food politics
You Say Tomato, I Say Industrial
As we mention in this week's edition of Gourmet Weekly, there's not a lot of action on the West Texas road that runs between Marfa and Fort Davis.
03.14.07
- Keywords
- james rodewald,
- farms + fish,
- produce
food politics
From the Ground Up, In New Orleans
In New Orleans during Katrina two years ago, more than a foot of floodwater inundated the schoolyard at the Green Charter School.
02.11.07
- Keywords
- peggy knickerbocker,
- sustainability,
- new orleans,
- alice waters
food politics
Nutritional Disinformation
Recently, I was handed a cookie to taste. It was bland and
hard-to-chew, but I was intrigued by one thing.
01.16.07
- Keywords
- ian knauer,
- health + science,
- cookie
food politics
How Now, Straus Cow?
Straus Family Creamery, became the first organic dairy west of the Mississippi when it converted, in 1993, to the sustainable model it is today.
01.13.07
- Keywords
- peggy knickerbocker,
- sustainability,
- farm-to-table
food politics
No More Rubber Chickens
Bad news for those of you who have ever wondered if meat
labeled "organic" on a menu really is.
12.20.06
- Keywords
- sustainability,
- restaurants,
- london
food politics
In Spain, the Freeze is On
Spanish chefs are in an uproar over the government's decision this month to ban the sale of fresh fish and other seafood in restaurants.
12.18.06
- Keywords
- health + science,
- spain,
- seafood
food politics
The World is Your Oysters
This year, the oyster crop underwent a miraculous change. The shells were larger than before. The meat was plump and rested undisturbed in its brine.
11.28.06
- Keywords
- farms + fish,
- aquaculture,
- seafood,
- william sertl
food politics
Crossing the Border—Into Thailand
What’s in that bowl of Thai shrimp curry? The sweat and sorrow of migrants.
11.21.06
- Keywords
- farms + fish,
- aquaculture,
- asia,
- thailand,
- karen coates
food politics
Seeing Stars
Hannaford Bros., a New England grocery-store chain, has begun a system for rating the nutritional content of foods in its stores.
11.14.06
- Keywords
- health + science,
- nutrition/Diet,
- labeling,
- produce,
- andrea albin
food politics
The Science of Shirley Corriher
Scientist Shirley Corriher gave a lecture for the New York Academy of Science, giggling her way through topics like the effects of zinc chloride on chlorophyll.
11.02.06
- Keywords
- health + science,
- vegetable,
- shirley corriher,
- ian knauer
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