9.3.12

Spicy food



Dali dinner


1941 Newsreel. Surrealist artist Salvador Dali designs and hosts a party held in the Bali Room of the Hotel Del Monte, Monterey, California. The event was titled Night in a Surrealist Forest and it was a fund raiser to help European artists displaced by the war.

11.1.12

Food used for measuring length


barleycorn8.47 mm3 barleycorns = 1 inchbarley cornsThis is mentioned in this Tudor set of measures.
poppy seed2.12 mm4 poppy seeds = 1 barleycorn
12 poppy seeds = 1 inch



http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/units/documents.htm

5.1.12

Smell experience

Guided by your nose in cities, design and urban planning experienced in a deeper way.
The city enters yours while breathing. And when you open your mouth, your smell is actually solicited too.
Nicola Twilley talks with Victoria Henshaw about fragrances and cities:
http://www.ediblegeography.com/smell-designing-sheffield/
Check this post and all its links!