{FOOD NEWS} The 2012 Farm Bill is the newest topic for The New York Times’ Room for Debate Series. (link from last week- so good that I’m keeping it up another week!) Thank you Celia from On Cardamom & Cast Iron, forwarded me an update to Seattle’s planned Edible Forest. Its an NPR story that…
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{weekend reading} Back in the Saddle Again
For those of you who’ve been reading for a year or so, may remember my weekly food politics/recipe link love post, {Weekend Reading} National Edition on Sundays and {weekend reading} Local Edition on Saturdays. Well, those Nationa; posts have been absent from the blog for almost a year, the Local Editions since October, and clearly,…
{weekend reading} NATIONAL EDITION
Let’s begin with what I hope is a weekly link- Bittman’s newest opinion & blog pieces. F-U-N! First up, Is “Eat Real Food” Unthinkable? Then his follow-up blog piece Beyond the Acronyms – he lists and discusses his sources, including giving major props to Dr. Marion Nestle… a major voice on this here weekly post….
{weekend reading} NATIONAL EDITION
No recipes this week as I did a Super Bowl recipe roundup & link love post on Friday. I have updated it with more recipe links if you wanna take another looksie. Happy Reading! -Christina First link will go to Michael Kilpatrick. Who is Michael Kilpatrick? An up & coming farm owner, Kilpatrick Family Farm,…
{weekend reading} Weekday Edition 2011
Okay, so I pondered and reflected in yesterday’s weekend reading and now its time to get back to business at hand- current food-related goodies happening NOW! Not last November, that would be sooo 2010. This WR is very recipe heavy because honestly, post-holidaze & three birthdays (yup, me, my husband & my son all have…
{weekend reading} NATIONAL EDITION
FOOD NEWS Let’s start with the “Advertisement Seen Around the World This Week” category. If you haven’t seen Duncan Hines’ “Hip Hop” Cupcake commercial you have missed something special. Like too close to black-face-special. Watch the commercial on Eater, with a little editorial piece. Then head over to Mother Jones for an article on the…
{weekend reading} NATIONAL EDITION
Wow. Where to start… This week has been FULL of food-related news that I don’t know if I can pack it all into one post. I’ll try. As a disclaimer I will suggest going to any of the “Resource Websites” on the right column of the blog for further information, especially on S.510 and Healthy,…
{weekend reading} National Edition
NEWS A French Sociologist, Claude Fischler, explained at a recent lecture at the University of Washington, is that Americans need to stop eating by themselves, in front of a TV, computer screen, in their car. Grist has more. Post BP spill, the oyster industry is trying to fight back with safe oysters. The Atlantic has…
