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468 # 3 THE NYC FOOD MARATHON: —ANTHONY BOURDAIN 26.2 DISHES IN 26 LOCATIONS IN 24 HOURS "The body's not a temple. It's an amusement park." In my favorite food memoir, Heat, I highlighted close to 100 passages. Most were related to topics for further exploration, questions I needed answers to. Six months later, only two passages remained mysteries. Both related to professional chefs who had gone on "food tours," eating at 15–30 restaurants in single days. One had done it for pleasure while in Italy, the other for research prior to opening his own joint in NYC. I couldn't figure out the logistics. How is it possible to hit that many places? How could anyone eat that much food? Was it remotely plausible, or a literary exaggeration? I asked JZ to help me test-drive it. I proposed an "NYC Food Marathon": 26.2 dishes, all at different places, in 24 hours. It was a nod to the 26.2 miles in a normal marathon, and we would walk the whole thing. But which 26.2 dishes? To narrow it down, JZ asked more than 40 NYC chefs and foodie friends: "If it were your last day to live, what would you eat in NYC?" That created the starter list, which JZ honed down to items unique to (or iconic in) NYC. Needless to say, all of them had to be amazing. The locations also had to be close enough together that we could hit them by foot in a single day. For this reason, we focused on Manhattan. On December 20, 2011, less than 24 hours after I'd tackled the 14,000+ calorie Vermonster, we did it. Like all first-time marathons, it was brutal. Without a doubt, it was also totally worthwhile. We ended up eating 20+ New York Times stars from 9 a.m. to 3:23 a.m. In a footrace, that'd be slower than the bag lady pushing the broken grocery cart, but in a food marathon, 18 hours is an MVP hustle. The morning we started, JZ's partner and chef-owner at Riverpark, Sisha Ortuzar, texted: "I want reports every hour." He expected us to lose our lunch before lunch. We didn't. A meticulous plan, a minute-by-minute blueprint, was our savior. It's included in the next spread, with adjustments and notes in parentheses. Seem like a lot of food? It wasn't. It was a freaking Godzilla-killing buttload of food. To replicate our NYC Food Marathon (or a food marathon in your own city), which I totally encourage you to try, a few guidelines are mission critical. It's all worth saving up for. Think of the stories for the grandkids! Now the golden rules: • Do this with a friend. It's 100 times more fun. • Split everything (food quantities and cost). Our marathon cost about $550 total, but your mileage may vary. Excerpted from The 4-Hour Chef by Tim Ferriss 468 469 NYC FOOD MARATHON • If you don't want to finish something, don't force yourself. This is supposed to be fun. Challenging? Of course. Nauseainducing for days? No. JZ and I left quite a few bits unfinished, even though we tried to polish off anything that wasn't a complete gluten bomb. Pierogies were tough. • Have backup plans in case of rain, which could be as simple as umbrellas, a tighter cluster of restaurants, or the budget for cab fare between 26 places. • In all seriousness: Do not expect to get anything productive done in the subsequent 24 hours. It ain't gonna happen. Remember Lance Armstrong (freakin' Lance Armstrong) walking sideways downstairs after his first marathon? That's how your brain will feel. Biochemical insurance: PAGG, Cissus, and friends. Excerpted from The 4-Hour Chef by Tim Ferriss 469 E 34TH ST W 33RD ST E 32ND ST MADISON AVE E 30TH ST W 29TH ST 6TH AVE 9TH AVE 8TH AVE 5TH AVE 7TH AVE LEXINGTON AVE 19 PARK AVE 2ND AVE 3RD AVE AVE W 25TH ST W 24TH ST W 23RD ST W 22TH ST W 21ST ST W 20TH ST W 19TH ST W 18TH W 17TH ST 9TH AVE 5TH AVE W 16TH ST W 15TH ST W 14TH ST 13 12 11 21 20 4TH E 23RD ST R FD 1ST AVE DR ST PARK AVE 3RD AVE 1ST AVE E 14TH ST E 12TH ST ST W 13TH ST W 12TH ST 2ND AVE VE HA 16 24 ON DS 4T HU LY ER ST W 10TH