So it seems Quebec has started the Casserole Revolution. When I was growing up, casseroles were something I ate at hot dish night every Wednesday at our local Lutheran church. Today, they are revolutionary. Does this revolution include tater tot pie? Or canned green beans...
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It's hard to imagine a more hackish book review than what Ira Stoll pulls off at Reason. Reviewing Rich Cohen's new book on the United Fruit Company (this is the.
As I've said before, we people living today are the likely the last people who will ever eat saltwater fish on a commercial scale. The World Wildlife Fund and Brad.
It's totally absurd to be thinking about who the Democrats will nominate for the presidency in 2016, yet for politically-minded people, it's almost inevitable. That includes me. I've spent way too much time thinking about the different possibilities and who I would support among them...
A couple of interesting Grist pieces on food, both worth commenting so I'll just combine them. First, as we decimate the world's large fish stocks in order to satisfy our.
Peter J. Hatch, the Director of Gardens and Grounds at Monticello has written a fascinating new book entitled “A Rich Spot of Earth”: Thomas Jefferson’s Revolutionary Garden at Monticello. A.
I don't agree with all of James McWilliams' attack on localized agriculture, but it is useful correction to the fawning deification of Michael Pollan, backyard chickens, grass-fed beef, etc. All of those things have their very important qualities, but if we are really serious about...
The meat would be shoveled into carts, and the man who did the shoveling would not trouble to lift out a rat even when he saw one—there were things that.
Forgive the absence, I was at a conference in Madison which was a great time made greater by an unexpected trip up to Stevens Point along the Wisconsin River yesterday..
Who knew that gluttony on the scale of 18th century royalty would lead to major health problems?
A few food-related items for a tasty Saturday: 1. Jill Richardson has an interesting piece arguing that the U.S. is exporting its terrible diet and the health problems this causes.
"Ketchup is a vegetable" is sounding pretty good right about now: Sarah Seltzer has a good overview of what is in school lunches--pink slime turned into meat. Technically, it is.