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Cocktails

Dustin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:59:22 +0000

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

Dustin — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:29:24 +0000

In 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

Dustin — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:12:00 +0000

I 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

Dustin — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:57:45 +0000

Interesting 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

Dustin — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 06:39:00 +0000

A 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

Dustin — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 19:47:00 +0000

Hehe. A step up from the usual info-poster, this graphic contains some sharp commentary on the corporate design process (and cereal).

Girl Scout Cookies

Dustin — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 18:50:00 +0000

What are the most popular varieties?

Besides making me hungry, this reminded me of this Dilbert classic:

Dwindling Food Variety

Dustin — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:21:00 +0000

a 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

Dustin — Sat, 21 May 2011 18:38:00 +0000

Information 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)

Dustin — Sat, 21 May 2011 13:49:00 +0000

In 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

Dustin — Mon, 09 May 2011 13:05:00 +0000

Recipes 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

Dustin — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:59:03 +0000

Go 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)

Dustin — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 17:49:03 +0000

Male 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

Dustin — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 16:19:45 +0000

Want 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

Dustin — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 18:04:00 +0000

Based 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 — . (via)