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Woohoo. Winter sports. International party on the slopes and in the streets. Two days before the opening ceremonies it looks like it’s going to be a lot of fun. The foreign press so far has been fluffy and kind. Some concerns about snow conditions and plenty of anticipation. You turn on the television and you see [...] A warm Happy New Year to all my fellow eaters of food. If you’re anything like me, you treat the holiday season as an excuse to relax the rules and stuff your face with anything that looks good. At our house that meant the usual turkey, gravy and mashed potatoes, but also an unusual tummy-full of [...] January 3rd, 2010 | Tags: blogging, socialmedia, twitter | Category: Everything Else | Leave a comment
Those who’ve been following the food beat for personal or professional reasons in the past couple of years probably have a vague, but pretty good idea of what is meant by “the food movement.” The same can’t be said, however, for friends of mine who’ve just started reading one of Michael Pollan’s books or who, [...] October 2nd, 2009 | Tags: food, pollan, profood, slowfood | Category: Everything Else, Food Movement, Slow Food | Leave a comment
Of all the products on the supermarket shelf, one that has always concerned me very little is olive oil. This, after all, is a straightforward product, unlike so many of the highly processed, food-industry offerings with their long lists of mystery ingredients. Olive oil is simple and wholesome, its healthful properties well known for thousands [...] July 24th, 2009 | Tags: adulteration, california, food, fraud, health, oil, olive, oliveoil | Category: Everything Else | Leave a comment
Salmon researchers are not a bunch of tweed-clad academics politely arguing over a cup of tea. Think sailors engaged in a bar fight instead. The scientists who study wild salmon populations are locked in a fierce debate over salmon farms, the sea lice that thrive in them, and the destructive effect of those sea lice on [...] July 17th, 2009 | Tags: aquaculture, conservation, farming, salmon | Category: Everything Else | One comment - Add yours
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