Snack Radio

Author, Clotilde Dusoulier, who pens one of my favorite food blogs, Chocolate & Zucchini, recently shared a list of favorite food and food culture podcasts. As I am often not able to catch a live broadcast of many radio programs, these links enable me to catch up, at leisure, on a program of interest. Download programs to your MP3 player or use your media player of choice to listen from the site.
Give them a try today!

• Good Food, KCRW

• The Splendid Table, American Public Media

• Edible Radio

• Spilled Milk

And, additionally...

• Food, NPR

• Here on Earth, WPR (food-themed Fridays)

UW Libraries Blood Drive (August 4)

The UW Libraries will host a blood drive, Wednesday, August 4 from 9:00 AM until 3:00 PM in Memorial Library (728 State Street), Room 116.

While walk-ins are welcome, you may also schedule an appointment. Donors will be supplied with restorative food and beverages.

Date: Wednesday, August 04, 2010
Time: 9:00am until 3:00pm
Location: Room 116, Memorial Library

Organic Ag Field Day (July 28)

The West Madison Agricultural Research Station will play host, this Wednesday, July 28, to the fourth annual Organic Ag Field Day. This event serves to showcase the development and performance of particular, organic vegetable varieties, no-till strategies and methods for addressing soil fertility. The day’s program will also include a demonstration of Veggie Compass, a software tool for farm management.

Those planning to attend are encouraged to pre-register by contacting Erin Silva at 608-890-1503 or via email at emsilva@wisc.edu. On-site registration begins at 1:00 PM. Demonstrations and tours are slated from 1:15-5:30 PM.

• Directions to the Research Station

Get Your Licks In!

As temperatures climb, what better way to beat the heat than to pick up some ice-cream from the Babcock Dairy Store?! Conveniently located in our neighborhood (1605 Linden Drive), the Dairy Store supplies its signature ice-cream (standard and feature flavors), milk, cheese and other treats. Additionally, a deli-counter prepares coffee, breakfast and lunch items.

Enjoy your break and we will see you back at the library (where, incidentally, we have books on ice-cream production and its culinary use). Ask us for assistance should you wish to browse those collections!

Photo courtesy of UW-Madison University Communications

Call for Course Reserves (Fall 2010)

Steenbock’s course reserves deadline is fast approaching!

To ensure that your reserve materials are available in time for the first day of class, we invite faculty and staff to submit their course reserve materials by our deadline date: August 10, 2010.

For more information, visit the Steenbock Course Reserves page, phone 263-8331 or email.

If you are a student, do note that you can access your e-reserve content by logging in to your MyUW and selecting the Library/Reserves link listed with your registered classes. Similarly, you can access these same library links from within Learn@UW. Should your instructor have placed materials for you to use at one of our campus libraries, visit the MadCat catalog to run a Course Reserves search.