ST 7 15 3 25 9 2 14 1 E 10TH ST E 9TH ST E 7TH ST E 5TH ST 10 AV W W 8TH ST 6 ST MARK'S PL 17 18 ERY DSO NS 25B BOW T E 10 1ST AVE TH BROADWAY ST 7TH AVE 26 E 3RD ST TS HU 5 W HOUS TON ST T S WE AVE 6TH SULLIVAN ST ALLEN S ESSEX ST T W HOUSTON ST 23 BROOME ST DEL ANC RY BOWE EY ST 8 WILLIAM SBURG B RIDGE 4 GRAND ST CAN AL S T ST CHURCH ST HU BROADWAY ST WE DSO NS T M WORTH ST 22 AN H AT TA N BR ID GE Excerpted from The 4-Hour Chef by Tim Ferriss 470 NYC FOOD MARATHON ARRIVAL EAT DEPART RESTAURANT DISH Cortado and egg sandwich with pickled beets, and olive cookies They were out of egg sandwiches, so we had cortado and bought olive cookies to save for our last 0.2 meal of the 26.2. 9:00 AM 9:17 AM 9:45 AM 10:20 AM 10:45 AM 9:05 9:27 9:53 10:25 10:53 9:15 9:42 9:59 10:30 11:04 1. ABRAÇO 86 East 7th Street 2. CAFÉ MOGADOR 101 Saint Marks Place Haloumi and shakshuka Almond croissant Coconut cream and carrot cake doughnuts Belly lox on an everything bagel with capers, tomatoes, and onions The bagel with lox truly saved us. We couldn't have done another sweet dish, and the salty wonder of the cream cheese with salmon offered the taste-bud contrast we needed to continue. 3. TARALLUCCI E VINO 163 1st Avenue 4. DOUGHNUT PLANT 379 Grand Street 5. RUSS & DAUGHTERS 179 East Houston Street 11:14 AM 11:24 11:34 6. 'WICHCRAFT 60 East 8th Street Beer-braised beef brisket with pickled vegetables and cheddar on ciabatta We took the top slice of bread off of our sandwiches to treat them like tartines, open-faced French sandwiches. I wanted to minimize gluten-loading too early in the game. 11:44 AM 12:09 PM 12:44 PM 11:49 12:14 12:49 11:54 12:29 1:04 7. LIQUITERIA 170 2nd Avenue All Greens smoothie This provided both ginger for digestion/force-feeding and a small amount of fructose to help prevent enormous blood sugar swings. I drank half and saved the rest for later. 8. COCORON 61 Delancey Street Pork kimchi soba and green tea Pork buns 9. MOMOFUKU 171 1st Avenue This is where I said to JZ, "I think I burned my mouth at the last soba place," to which he rightly responded, "That's like getting a hangnail at mile four." He was right. Taking stock of the rest of my body, I noticed another problem: "Uh-oh. I dropped two of my pills." I had brought nine capsules of anti-obesity cissus quadrangularis (CQ) and 6 g L-lysine (an immune system hedge), all to be taken in three divided doses during our race. 1:11 PM 1:46 PM 1:16 1:56 1:26 2:06 10. TAIM 222 Waverly Place Sabich sandwich Kabocha squash toast, chicken liver toast, cheeseburger with fries, and roasted Jerusalem artichokes One of the biggest challenges of doing a food marathon with JZ was that most of the chefs and managers know him, so free dishes came out. This happened at ABC, one of my favorite spots (chef Dan Kluger trained JZ in his first job). I felt a second wind and sprinted through two bread dishes—"Ah, feeling light!" I said, smirking at JZ—and then I dove headfirst into the shallow end. This was my first sensation of "bonking." In real marathons, this hitting the wall is associated with running out of stored glycogen, a carbohydrate. In food marathons, "bonking" is the opposite, something like insulin intoxication: stuffing too many carbohydrates in your maw. 11. ABC KITCHEN 35 East 18th Street 2:26 PM 3:04 PM 2:36 3:09 3:01 3:14 12. CRAFTBAR 900 Broadway Veal ricotta meatballs and two glasses of wine Pretzel croissant A Dolcetto d'Alba 2009 and an Elena Walch Lagrein 2009. 