CSA BOXES

Most people start blogs because they want to be on the cutting edge of disseminating information. Success comes in being the first to expose their readers to the wonderful treasures they've unearthed - all under the guise of wit and brevity.

For me keeping a blog is just a constant reminder of how behind the curve I am. And even when I am among the first to know something, I'm usually still the last to share it. Speed is not my thing. I'm a slow-moving and reflective creature. So rather than enter the information race,  I consider this place an online archive of all the fascinating food-related thoughts I come across. If they fascinate anyone else - well that's pretty neat. 

A few months ago I discovered a wonderful program that, sigh, has been around for a while and already well known to many. 

CSA BOXES. - " Community Supported Agriculture"

Science + Food

Check out this interesting article in the Huffington Post! Its about a Harvard class that tackles the relationship between scientific techniques and understanding with cooking and food.

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Healthy Food in Brittish Hospitals?

Check out the article linked below. Here I am worrying about public schools and I totally missed the irony of terrible food in hospitals. I once spent a candy-striping summer working in a hospital kitchen and I can tell you assuredly that American hospital food is just as terrible.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/nov/07/bad-food-feeding-hospital-boycott

Los Angeles Vegan Beer Fest

CHECK IT OUT!

Foi Gras

Speaking of Dan Barber. . .

This is the video (yet another TED talk, from the TASTE conference I believe) that turned me on to him. He and I hardly have allied beliefs on many things food-related, but I respect his beliefs and the thoughtfulness he puts behind every bite. And he is a big proponent of supporting local agriculture. Even if he does pull the horrendous "but it tastes so good" joke, I'm willing to hear what he has to say.

"You Say Tomato, I Say Agricultural Disaster" by Dan Barber

Check out this 2009 NY Times article by Dan Barber, one of my new names to the "persons of interest" list in my food obsessed mind. Its got some interesting insights on modern agriculture and the spread of disease amongst plants.


Read it now!

Ellen Gustafson: Obesity + Hunger = 1 global food issue