppers and ground beef and all that taco-y stuff, featured cream cheese and pineapple.

It turns out that the recipe is Swedish. Apparently the Swedes are flat-out crazy about Tex-Mex food but, since they don't have ( Read more... )

For the poetically-minded:

This is...yes. This is yes.

This week (apparently I'm posting weekly now. Hm) on What the Fork:


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