archive for January 16th, 2007

Sprouting a new appreciation

by Bonnie P. @ Tuesday, January 16th, 2007.

A big shout-out to all you passionate Brussel-sprout lovers — Stonefruit in particular — as I have finally had a pleasant experience with the cabbagey kids!
I waited until the weather turned frosty, as what’s bad for citrus is good for sweetening Brassica oleracea, you all said, to buy some loose, tightly closed, hard buds from […]

Digest: Vitamin casualties, avocado chill, foodie summit

by Ethicurean @ Tuesday, January 16th, 2007.

Killer vitamins: Almost 50,000 children had reactions to vitamins alone in 2005, and thousands more got sick from unregulated supplements. Unfortunately, the essay does not discuss whether individual intolerances or product irregularities are to blame. [New York Times]
Brace yourselves, guac lovers: The cold snap has destroyed up to 70% of California’s citrus crop. (A week […]

Ask the Reader: How do you cook locally in winter?

by JC Costello aka Man of La Muncha @ Tuesday, January 16th, 2007.

One of our readers piped up - imagine! - and suggested that even more interesting tales of locavorean cooking would be found in places like Minnesota or New Hampshire.
At issue was my comment on Food and Wine’s article on eating like a locavore. I suggested that California is too easy, and that Washington and […]

The missionary of retail: Interview with Whole Foods’ Walter Robb

by Bonnie P. @ Tuesday, January 16th, 2007.

Late last year I sat down with Walter Robb, co-president of Whole Foods Market, for an obscure business magazine.
I pitched the editor, for whom I’ve freelanced since 2000, on a Whole Foods Q&A by trotting out a few of the 27-year-old company’s impressive stats: $5.6 billion in fiscal 2006 sales, almost 200 locations, a stock […]

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