Re-enter the Dragon
2011 was a rough year for Your Humble Blogger El Dragón. Posting has been sparse here, because Fair Food Fight had to be put on hold as sponsor and good pals at Equal Exchange had to reorganize priorities with coffee … Read more
Cork That Wine!
Red wine is heart healthy, as everyone knows. After all, scientists at the cardiovascular research center in the University of Connecticut proved wine’s cardio benefits years ago. From CBS News: UConn officials conducted an internal review into the work of … Read more
TAKE THE FAIR FOOD FIGHT OATH!
Wrestling Mask? Yes. Steroids? Injected… Boots? Standing tall on the throats of tyranny. Mic? Lowering to the announcer [MIC CHECK!]… Fair Food Fight is back and the ring is open…~CLANG!~ Why don we now our caped apparel? Because it’s the … Read more
NYT vs Bourdain vs Deen
The Anthony Bourdain vs Paula Deen “food fight” has gotten so loud and fun that even the normally staid NYT wants to join the fray (which means the fight’s probably about over, too). Columnist Frank Bruni wades in on the … Read more
Farming: YOU CANNOT LOSE
This one goes out to all my farmer friends out there, slaving away in the lucrative August heat…just remember what you’re in it for, amigos. “Farming” sketch from the UK’s Mitchell and Webb Situation.
Raw Milk = Raw Deal?
You may have heard that a raw-milk seller called Rawesome in Venice, California, was the target of a police raid yesterday. The story got huge traction when, on the Forbes blog American Times, E. D. Kaine misread the initial report … Read more
Grocery Co-op Preserves 865 Acres Farmland
Via PCC (Puget Sound Consumer Co-op in Washington): Today, PCC Farmland Trust and USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) finalized a deal to permanently preserve a 300 acre portion of the 3,000 acre Hudson Bay Farm in the Walla Walla … Read more
Corn Garden
Via Kitchen Gardeners International (KGI). Compare the White House’s Spring 2011 Kitchen Garden with what KGI calls the “subsidy garden,” and you can see (from the graphic), What the White House garden would look like if it were planted to … Read more
Chem-clouds, Pregnancy, & The Organic Ah Ha
Why do people buy organic food? I don’t mean “what reasons do they have?” – there are plenty of articles covering the whys and wherefores of buying organic. I’m talking psychology. Sociology. Why do people make the decision to start … Read more
Interview with a Vintage Eater: Jen Ede
Who are your people? What did your family eat a hundred years ago? What did they wear to dinner, and what music did they listen to? Do you know? At the website Vintage Eats Project, those food traditions and days … Read more
