Interesting piece in the WSJ about recent food purchasing habits. Wonder if the trends will continue… Via treehugger.
Wendell Berry Wisdom
Flipping through some old magazines last night, I came across Wendell Berry’s essay, “The Pleasures of Eating,” from his 1990 What are People For?. I read it at lunch today, then spent the entire afternoon hoping it was online somewhere so I could share it. Low and behold, here it is.
I’m not going to quote [...]
Homebrew Horizon
Just kegged the first all-grain attempt; came out of the secondary fermenter smelling like a hop explosion! Should be flowing from the Arbeque Pi tap tomorrow evening!
Can Prosciutto Change America?
Liked the NYT piece on La Quercia; liked Ruhlman’s summary of it more.
Death by Bacon
Not to rain on anyone’s bacon parade, but I did a little research the other day, and bacon is linked to NO FEWER THAN 13 types of cancer. We’ve got:
bladder
stomach
prostate
colon
lung
oral
pharyngeal
laryngeal
esophageal
small intestinal
pancreatic
large intestinal
brain
Yes, bacon can give you brain cancer. Not that one serving of bacon explosion is going to kill you, but if, say, you’re contemplating [...]