13. CITY BAKERY 3 West 18th Street Right on the tail of the Vermonster, there was no way I could even taste chocolate and peanut butter ice cream without puking, so we scratched our original plan to get ice cream at Sundaes & Cones. Then we took a 20-minute nap at JZ's apartment and did GLUT-4 exercises. Sadly, 10 minutes after entering comatose bliss, a dog walker came banging through the door and started yelling, "Abbey, sit! Abbey, sit! Abbey, sit!" at JZ's pit bull/dachshund mix. The dog defiantly freaked out instead, and nap time was concluded. With a sigh, I finished our brief time-out with 40 airsquats and 40 wall presses, both designed to increase recruitment of GLUT-4 receptors in muscle tissue. Excerpted from The 4-Hour Chef by Tim Ferriss 471 NYC FOOD MARATHON ( CONTINUED) ARRIVAL EAT DEPART RESTAURANT DISH Porchetta plate with white beans and sautéed kale 3:29 PM 3:56 PM 4:26 PM 3:39 4:06 4:36 3:49 4:21 4:51 14. PORCHETTA 110 East 7th Street 15. GRAFFITI 224 East 10th Street Hummus-and-zucchini pizza Ribollita, autumn vegetable salad with whipped ricotta, cotechino with lentils, braised rabbit with olives, and a glass of Colli Orientali del Friuli Marco, a good friend of JZ's whom I love to death, decided to pull a Tanya Harding here. He's a mischievous one. "Oh, so you want a tasting?" Out came four dishes for each of us. "And you can't leave without trying. . . . Just a little bit. Hold on. . . ." It was incredible, and he knew we'd eat it all. This little side-gorge was like stopping in the middle of a real marathon to do 100-meter sprints for 10 minutes before continuing. Fried pierogis with sautéed onions Cupcake and a chocolate-chip cookie At this point, JZ did not feel well and couldn't finish his cookie. I'm proud to report that I ate all of the cookies. Avocado-and-hamachi salad and Chilean bitters (for digestion) I finished off the second half of the Liquiteria ginger greens at this point. Chemex coffee, venison loin with brussels sprouts, and a glass of Saint-Emilion Grand Cru Braised short ribs, butternut squash puree, and a glass of Domaine Vincent Paris Cornas Granit 60 All delicious, in part because of the decadent sauces. I nicknamed the butternut squash "butter, not squash." Your choice cocktail, sencha, and chawan-mushi (steamed egg custard) Brushstroke treated me to the best chawan-mushi I've ever had. The booklined walls of the far-right bar are incredible, and the food and drink are even better. The sencha, a strong green tea, was consumed first for inhibition of fat-storage and better recruitment of GLUT-4 receptors in muscle cells. 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There's this new client I have. She's one of those ideal finds—the kind of client that will do anything you recommend, but never fails to ask questions, do her own research and bring in a list of issues to discuss. I'm thankful for these, much as they might tax my schedule with their personal due diligence.
Problem is, this one's pet wears a dress with a frilly skirt on nearly every visit. It's a little weird but it's indisputably sweet—in its own strange way. This owner loves her dog so much she over-humanizes it—the pup is her child in a [slightly bizarre but] very concrete sense of the term.
We consider our pets family (those of you reading this, I mean) but we all have degrees to which we humanize them. Sure, the skirt and French kisses thing (she does that, tooo) might seem weird to you, but is it pathological…or wrong in some way?
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You may think you're one of those die-hard pet persons whose view of pets is as perfect family member—no harsh opinions, gleeful demeanor…in short, the excellent pleasant companion, even when something ails him. You'd never think of disgracing him with an outfit. That's not really putting him on the level with humans, is it? Maybe not, but he definitely serves as something of a human substitute (a better alternative, you'd perhaps admit). I see this as one level of humanization.
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There are others who use the concept of humanization to imply that our increasing isolation (among other existentialist cultural adaptations) in the US has promoted pet ownership almost single-handedly. These same people will also suggest that humanization is a Madison Avenue construct designed to sell mountains of pet food and piles of frilly outfits.
