2019-04-15
1 min read
'Debatable' List Of '100 Most Jewish' Foods Leaves Plenty Of Room For Kibbitzing in The Salt is an interesting review. Makes me want to read the book. Also makes me want to promote today's episode about one Jewish food and one arguably Christian food. Coming in a couple of hours.
2019-04-12
1 min read
People in NYC probably already know of this astonishing resource but in case you don't, or are just visiting, you should.
https://www.eatingintranslation.com/2019/04/new-york-area-food-events-april-11-18.html
How Big Beer’s Fight Over Corn Syrup Explains American Brewing Today
Interesting piece from Tom Philpott at Mother Jones, pointing out that ALL the big brewers use additional sources of food for their yeasts. Some use corn, some use rice. A pox on all of them.
The research agenda we really need
Colin Tudge at the Campaign for Real Farming points up just a few of the ways in which the current approach to research into food and food production lets us all down.
"Our Hidden Wound | The Contrary Farmer"
On World Food Day, so delighted to see this piece from Gene Logsden pop up in my feed.
https://thecontraryfarmer.wordpress.com/2018/10/15/our-hidden-wound-2/
Cornell's Brian Wansink: A Crisis in Food Science
Not the most important point in the article, but an important point:
Wansink’s sense for harnessing buzz may have been a skill in the wrong domain. He’s a camera-friendly performer who might’ve done very well as a Bill Nye– or Neil deGrasse Tyson–type infotainer, in an industry where simplification to build a compelling narrative is not a bug but a feature, given the explicit mission to deliver an attention-grabbing-and-holding product to an audience.