To explain why the personal posts have been a little sparse lately, several of the Ethicureans are on hiatus and I’ve been wrapped up in Operation Pork — a hog share I’ll write about as soon as I’ve recovered from it — along with the ever-more-demanding Digest. (If only someone would pay to syndicate it. […]
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Don’t try this at home
Slate’s Andy Bowers has a funny little video about what a meal made up with all the food and beverages advertised during the Super Bowl would comprise, with a beer for every Budweiser commercial, for example.
Needless to say, if you eat all this crap in one sitting regularly — which is not inconceivable for the […]
Digest: The return of caviar and lobster, California Dairies goes rBST-free, E. coil safety plan
Roe, roe, roe your boats: The United Nations’ conservation panel announced it was lifting its export ban on three types of caviar, including beluga, saying Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Iran, and Russia had improved their monitoring of the fisheries. Conservationists are not pleased. Toronto Star
Lobster reversal: Whole Foods doesn’t sell live lobsters anymore because of concerns about […]
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