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Not too cool for gruel: Wyoming, MI schoolkids interested in showers, oatmeal
By Stephanie Pierce I guess I have always known I was weird, but I didn't realize that I fit the profile for a bona-fide social deviant until a few weeks ago, when my good friend and housemate Catye asked my husband and me to come and speak to her high-school sociology classes
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Report from TASTE3: Peter Reinhart on life and death in breadmaking
At the TASTE3 conference in Napa, instructor and author Peter Reinhart told a fascinating life-and-death tale about breadmaking.
Report from TASTE3 – Artist Chris Jordan “runs the numbers” for everyday actions
"Paper Bags" by Chris Jordan, www.chrisjordan.com, used with permission When
Turnips are takin’ it to the streets
While walking down Broadway in Oakland
Angst, activism, and art: Inspiration from Gary Snyder and Aleksandar Hemon
Although we Ethicureans occasionally invite you to examine the contents of our refrigerators, to check out our gardens, and even laugh
The cost of being cool: Refrigeration energy in the food system
On my post about food miles vs. food choices, commenter Mike
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Signs of the Dietgeist: SOLE, status symbols, and satire
A friend sent me this card from SomeeCards ("When you care enough to click send"): You know something's reached a tipping point when it
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Music for Ethicurean ears: Carbon/Silicon’s “The News”
I've been wanting to launch a series on "Ethicureanish" music, and a friend in England has just turned me on to a great band with which to start. Carbon/Silicon is the project of Mick Jones (formerly of The Clash and Big Audio Dynamite) and Tony James (Generation
Bluefin tuna finally extinct: “Well worth it,” say sushi fans
By Barry Foy, Special to the Ethicurean The glimmer of international celebrity outshone the chandeliers in Tokyo’s most expensive hotel on Sunday night, as heads of state, movie stars, and tycoons gathered for what trendspotters predicted would be the party of the year. Flanked by reporters and bodyguards,
Snacks for the ears: Podcasts with authors Frederick Kaufman, Paul Roberts, Taras Grescoe, and more
Catching up on podcasts this weekend, I listened to several that might interest Ethicurean readers. The May 26th edition of the Patt
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Tagging and cooking: Science in the service of sustainability
The May 20 episode of Quest, the science program on San Francisco's public television station, had two segments that might be of interest to Ethicurean
Happy belated second birthday to us
Friday, May 9, was the second anniversary of the first post on the Ethicurean ... and we forgot to celebrate. It's always slightly cringe-inducing to look back
San Francisco in stainless steel cookware
The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco is currently hosting a witty installation by Beijing-based artist Zhan Wang. It's a sculpture of San Francisco made entirely of kitchenware
Dietitians, they like us
We've just been notified that the Ethicurean has been named one of Ellen Haas's Top 10 Healthy Food Blogs, a list that the FoodFit founder — and former undersecretary of agriculture for Food, Nutrition
Getting fancy around here
Just finished a major upgrade of the WordPress system that this blog runs on; sorry for the disarray for the last few hours. I have also installed a bunch of new plug-ins in response to reader requests: You can now e-mail posts to friends, as well as tag them yourself for Digg, Delicious, Facebook,
