Link Buffet: Globavore Dilemmas
I’ve been teaching a friend how to make a few dishes (which is not at all the same as teaching a date how to cook — I’ve retired from that field). The prep time for […]
I’ve been teaching a friend how to make a few dishes (which is not at all the same as teaching a date how to cook — I’ve retired from that field). The prep time for […]
In Guernica, Helen Rosner rhapsodizes about the blank beauty of chicken tenders. Nothing is more nothing than a chicken tender. A roast chicken has a certain dinner-party elegance to it, […]
When I first moved from New Orleans to Philadelphia, I was more than a little stymied by the liquor laws. Coming from the South, I thought I understood bizarre alcohol […]
February 5th was World Nutella Day! Sorry if you missed it. I’ve written before about how food holidays come about–most often a brand or food commission will propose that a mayor, […]
Hurray! I finally got a chance to peruse my Winter issue of Render: Feminist Food & Culture Quarterly–or, more accurately, to read it cover to cover on my commute two […]
It may not be the greatest idea to throw a dinner party the day after I return from a long trip, but it wouldn’t be the New Year if I […]
With food, it’s not just that the personal is political. How we eat, what we buy, and where we get it are deeply influenced by the circulation of food, money, […]
Via Mashable, I’ve been enjoying these food maps by Caitlin Levin and Henry Hargreaves. (They are also the duo behind a photo of a deep-fried iPad that astonished me in […]
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 […]
I have a weakness for whimsical ensemble comedies that follow competitors in an offbeat subculture contest. I loved Best in Show, and though it’s been years since I saw it, I […]