Here’s some food for thought for today…
- Another voice in the “food miles are bunk” argument, this time from Oxfam, with a reminder that communities in the majority world depend on the export of produce to survive.
- Ganja Gourmet – a restaurant in Denver (legally) serves up food made with pot.
- Quel surprise – general physicians actually know very little about treating food allergies.
- And surprise #2 – websites geared to kids have a higher rate of ads for junk food.
- It’s so liberating to be a feminist, free from the household chores and drudgery of the kitchen – unless your hubby is a “kitchen bitch”, in which case you might be happy to trade in his smug harping over how to cut a carrot for your own frilly apron, just so you have some peace and quiet.
- All those deadbeats who used to hang out in coffeehouses using the free wifi can now start hanging out at McDonald’s. Free wifi is coming… because they’re a cafe with fancy coffee now, don’tcha know.
- Did you cook along with Gordon Ramsay on Tuesday night? Was it as much of a train wreck as the folks from Serious Eats think?
- Sometimes, when you just want the sweet, sweet canday, all that info on the chocolate bar wrapper can just be too much.
While I’m glad you post links to views that oppose an overly simplistic approach to ‘local’ or ‘food miles’, one minor objection: since the developing world is comprised of billions of people, ‘minority world’ doesn’t seem quite the right term.
(But I should note that isn’t a random drive-by comment. I love the blog and red regularly.)
Nav, you’re right. That should actually be “majority” world. I whip these out too fast sometimes. My apologies – it has been corrected.