I enjoy reading Slate Magazine---it sometimes is the only thing that keeps my brain from dying on those days when all I seem to do is spin wheels and deal with the robots who pick up the phone at government offices and credit card companies---but I get fed up with the occasional sensitive soul who...
Then you should know a little bit about what I care about. I mean, it's a laundry list of things, but the big one on my radar these days is food. And it has been for a couple of years now. The issue of food for me is personal, political, economic, health-related, justice-related - I can wind it up...
I have started a book club at my church. A social concerns book club. And I have really been enjoying it. But last night, I wanted to read a little bit before falling asleep, and here were my choices: Ahhh, yes, this is some good reading! I wish I could at least say that it was so boring, that it...
Who? I am a 28-year-old Midwestern transplant to New York via Los Angeles. I have more shoes and books than one apartment can comfortably hold, and a very messy spice cupboard. Living in NYC has been a dream of mine for many years, though after 5 years in LA I miss Yuca's Tacos and palm trees. What?...
Tuca Carneiro O assunto comida engloba vários apectos que devem ser respeitados e estudados na elaboração de um maior entendimento dos hábitos alimentares de uma sociedade. No entanto,os fatores que mais interferem intimamente na relação entre indivíduo e nutrição são os aspectos culturais...
Take your pick! All are relatively similar (usually the cooking method is the only difference) and each is equally delicious! Step away from the traditional meat filling and give this veggie version a try. Steamed Vegetable Dumplings 6 dried shiitake mushrooms 4 c cabbage-coleslaw mix-shredded 4...
Just started reading this title. It goes along with my recent rediscovery of my love of eating. I'm not a gluttonous gastronome. I just like to eat good food. And that doesn't necessarily mean spending lots of money. Good cheap eats trumps expensive everytime. You can read more at CosmicEats. This...
Marc Penn's Microtrends is one of last year's most hyped books. "Book" is slightly inaccurate. It's a book the same way a collection of remixes and b-sides is an "album" but the contents of Microtrends could just as well (and probably should) have filled a magazine or blog. No, I'm not a big fan of...
The idea of a grass-based farm has intrigued me ever since reading Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma. A large portion of the book covers Pollan's experience at Joe Salatin's Polyface Farm in Virginia. I knew moving to Minnesota would place me in the center of farm country, and a quick Google...
The Whole Foods in Glendale, CA sells items from the following local farmers: Be Wise Ranch, Beck Groves, Cahuilla Farms, Cuyama Orchards, Goleta Valley Organics, Green Kingdom, Johannes Farms, Nagatoshi Organic Farms, New Union Mushroom Farm, Windrose Farms, Chino Valley Eggs, Mauk Family Farm Last...
The Cook's Library, combines my two favorite things, food and books, perfect for Jill's Favorite Things Saturday. The smallish, cozy yet well-stocked shop resides at 8373 W. 3rd St in Los Angeles, between La Cienega and Fairfax, and its complimentary bookmarks read: "A bookstore dedicated to the...
An ice cream craving hit late Saturday night, and coffee Haagan-Dazs was the best my neighborhood Albertson's had to offer. I was pleasantly surprised to discover the short and sweet ingredient list on my container: Cream, Skim Milk, Sugar, Egg Yolks, Coffee. That's it! Sure, one serving still...
The American Conservative, a paleo magazine of the Old and Traditional Right, always has superb commentary and analysis on foreign policy issues. I do not know what I would do without it. Many of the other "wild-card" topics they cover are great as well. The previous issue (June 16), for example,...
Here's what I've been favoriting these days: Top 10 Muppet Show clips. via Michael Pollan comments on the recently-passed farm bill. Watching this McCain speech made my inner speech critic declare that it will move to Canada at least until this election cycle is over with. If McCain wins, it will be...
I've finished two books since my last update. Ann Patchett's Run and The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan. The premise of Run is simple. One evening the former white mayor of Boston is leaving a political rally with hs two adopted black sons in tow. As one son steps of the curb into the path of...
I love fiction, so it's uncommon that I recommend two non-fiction books that I've read recently. But both have that quality people seek in a book, and that's the lingering ability to make the reader think about how it affects her personally. The first was a Mother's Day gift from First Son and...
clipped from gristmill.grist.orgIn the not-so-distant past, pigs and chickens ate grass, some grains, and food scraps. Today, in the throes of a perverse industrial food system that favors cheap protein and quick growth (with often astonishing results such as Mad Cow disease), we now feed farm...
If you want someone besides Michael Pollan to talk about real food, how about Mark Bittman, NYT food writer, blogger, and author of cookbooks such as How to Cook Everything, from the 2007 Entertainment Gathering conference?
Books I Recommend NOVELS My Latest Grievance, Elinor Lipman She is one of the authors whose books I always enjoy; this is my favorite. It is written from the perspective of a girl who grows up in a college dorm with her faculty parents. The Last of Her Kind, Sigrid Munez A good 60's flashback The...
I finished Michael Pollan's In Defense of Food: an eater's manifesto the other night. I wrote about how you should read this book earlier but you should also read all of Michael Pollan's books. I think, I am probably part of the Cult of Pollan. His books have put my views on eating and food culture...
