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 [...]
Salmonella to America: Wake Up!
It takes something I’m really frustrated with to get me out of an (ahem) three-month blogging lag, and this morning, the Washington Post provided it. (Which, ah, I knew because Huffington Post twittered it…have I mentioned that half the reason I haven’t been blogging is because I’ve been deceiving myself into thinking twitter posts phoned [...]
approval matrix online!
wow, do I feel like a luddite. I’m sure this has been online for years, but I just discovered that I no longer have to wait faithfully for my copy of New York Magazine to arrvie in the mail. The Approval Matrix is online!!
woot woot!
california cheese represent! also, props to wine.woot for telling the tale of the producers behind the cheese…
30th Street Pale Ale!
What better way to celebrate Green Flash’s new 30th Street Pale Ale than with a 30th Street parade? See you somewhere along the way on Thursday!
Time to Start Gardening!
No reason to wait ’till spring! Check out Paul Maschka’s list of thriving winter plants.