Beginner's Guide to DIY Coffee Bean Roasting [DIY]
The writers at gadget blog Tested love a good cup of coffee; today, Tested's Will Smith walks through how to roast your own coffee beans at home.
Group finds contaminated oysters, despite state, federal assurances
Sampling by environmental groups has found oysters contaminated with oil along the Louisiana coast befouled by the BP PLC oil spill, a finding that casts doubt on statements by state and federal officials that all seafood tested here is safe to eat.
This Weekend in Kansas City | It's time for a Renaissance
Turkey legs! Jousting! Pirates! Yup, its Kansas City Renaissance Festival time again.
NASA advises Chile on trapped, isolated miners
A team of NASA doctors and engineers recommended Friday that Chilean authorities regulate the day-and-night sleep patterns of 33 trapped miners, boost their Vitamin D intake and phase in an exercise program as their nutrition improves.
Homeless Man Asks 911 For Hot Cocoa, Hug
A homeless man who called 911 from the hot tub of a suburban Portland home and asked for towels, hot chocolate and a hug got arrested for trespassing instead.
Violent protests over food price increases cost Mozambique economy $3M, government says
Mozambique's economy has lost more than $3 million because of deadly riots over the rising prices of food and other goods, the government said Friday, as state media reported new protests in two other towns.
21Q: Le Petit Paris in midtown will close this month
The e-mail opened with a simple "Farewell." In business news, Le Petit Paris, 1221 19th St.
Get in the barbecue spirit
What's Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto's barbecue secret ingredient? A sake-spiked marinade, of course.