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Digest: Must-watch movie, Coke’s cafe, Back-to-the-Landers II
New York Times*: Our Daily Bread, a new documentary opening today, takes viewers inside the industrial food chain with no narration or text. Writes the reviewer: "[It] can be extremely difficult to watch, but the film’s formal elegance, moral underpinning and intellectually stimulating
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Truth in advertising: Heritage vs. heirloom turkeys
As if Thanksgiving shoppers didn't have enough trouble distinguishing from among the labels natural, free range, organic, and heritage, now there's another distinction to watch out for: heirloom vs. heritage. (Thanks
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Digest: Beef basics, ethanol dilemma, red-wine cure, grape gripes
Slate: What makes a steak taste good? In this well-done primer on beef — a must-read article for meat lovers — Mark Schatzker delivers an overview of the effects of marbling (how the USDA determines the grade), breed, feed, hormones, and aging. And then
“A diet, not a lifestyle”: Q&A with Mack Graves, CEO of Panorama Grass-Fed Meats
A few months ago, I noticed a new brand at Berkeley Bowl, the local independent supermarket where I buy a lot of my meat and dairy. Western Grasslands, the beef I've been buying since becoming a born-again carnibore in 2002, had been replaced by something called Panorama Grass-Fed Meats. The next time
Digest: School breakfasts, state of the earth, and no more Chenel chèvre
Grist magazine: Tom Philpott gets cranky over school lunches, where the new "hot opportunity" as defined by the Wall Street Journal lies in selling processed crap to schoolkids for breakfast. Philpott, who is fast becoming our favorite
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Organic wine tasting: Frey’s Natural White
As I have mentioned before, the Potato Non Grata and I are not skilled wine tasters, despite all the practicing we do. After our previous experience group-tasting some organic wines (no added sulfites)
Salumi Part I: We discover Salumi
It starts like this... The Butter Bitch and I are driving home from work late one evening in early May. Both of us officially work on the east side of Lake Washington and have worked nearly 12 hours. The sun has set, but traffic is very light at this time of night. Neither of us wants to cook and
Everybody must get doned!
"Getting doned" is how a friend in Portland referred to the consumption of milk and donuts. He rhymed "doned" with stoned because "getting doned" has a satisfyingly stupefying effect. Apparently, being from Nevada isn't just about guns, gambling, and the mob, but also about how to alter one's consciousness
Salad This, Salad That
The Butter Bitch and I celebrated Bastille Day in as close to the French fashion as one can find in Seattle for a reasonable price: Savory crepes and balloon animals at a local crêperie, complete with Lillet and a corny "French Chef" balloonist who was standing in for the regular magician. We considered
Whole Foods vs. Michael Pollan
John Mackey, CEO of the upscale supermarket chain Whole Foods, has concluded his epistolary battle with writer Michael Pollan by pledging greater support for local farmers via some pretty impressive initiatives. Frankly, even though I know Whole Foods customers and Omnivore's Dilemma readers probably
