Diner's Journal Blog: Dinerâs Journal: A Banquet of Food Books in 2007
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The ever-growing number of information-hungry gastronomes in this country, which the writer David Kamp rather cunningly named âThe United States of Arugulaâ in a 2006 book, is evident in the detailed descriptions of dishes on restaurant menus, in the popularity of food-oriented shows on television. But itâs also reflected in the proliferation of books like Mr. [...].
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PHP was a great year for the PHP community and had both his high moments and its lows (just like any other community on the web) so, in lieu of our usual monthly recap type of year en post, we present a summary of some of the things that happened this past year:  2007 Gave us:  Plenty to talk about on namespaces GoPHP5 EMFs (Even More Frameworks) the mysqlnd driver lots of new tutorials over 2,500 new PEAR and PECL package releases Several new PHP releases (5.2.1, 4.4.5, 4.4.6, 5.2.2, 4.4.7, 5.2.3, 5.2.4 and 5.2.5) The End of Life for PHP 4 The Month of PHP Bugs A move for PHP in the Enterprise a renewed effort for Unicode support releases from the major framework players like CakePHP, Symfony, Zend Framework, Solar IBM and Oracle working together with Zend Over 130 new job postings Increased interest in running PHP on Windows (FastCGI!) The creation of and episodes 1 through 30 of the Zend Developer Zone podcast PHP Abstract   Books:  The Design of Sites: Patterns for Creating Winning Web Sites PHP and MySQL by Example PHP Solutions PHP Programming with PEAR PHP in Action Pro Drupal Development The eZ Components Developers Handbook The PHP Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks & Hacks (2nd Edition) Learning PHP Data Objects Enterprise PHP Development (announced)   Conferences:  5th Annual eZ Conference Vancouver PHP Conference php|tek 2007 Dutch PHP Conference SymfonyCamp php|works 2007 Zend/PHP Conference & Expo 2007 (including the Unconference) DC PHP Conference 2007 PHP London 2007 Conference   I know there's stuff out there that I've missed, so comment away and let the community know! (I might come back and link all of these things later on)
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A venerable cooking magazine creates a book that is encyclopedic yet enticing
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A look at the highlights and lowlights of 2007.
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For beef lovers, 2007 will go down as another year of eating dangerously.
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"In Defense of Food" (The Penguin Press, 256 pages, $21.95), by Michael Pollan: Food isn't what it once was. Actually, much of what we eat today may not be food at all. That is the main lesson drawn from Michael Pollan's new book, "In Defense of Food," a meticulously researched, self-described "Eater's Manifesto."
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Many restaurateurs are considering the environment along with their cuisine, and finding that they are tapping into a popular trend and also saving money.
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The local-global conundrum, a thoroughly modern predicament, has found its way into a small shelfâs worth of new food books.
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Recently, meetings-with-food have come to feel like yet another symptom of an overstuffed day.
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A soon-to-be-published weight-loss book helps dieters reduce not just their intake of calories, but the negative impact of their food consumption choices on the environment.
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From among TIME's 50 Top 10 lists   -  a look into 2007's hottest tech toys
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From the pages of The Times, holiday gift suggestions from CDs to books to mail-order eats and more.
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Graceful breakup announcements, photogenic small animals, outrageous slurs: a look back at 2007.
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Life & style: Green music fans will be able to track down food that doesn't go against their principles thanks to new guide.
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Zagat Survey's 2005 New Orleans Restaurants guide as rated by more than 3,600 surveyors. A 2006 edition was not published because surveying was not possible after Hurricane Katrina. Zagat's 2007 New Orleans Restaurant guide will be available Jan. 3.
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From low-carb to vegan to anti-caffeine to tea-around-the-clock, TIME's Andrea Sachs reviews this year's crop of diet guides
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Even ritzy restaurants are offering diner discounts these days.