Confessions of a kalevangelist
I have a new piece up at Table Matters about class, cultural capital, and kale. It was an extremely personal piece for me to write–although I only briefly mention my […]
Category Archives: Non-food
The Stream re-cap: junk food, marketing, and more
On Thursday afternoon, I had the exciting opportunity to join Yazmin Khan, Yoni Freedhoff, and Hemi Weingarten on Google Hangout to talk to Michael Moss, author of Salt Sugar Fat. […]
Framing junk food–Again
It seems that every food outlet I read is touting the 14-page spread called The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food, from a new book by Michael Moss. It is […]
Your junk food preference is probably not an addiction
At Table Matters last week, I wrote about complicated relationships to the simple pleasures of junk food, arguing that the way we so often frame these foods as “addictive” erases […]
Taste Test the 3rd
Continuing with my periodic test-tasting in the name of science, I had a go at rating apple juice several weeks ago. This test was very straightforward: we sipped from plastic […]
Review: Craving Earth, by Sera L. Young
Young, Sera L. Craving Earth: Understanding Pica, the Urge to Eat Clay, Starch, Ice, and Chalk. New York: Columbia University Press, 2011. This book is a data-rich study of instances […]
Eating Paper
I’ve been meaning for awhile to read up on pica, the desire to eat non-nutritive substances like chalk or pebbles or hair. When I feel safe to lift my self-imposed […]
