Food Archive:
Ok, enough politics and economics this week. It’s Friday, so here’s a more appropriate graphic: The definitive guide to mixed drinks:
How Carbs Make You Fat
31 Jan 2012In my experience, this is very true – whenever I jump off the carb/insulin roller coaster I lose weight very quickly.
I have to say I love the image from the top of the article:
Single Malt Flavor Map
In: Food
5 Jan 2012I didn’t link this to the original over at Malts.com because they want you to enter some bullshit marketing form before you can enter the site – that, and they didn’t include my favorite Macallan’s 12 year on the map. The link below is to an explanatory blog post over at Strange Maps.
Flavor Networks
29 Dec 2011Interesting work on flavors and food pairings over at Nature.com.
Each node denotes an ingredient, the node color indicates food category, and node size reflects the ingredient prevalence in recipes. Two ingredients are connected if they share a significant number of flavor compounds, link thickness representing the number of shared compounds between the two ingredients.
(via FlowingData)
Candy Bars
In: Food
18 Oct 2011A charting of the very many bars wherein chocolate intersects with delightful compatriots, such as gooey caramel, sprightly nougat, and cookie crunch.
I can’t find anything bad to say about this. Now excuse me as I have to run to the corner market for a minute.
Designing a Cereal Box
26 Sep 2011Hehe. A step up from the usual info-poster, this graphic contains some sharp commentary on the corporate design process (and cereal).
Girl Scout Cookies
In: Food
11 Sep 2011What are the most popular varieties?
Besides making me hungry, this reminded me of this Dilbert classic:
Dwindling Food Variety
28 Jun 2011a study conducted in 1983 by the Rural Advancement Foundation International … compared USDA listings of seed varieties sold by commercial U.S. seed houses in 1903 with those in the U.S. National Seed Storage Laboratory in 1983. The survey, which included 66 crops, found that about 93 percent of the varieties had gone extinct.
Updated: Snake Oil Supplements
21 May 2011Information is Beautiful has updated their interactive visualization of the effectiveness of various health supplements, based on scientific research. You can also view the raw research data they dug up to draw your own conclusions.
Conflict Deaths (1915-Present)
21 May 2011In a strange juxtaposition of imagery, this photo uses fake blood and kitchen containers to visualize 38 million deaths from various conflicts. Overall, I really like the concept, but from the way the objects are arranged and the angle of the photograph (with the blood taking up only the lower 20% of the photo), they visually seem small to me. Also, I don’t quite get the “World Cuisine” title, despite the food/cooking metaphor.
They Draw and Cook
In: Food Innovative
9 May 2011Recipes illustrated by artists. Some of them are just prettied up, but others are gorgeous diagrams. You can filter by meal type, ingredient, or illustration style.
(note: this website does not condone sugarless apple pie)
A Century of Meat
18 Mar 2011Go chicken! I wonder why pork has such volatility? (related ethical dietary ponderings; Thanks to Patty Gaffney for the link!)
The World is Getting Fat(ter)
4 Feb 2011Male and female body mass indices by country, from 1980-2008. Some interesting, but perhaps not surprising, observations: European men are consistently fatter than the women, poor people are skinny, and everyone has gotten fatter over the past 18 years. (related article)
Map: Factory Farms
In: Food Interactive Maps
7 Jan 2011Want to know how many cows live in your state? How about the average chickens per farm? The site obviously has a slight bias on food issues, but the data is well presented and the methodology is laid out clearly (something that is missing on too many data visualizations). Personally, I have no problem with killing animals and eating them, and agree that they shouldn’t suffer horribly crappy lives beforehand. (Related blog post).
American Human Development Index
In: Employment Food Housing Interactive Maps Science US Economy
21 Nov 2010Based on the idea that well-being cannot be measured by GDP alone, the Human Development Index looks at over 100 indicators, which you can explore on maps and charts at the most detailed level, or as aggregates (health, education, income). The chart display does seem to have problems separating out Washington DC, however – since we don’t actually have a congressional district — <sigh>. (via)
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