To me, the table is such a sacramental place. How enormously blessed am I that I don’t sit at it alone?
From The Observer: The 50 best things to eat in the world, and where to eat them. From cake, steak and tapas, to oysters, chicken and burgers, Killian Fox roamed the world to find the 50 best things to eat and the best places to eat them in, with a little help from professionals like [...]
From the New York Times: Michael Pollan on Big Food vs. Big Insurance. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, three-quarters of health care spending now goes to treat “preventable chronic diseases.” Not all of these diseases are linked to diet – there’s smoking, for instance – but many, if not most, of [...]
From The Atlantic: Are prepared foods making us fat? It is a topic I am pursuing, and I continue to be surprised at the dearth of studies. Barbara Rolls and colleagues have shown that portion size influences caloric intake; because prepared foods are often served in large portions, it seems likely that they promote excessive [...]
On kitchens, and food, and learning to live life in the big city.
From the Times Magazine: Home Sweet (Urban) Homestead. In Oakland, where backyard menageries and D.I.Y. charcuterie are the new garage band, the term “urban homesteading” doesn’t need an explanation. “It fits into the Oakland sort of self-defined vibe or aesthetic of doing things from scratch and being kind of hard-core,” she said, tugging at the [...]
From the New York Times: Michelle Obama’s Agenda Includes Healthful Eating. White House officials say the focus on healthy living will be a significant item on Mrs. Obama’s agenda, which already includes supporting working families and military spouses. As the nation battles an obesity epidemic and a hard-to-break taste for oversweetened and oversalted dishes, her [...]
From the CBS News Political Hotsheet: Vilsack Adviser Predicts Vegetable Garden On White House Lawn By Summer. Vilsack adviser Neil Hamilton, the chair and director of the Agricultural Law Center at Drake University Law School in Iowa, says yes. “I believe that by this summer there will be a garden – another garden, a vegetable [...]
From the New York Times: Food Magazines Begin to Consider Cooks’ Budgets. As the high-end magazines try to survive a shaky 2009, it is out with the truffles, in with the button mushrooms. “There are ways in which we feel it should change,” said Dana Cowin, the editor in chief of Food & Wine, published [...]