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Politics of the Plate: No Joy for These Almonds

The USDA has mandated that almonds grown in this country be either fumigated with chemicals or exposed to high-temperature sterilization against the remote possibility of salmonella contamination.
08.13.07
food politics

Politics of the Plate: Mr. McGuire was Dead Wrong...

A research team found that exposure to a chemical widely used in the manufacture of plastic bottles and food containers can alter genes in fetal mice.
08.06.07
food politics

A Bird of a Different Feather

Ron Joyce is in love with a French chick.
August 2007
food + cooking

The End of Snap, Crackle, and Pop Culture

Organic Rice Krispies were in my life for many months before I acknowledged their silence: They have no Snap, Crackle, and Pop.
07.26.07
food + cooking

The Midtown Global Market

The fate of Minneapolis' Midtown Global Market is one of the biggest open questions in Minnesota right now.
07.25.07
travel + culture

Barcelona Dreaming, Part III

At 11 a.m. on June 30, Pazzta 920 was ready to go. It had been touch-and-go for a while, but the quartet had promised to open by end of June, and today was it.
07.18.07
travel + culture

Barcelona Dreaming, Part II

By mid-June, our four young culinary entrepreneurs were finally able to begin the work that would transform Fruites I Verdures Vicenta into Pazzta 920.
07.16.07
food + cooking

Could Have Eaten

Capers fill me with a strange sense of loss. Not for capers, per se, but for what we, as North Americans, are not eating.
07.11.07
food politics

Hot Water

If there's one thing the state of Maine has in abundance, it's water.
07.02.07
food + cooking

Have We Got a Product for You

In food-related press releases, whenever I see formerly meaningful words like "healthy," and "organic," a red flag goes up.
06.25.07
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