Create an Account
username: password:
 
  MemeStreams Logo

MemeStreams Discussion

search


This page contains all of the posts and discussion on MemeStreams referencing the following web page: How to order food in a restaurant (kottke.org). You can find discussions on MemeStreams as you surf the web, even if you aren't a MemeStreams member, using the Threads Bookmarklet.

How to order food in a restaurant (kottke.org)
by dmv at 11:41 am EDT, May 25, 2005

] When you're out to eat with friends and family, it can be
] challenging to decide what to order off the menu. There
] are often too many choices on the menu, everything sounds
] good, nothing sounds good, you're unfamiliar with a
] particular type of cuisine, you'd like have what that
] woman over there is having but you don't know what that
] is, etc. etc.
]
] Luckily, a group of authors has recently released a
] series of pop science books focused on solving this
] particular problem. Here are some lessons on ordering
] food from those books:

Amusing take on the latest batch of Hot New Social Behavior books.

All the usual suspects: Blink, Freakonomics, Paradox of Choice, The Wisdom of Crowds, and Everything Bad is Good for You.

Nod if you've considered buying one of these books. Raise your hand if you have bought one. Clap if you have or have considered buying two or more of these. Give a yell if all of them.

Is it that the latest batch is that interesting, or just that the marketing has ratcheted up that much better.

You can stop clapping now.


How to order food in a restaurant
by noteworthy at 9:22 am EDT, May 26, 2005

When you're out to eat with friends and family, it can be challenging to decide what to order off the menu. There are often too many choices on the menu, everything sounds good, nothing sounds good, you're unfamiliar with a particular type of cuisine, you'd like have what that woman over there is having but you don't know what that is, etc. etc.

Luckily, a group of authors has recently released a series of pop science books focused on solving this particular problem. Here are some lessons on ordering food from those books.


 
 
Powered By Industrial Memetics