Starting With Dirt

Almost Ready

As you can see, there have already been a few changes made to The Haute House. We’re upgrading, renaming, reformatting, and improving every aspect of the site. On March 1st,…

10 Sep

Study Break

The Haute House is now closed for off-season work. I’m going back to school to grab a quick minor, paying off the last of my collegiate debts, and taking a big fat winter’s nap before picking the site up again in February. When that glorious day of reawakening comes, you may find that The Haute House has metamorphosed into something a little… bigger. I’d love to stay and explain, but Bovine Endocrinology waits for no man (or blogger.)

10 Aug

Hunger In Somalia

For those of you who haven’t been keeping up; there’s a massive famine sweeping the Somali landscape, and it has claimed the lives of at least 29,000 children under the age of five in a span of months. The situation is rapidly worsening due to an unfortunate blending of bad luck, awful timing and human error.

11 Jul

News and Nosh; A Week in Nibbles

Though the neighborhood kids are loving it, and helping her keep the organic garden running, the city planner maintains that “[The garden] is not what we want to see in a front yard.” No word on this man’s view of women in pants, rock music, Huck Finn or four-dollar coffee drinks.

08 Jul

The Coke’s On You, Sucka.

With a study of almost 500 participants over 10 years, researchers found that drinking diet soda is linked to significant growth in the waistline area. Occassional drinkers experienced 70% more growth, and frequent diet soda drinkers experienced (Are you ready for this?) as much as 500% more growth than their plain-jane peers.

30 Jun

The United States House of Representatives v. …Your Intestines?

Sadly, the Republican-led House has voted to chip away at the FDA’s budget for food safety research and implementation, crippling many beneficial programs in the process. No word yet on whether the 20 billion dollar air conditioning bill from overseas bases can be reduced.

28 Jun

Would You Tap That?

Researchers cannot deny that this milk is high in protein, low in fat, and extremely beneficial to children and those adults suffering from osteoporosis, bovine allergies and (possibly) diabetes. The taste is also very popular, being naturally sweet. Aside from the cost of production (which would surely decline if there was a rise in popularity) Ass Milk is faultless.

16 Jun

The Lost Pyramid

So long, food pyramid of our youths! Angela Chase and Sonic are both waiting, arms outstretched, to welcome you to obscurity!

08 Jun

E. coli: What You Need To Know About The 2011 Outbreak

Because it is always better to be informed about the contagious, deadly diseases that travel across Europe faster than a standard-sized postcard, here’s what you need to know:

27 Apr

“Whipping Up” (And Then Troubleshooting) Crème Brûlée

Before you give up on this golden-child of the dessert gods and go running, panicked, to your rice-krispie treats and frosted cookies… let me tell you a little secret about crème brûlée that might surprise you: the hardest part is committing to the torch.