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Category Archives: Science

Potato-based photographs of the Progressive Era

April 8, 2015by Sara Davis Leave a comment

Earlier this week I dropped in to see The Artist’s Garden at PAFA, an exhibit I’ve been excited to see since I worked on the exhibit catalog for my previous […]

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Photography, Science, Vegetable

Food Music Playlist #10: Got Milk?

March 23, 2015by Sara Davis 5 Comments

I’ve been enjoying a reread of Barthes’ Mythologies, a collection of short semiotic studies of the foods, entertainments, and obsessions of mass culture. In “Wine and Milk,” Barthes picks up on an idea […]

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Beverages, Dairy, Music, Nutrition

Link Buffet: Thanksgiving Links

November 24, 2014by Sara Davis Leave a comment

Artist Hannah Rothstein plates traditional Thanksgiving dinners in the style of modern artists such as Mondrian: At NPR, the ever-sharp Linda Holmes has a delightful takedown of NYT’s list of Thanksgiving […]

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Art, Family, Holidays, Link Buffet, Playing with Food, Science

Link Buffet: Delicious by Design

October 7, 2014by Sara Davis Leave a comment

Love this Pantone beer packaging: Gastro-architecture by Nicholas Blechman: Savor the Science is quickly becoming my favorite feature at the RENDER blog. I had a general idea about plant chemical […]

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Art, Link Buffet, Science, Visual appeal and presentation

Link Buffet: Kitchen, community, country

June 26, 2014by Sara Davis 1 Comment

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, […]

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Cooking, Cultural connotations, Food Distribution and Resources, Food in the City, Link Buffet, Nutrition, Regional

Quick hit: Spurious Correlations

June 1, 2014by Sara Davis Leave a comment

Contemporary discussions of food issues are so often hindered by slippery statistics and dubious science, so I’ve been enjoying a site which playfully makes a point out of  “correlation does […]

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Playing with Food, Science

Link Buffet: Achievements Unlocked

May 24, 2014by Sara Davis 2 Comments

It made me sad to see my blog so empty for the month of May while I had my hands full with some big work projects. I went into my […]

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Art, Body, Link Buffet, Nutrition, Playing with Food

Cheese science!

January 27, 2014by Sara Davis 3 Comments

We’ve been getting snow after snow this month, and have lost several days at the office (as well as heat in our building!) due to inclement weather. One afternoon, as […]

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Dairy, Food in the City, Science

Link Buffet: Definitions

June 27, 2013by Sara Davis Leave a comment

. . . legal and cultural. I’ve been meaning to post this forever, but in the Spring 2012 Dissent, Mark Engler offers a straightforward, informative overview of three movements toward ethical growing and […]

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Ethics, Food in the City, Health, Link Buffet, Political Theater, Science

CSA Week 7: When Brassica attacks

June 19, 2013by Sara Davis 2 Comments

It’s Brassica time, people. This week we got: cabbage, romaine, sugar snap peas, scallions, garlic scapes, cauliflower, kale, and kohlrabi. I bought asparagus and strawberries from the farmstand while they […]

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CSA, Health, Nutrition, What I'm Cooking

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