Posts Categorized: Food

Are You a Gardener?

While I was squatted down near the floor, reading the organic (but of course) seed packets at the bottom of the rack (mmm, Black Plum Past Tomato – Russian variety that produces elongated, deep-mahogany to bronze fruit with a rich complex flavor that is concentrated when cooked down and also delicious for fresh eating, pretty much everything I want in a tomato…) when a woman suddenly walked up to me and asked with excitement in her voice, “You’re a gardener, right?” as if I were a rock star or an author or something cool like that.

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Michael Pollan does Louisville

Michael Pollan was here last week in Louisville promoting his new book, “In Defense of Food” to a sell-out audience in the Kentucky Center. Food is hot! You can catch much of what he covered in this interview on CBC…

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30-minute homemade mozzarella?

Well, it might take 45 minutes the first time. But Fritz used the recipe from Barbara Kingsolver’s Animal, Vegetable Miracle book and it came out fine. I keep saying I’m going to make it over this Christmas break, but reading,…

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Food additives hurting 3- to 8-year-old children?

Eric Schlosser woke up many of us in the United States about our Fast Food Nation. Now he tackles food additives, citing a study in the UK about the impact of food colorings and preservatives on hyperactivity. Take a look,…

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You Act Out What You Eat

You probably know much of the next two paragraphs, but the link between food and, say, classroom behavior is less well-known. Check out the bolded paragraph below and read more from Ode Magazine, which has just updated their website -…

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China to introduce new food safety rules

Earlier, the New York Times reported that 100 people had died in Panama after taking medicine containing diethylene glycol that had been produced in China and exported as the harmless syrup glycerine. Due to international pressure and thousands of pet…

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Junk Food Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of Junk Food in Schools

Hi-C Blast. Junk food or not? Check out this interactive online quiz that demonstrates how arbitrary and obsolete the USDA’s current national school food standards are. Knowing this, you may choose the non-intuitive answer. But in any case, you will…

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Salsa Gazpacho!

Salsa Gazpacho This comes with high commendations from a participant in our recent Just Eating class. (She also taps her own maple trees and cooks down the sap for maple syrup.) 2 large tomatoes or more 2 tsp fresh lime…

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The intimacies of what’s in my stomach

My now teenage son thinks I’m crazy. The feeling is mutual. His recent comment was “Why are you always talking about organic. Pesticides aren’t bad for me.” Well, I am no longer a teenager, and therefore am not immortal. So…

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