The Flavor Network

This tool allows you to explore the flavor network, a social graph for flavor profiles. The network is based on the Flavor Bible and soon the companion book What to Drink with What You Eat.

January 4, 2023 · 1092 words

Les Miserables

Les Miserables is one of my favorite books. I read most of the original translation on a train ride to Portland, OR from Chicago, IL back in 2008 and enjoyed the remainder on the return trip back East. It taught me compassion: when Valjean places the coin in Cosette’s shoe. Father Christmas always misses her. There was an earlier passage of a man stepping on a coin in front of her, while she swept dressed in rags....

December 24, 2022 · 260 words

Network Graphs with Images

This is a follow-up to the previous post Network Graphs in Hugo. I’m feeling fruity. These aren’t all tree fruits, but a few clusters organized by tree grafting compatibility. Data for the network is stored in two separate JSON files, both located in /static/data/fruit/: nodes.json edges.json The javascript and the shortcode, as one file: fruit-network.html {{ $nodesPath := .Get "nodesPath" }} {{ $edgesPath := .Get "edgesPath" }} <style> #mynetwork { background-color: #f5f5f5; /* a medium gray color */ border-radius: 10px; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 5px 0 40px 0; } </style> <div id="mynetwork" data-nodes-path={{ $nodesPath }} data-edges-path={{ $edgesPath }}></div> <script src="https://visjs....

December 21, 2022 · 220 words
Photo: Basil from *[Eatwell Farm](https://eatwell.com)*

What is Pesto?

Pesto* is a cold-prep green sauce made with herbs and alliums suspended in oil. Most pestos call for some form of nut or cheese. In the general sense, chefs may specify “loose pesto” when there are neither cheese nor nuts in the sauce, or when the sauce has an abundance of oil. In general, pesto is made from herbs in the mint family, almost always from basil. The * distinguishes a generalization to the traditional meaning of the word....

December 11, 2022 · 1893 words

Network Graphs in Hugo

This is a simple toy to see how a network graph can be added in a Hugo article. I’ll be testing new features on it as I learn new things. Relative to the root of the Hugo website directory, here’s some basic files to make this interactive. Note that The JSON data and CSS is added inline here to make the scope of this tutorial focus on Hugo-specific structures. The javascript file was put in /static/js/ and can be found here:...

December 9, 2022 · 150 words