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text: After looking around at the current FMIC offerings for the Fiesta ST, I zeroed in on the AIRTEC FMIC for my Fiesta ST. The problem with my search is there is almost ZERO data out there on them so far. Sure there are photos and dimensions and things like "Cooler, much wow" but actual data is hard to come by. I decided to just go for it. Reasons: 1. It filled the front lower opening completely, like stock. 2. Nice end tank design 3. Size 4. Price Only problem is you have to order it from the UK. Which wasn't really a problem, since it literally took only TWO DAYS to get to me from the UK after placing the order. Great service! Anyway, I have install photos and logs in my Fiesta ST build thread but I figured I would also create this thread for people searching for FMIC info. Fit great, easy install. There are only three things you have to remove to get it to fit perfect and that is three bolts underneath that would otherwise hit the core and eventually wear through it. So wonder no more, this FMIC fits USDM Fiestas no problem! With the bumper cover on, it looks exactly like stock, which is exactly what I wanted. Does it work? Hell yes it does. Here are two datalogs, OEM FMIC vs AIRTEC FMIC. It was the closest to the same temp log I could find. It was a couple degrees cooler for the OEM FMIC log and as you can see, the AIRTEC still kicked its ass. Red is AIRTEC, green is OEM. Starting temp OEM: 77F Ending temp OEM: 99F Temp increase: 22F Starting temp AIRTEC: 79F Ending temp AIRTEC: 83F Temp increase: 4F Ambient temp for both logs - Approx 70-74F Install photos: OEM: Airtec: Tight fit but fits perfect:


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Location: Tropical Crop and Commodity Protection Research2012 Annual Report
1a. Objectives (from AD-416):
The proposed work will provide basic and applied information for the development and transfer of appropriate and environmentally acceptable technologies for control of fruit flies and other invasive species. The major objectives of our projects are: 1) Study population dynamics and pest interactions with their natural enemies, host plants, and other pests in the ecosystem; 2)Identify attractants from host and non-host plants and determine physiological and environmental factors affecting or modulating pest behavior; 3)Improve attractants and trapping systems for surveillance, detection, and control of fruit flies and/or other tropical plant pests of quarantine significance; 4)Assess the efficacy and quality of laboratory-reared insects used in SIT and natural enemies for control of fruit flies and other tropical plant pests of quarantine significance, and determine factors limiting their effectiveness; 5) Develop basic understanding of the oriental fruit fly genome, annotation of functional proteins that regulate development, metabolism, sensory reception and sex determination; and 6)Develop area-wide IPM systems including integration of environmentally friendly replacements for organophosphate chemicals to reduce the economic impact of fruit flies and other tropical plant pests.
1b. Approach (from AD-416):
Test more environmentally acceptable pesticides and compounds for use in control or eradication program for fruit flies. Investigate genomics, biology, and behavior of fruit flies and their parasitoids. Evaluate augmentative parasite releases, mass trapping, male annihilation, sterile fly releases, novel insecticides and food bait sprays as control, suppression, or eradication technologies. Develop new or improved fruit fly strains, lures, attractants, parapheromones, and baits to be used in improved trap detection devices and/or current control systems. Investigate fruit fly and parasitoid olfactory, gustatory, and oviposition aensilla and their electrophysiology. Use genomics, computational biology and area-wide control for fruit flies and other pests.
3. Progress Report:
Continuing progress is being made on development of area-wide technologies for control of fruit flies and other invasive pests such as the Chinese rose beetle locally, nationally, and worldwide. A simulation model and new lure dispensers were developed in Hawaii to help combat continuous California fruit fly invasions. Substantial progress was made on development of a novel RFID fruit fly tagging method. A proposed method for measuring directional dispersal was extensively tested and found to be inadequate. Therefore, there was a shift in focus to model survivorship of wild and sterile Medflies under California climatic conditions in consultation with the California Dept. of Food and Agriculture. A 10-year data set was analyzed for French Polynesia that documented: 1) Displacement of other Bactrocera species by oriental fruit fly, and 2) superiority of F. arisanus as a natural enemy of oriental fruit fly. These studies support classical biological control release of F. arisanus into South America and Africa where species of the B. dorsalis complex have spread. The genome of the oriental fruit fly has been sequenced and refined assembly and annotation is progressing rapidly. Proteonomics studies are progressing on schedule. Finally the use of nighttime illumination to protect plants from defoliation by the Chinese Rose Beetle was demonstrated in field studies and awaits commercialization.
4. Accomplishments
1. Three-Lure (TML, ME, RK = TMR) detection trap against medfly, oriental fruit fly and melon fly shows promise in Hawaii. New outbreaks of invasive fruit flies continue to threaten agriculture world-wide. Establishment of these pests often results in serious economic and environmental consequences associated with quarantine, control, and eradication programs. Early fruit fly detection and eradication in the U.S requires deployment of large numbers of traps baited with the highly attractive male specific lures trimedlure (TML), raspberry ketone (RK), and methyl eugenol (ME) to detect such pests as Medfly, melon fly, and oriental fruit fly, respectively. Currently California deploys 30,000 of these traps for fruit fly detection. In survey trials conducted by ARS scientists (Hilo, Hawaii) and University of California (Riverside) cooperators near Kona, Hawaii captures of medfly, melon fly, and oriental fruit fly with Mallet TMR wafers were equal to those for the standard individual TML, ME, and C-L traps used in Florida and California. A solid Mallet TMR wafer is more convenient to handle, safer, and may be used in place of three individual lure and trap systems, potentially reducing costs of large survey and detection programs in California and Florida, and male annihilation programs in Hawaii. Subsequent tests are now being done in five locations in California.
