A trip abroad reminds me that my eating at home hasn’t changed as much as I thought. Just as in childhood, I eat lots of bread, pasta and rice, and I like them.
Entries Tagged as 'General'
Get ready for the salt cod report
September 20th, 2007 · No Comments · General
Just a note to let you know, dear readers, I’ve been away a few days investigating food from another locale altogether. I’ll give you a full report after I recover!
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Pondering foodperson.com direction
September 9th, 2007 · 7 Comments · General
Been thinking about foodperson.com all weekend. Wasn’t happy with that last post about the fruits and vegetables. You could have read it anywhere. Here’s the problem: Due to my long newspaper experience it’s sometimes easier when writing here to fall into general-interest-newspaper mode than into blogger mode, which by its nature is best when there’s [...]
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Review: Alice Waters and Chez Panisse
September 2nd, 2007 · No Comments · General, local food
There’s no question that Alice Waters has been hugely influential in food in America, and her efforts are recounted in Thomas McNamee‘s recent history, Alice Waters and Chez Panisse: The Romantic, impractical, often eccentric, ultimately brilliant making of a food revolution. I read the book with interest but can’t say that I’m as enthusiastic about [...]
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We’re fat and growing
August 27th, 2007 · No Comments · Farm Bill, Food selection, General, Research
The Trust for America’s Health today released its annual report on obesity, and, no surprise, we learn Americans are fat and getting fatter. At that link, you can read the news release or the entire report issued by the trust, a nonpartisan nonprofit group, including state by state information. I can report, consequently, that Kansas [...]
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Thursday will be big for food consciousness in Lawrence
August 21st, 2007 · No Comments · Environment, General, local food
It’s going to be easy to feed your interest in food and family farms this week if you’re in the Lawrence area. Two very different activities are occurring on Thursday—a farm tour and a organic tasting and film series. The farm tour In the morning, the Kansas Rural Center is sponsoring a tour of five [...]
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