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It is all connected. My favorite constructive pessimist, Robert Paterson, on the problem: Our system has destroyed community. Food is now “made” in industrial settings far away from the consumer – where machines or “slaves” do the work. I use the term “slave” deliberately as people who do crushing hard and boring and often dangerous [...]

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I am so making this: Tater Tot Casserole is essentially a prepared foods version of Shepherd’s Pie: cooked meat, vegetables, and a sauce, topped with potatoes and baked, and finished with cheese. via Second Breakfast » Tater Tot Casserole.

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A tip of the hat to Robert Paterson.

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The Canonical Bacon Page Any conversation on the internet will eventually include bacon in some way. And then be forwarded immediately to John Scalzi.

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I spent the recent Labor Day weekend in St. Mary’s, Ontario, at a small convention of people I know from the Independent State of Caledon, a neo-Victorian, Steampunk community in the virtual world of Second Life. One afternoon, four of us went into nearby Stratford for lunch and a very pleasant (and informative) tea-tasting at [...]

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Instructions: (but you already know the drill, of course) 1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions. 2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten. 3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating. 4) Optional extra: Post a comment at www.verygoodtaste.co.uk linking to your results. (There are links there [...]

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My friend Sam gave me the best food tip ever: A. Russo and Sons in Watertown, Mass. Here’s just a sample of their eggplant selection last weekend: (Click for larger size.)

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From a blog called The Agitator: How to baconify your bourbon Why would you want to put bacon in your bourbon? If you have to ask, this isn’t the post for you. (A tip of the hat to, yes, Andrew Sullivan–hey, the guy has staff. I promise I’ll come up with something original soon. Or [...]

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The Columbia Journalism review has an article about recent books that look at modern food production: Organic food presently accounts for only 2.5 percent of all food sold in the United States–and that counts all the “industrial organic” food Pollan scorns. Are, then, these debates about the ethics and politics of food largely a pastime [...]

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The farmers market at Boston City Hall resumed this week, and today I bought a loaf of whole wheat bread and a dozen beautiful, large, brown, free-range, local eggs. Woot!

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