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 [...]
Community, food, and the economy
July 18th, 2010 · 1 Comment
Tags: · current affairs · economy · food
Maybe better than green bean casserole!
November 27th, 2009 · 3 Comments
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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Food and cities
October 17th, 2009 · Comments Off
A tip of the hat to Robert Paterson.
Tags: · current affairs · environment · food · future · international · technology
Mmmm. Bacon!
September 12th, 2008 · Comments Off
The Canonical Bacon Page Any conversation on the internet will eventually include bacon in some way. And then be forwarded immediately to John Scalzi.
Stratford Tea Leaves
September 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment
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 [...]
Tags: · food · international · tea · travel
The Omnivore Meme
September 6th, 2008 · 2 Comments
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 [...]
Greengrocer
August 26th, 2008 · 2 Comments
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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How to baconify your bourbon
August 19th, 2008 · Comments Off
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 [...]
Survey of new food criticism
May 24th, 2007 · Comments Off
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 [...]
First farmers’ market purchases
May 23rd, 2007 · Comments Off
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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