I'm not sure what the ethics of this are, but there's an article on food and farming in Cuba by Bill McKibben in Harper's Magazine, which Bill Totten's weblog has posted in full. So I'm kind of happy linking to that.
Actually, all his posts seem to be re-posts.
I'm useless at estimating the amount of pasta to cook. I need to weigh it. But when I tipped the spaghetti onto the scales last night out came spaghetti powder and a few teeny beetles. Not very nice, and easily dealt with, but raising lots of questions.
First off; where do the beetles come from? I...
Cactus juice for breakfast. And it is good. Grassy, with hints of earth and compost. But refreshing, and a lot less icky-sticky than many of the fruit juices also available.
The Center for Sustainable Environments has launched a new book that carries forward the centre's RAFT project: Renewing Ame...
fimoculous directed me to Malcolm Gladwell's excellent story about ketchup. Well, it isn't just about ketchup. It's about ketchup, and mustard, and, most importantly, consumer preferences and measuring them. Along the way, Gladwell quotes Andrew Smith quoting Elizabeth Rozin:
I've never really believed that adversity brings out the best in one, blitz spirit and all that. Yesterday I changed my mind. There was to be a little party here, and I had set my heart on serving Bloody Marys, even though it was Saturday and for some reason I associate Bloody Marys indelibly with...
