I'm enrolled in a really interesting class called Food Technology & Health , and today we had a guest lecturer: Marianne Gillette, the Vice President of Applied Research at McCormick , who is quoted in this article from Forbes. She talked about product development and the best-selling new food products of 2011 (table from foodprocessing.com ): {the only one I've tried is Pretzel M&M's...delicious} Other random things... This article from the New York Times about the science of addictive junk food--fascinating (and scary)! A test to see if your smile still works . Mine does! A nice essay about marathon spectators. {a friendly sidewalk in Charles Village }