2. Novel methods for studying fruit fly movement. Little is known about the specific movement activities of fruit flies in the field. ARS scientists in Hilo, Hawaii, develolped a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tagging system which has been investigated for the identification of individual tephritid flies. Tests of effects of these tags on flight ability have been conducted and a method for attaching tags to Bactrocera spp. in a way that does not interfere with flight ability has been detailed. Work is ongoing to develop an apparatus that will bring tagged flies close enough to an antenna to be identified without contact. In addition, a novel methodology to measure dispersal direction of wild and colony-reared flies was extensively tested but found to be inadequate. Understanding how flies disperse will allow us to more effectively distribute sterile flies for use in areawide programs.
3. Invasion of French Polynesia by oriental fruit fly and releases of two natural enemies. Over a 10 year period researchers at PBARC along with cooperators from French Polynesia released and established the natural enemy of the oriental fruit fly fopius arisanus. The introduction of oriental fruit fly into French Polynesia resulted in the widespread damage of fruit fly host crops and impacted trade. Researchers at PBARC in Hawaii mass-reared and released large numbers of F. arisanus into French Polynesia aimed for the permanent establishment of this parasitoid against oriental fruit fly. While the introduction of the parasite Fopius arisanus did not result in eradication of oriental fruit fly it significantly reduced populations of this pest on the island and highlighted the value of classical biological control in areas where pests such as fruit flies are established.
4. Genome sequencing of the oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis. There is very little genetic information available on pest fruit fly species in the genus Bactrocera. Improving knowledge of Bactrocera at a genetic level can lead to the development of novel approaches towards monitoring and control of this genus. In the past year, ARS scientists in Hilo, Hawaii, have worked to annotate and analyze a draft assembly of the oriental fruit fly. The assembly was supplemented with deep sequencing to increase coverage of the genome, and vastly improve the overall assembly. Using RNA sequencing data, along with gene prediction pipelines, approximately 16,000 potential genes were identified and annotated in the genome. This information will be used as a foundation towards developing new techniques to distinguish species within the B. dorsalis species complex, as well as perform functional genomics experiments towards developing improved methods for mass rearing this insect.
5. Proteomic approach to understanding fruit fly metabolic pathways. Insects such as the oriental fruit fly face many challenges during their lifetimes. To cope with stress insects have developed various behavioral, biochemical, and physiological mechanisms. These responses can be detected at the proteomic and molecular level. ARS scientists in Hilo, Hawaii, have identified differentially expressed proteins/genes specific to certain ages (1-12 days old), sex, and stages (pupa and adult). This information can be used for comparison of differentially expressed proteins when insects encounter stress due to biotic or abiotic factors and information correlated with specific metabolic pathways.
6. Use of nighttime illumination to protect plants from defoliation by Chinese rose beetle. Illumination was used to repel Chinese rose beetle from the leaves of host plants. Chinese rose beetle is a serious defoliator of many crop and ornamental plants. Improved control methods are needed. Researcher at PBARC developed the specific portable LED solar-based light systems that were shown to suppress Chinese rose beetle defoliation by 93% in cacao. Non-chemical means of controlling this pest represents a novel technology that could be used for many plants attacked by this pest.
Review Publications
Mcquate, G.T. 2011. Weathering rate of male sex pheromone of Sweetpotato Weevil, Cylas formicarius elegantulus (Coleoptera: Brentidae), in East Hawaii. Hawaiian Entomological Society Proceedings. 43:1-7.


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I don't want to bore everyone with MORE vacation pictures, but i thought these had to be shown. Keep reading….
What makes photography so beautiful? To me, it's just capturing the beauty from within, and i still can't figure out what my camera can really do. That brings me to my next point. How does one choose a winner to a contest when everyone should be a winner?
The first contest i held was the opening of my online shop, and i had a random number selector choose the winner. The last contest I held was in celebration of my 100th post, and i just hand chose the winner {sweet darling Paige}. This time around, i threw in a twist. You had 2 chances to win, if you also posted about the contest on your own blog.
I've had my blog up and running for just over a year, have had over 100 posts, have made some wonderful blog friends, who've shared, cared, rejoiced, loved, and encouraged. There are a group of you who read every word I post, comment on every picture i share, and push me when i need to be pushed ..
I'm growing in ways I've never thought possible. So, to each of you, thank you for coming back, again and again.