Posted in Asides on Dec 29th, 2007
Aha! Here’s more for you, if my previous post isn’t enough. If you haven’t already registered at NYtimes. com, better go for it. Then check out these articles:
A friend passed along this article, which has Michael Pollan at the throat of factory farming again and looking at what “sustainable” really means.
Then there’s this one , a [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 29th, 2007
I have a few minutes of free internet here in Shanghai and decided to check in. The experience here has been very gratifying, especially in the culinary arena. At least 95 percent of my photos are of kabobs and tofu and scallion bread grilled on the street, various sea creatures, food markets, tables full of [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 19th, 2007
As a Jewish vegetarian, I have to admit that one food has tugged at my lacto-ovo resolve: lox. It’s so tasty, and so available at so many Jewish functions. As fish, it already puts me on the moral fence, on one side doubting that a salmon’s level of consciousness is really that high and and [...]
Posted in Philosophizing, Reviews on Dec 17th, 2007
Tyler Cowan, author of Discover Your Inner Economist and a professor of economics at George Mason University, came to DC a little while ago.
The fun thing about Cowan, according to my friend Alok who became riveted by the guy’s speech, is that he applies his normally snored-at field to everyday life, giving an economist’s perspective [...]
Posted in Philosophizing, Recipes on Dec 16th, 2007
The Joy of Cooking is hiding things–ancient secrets that it does not deign to share with the general public. But I’m on to them.
For instance, the other day I noticed something in their flan recipes. The JoC recipe calls for a caramel made with 3 parts sugar and 1 part water and then a custard [...]
The Jew and the Carrot blog is all over this. While I was still marveling at folks who are equally passionate about food and Judaism and delighting in the view of dozens of Chanukah menorahs ablaze at the same time, the Hazon food bloggers were already serving up the events with tang and flare, not [...]
Posted in Aminals, Green living, Philosophizing on Dec 12th, 2007
The other night, I discovered a charred gash as long as my pinky finger and about as thick marring the hardcover spine of a book. The image startled me. How had The Omnivore’s Dilemma received a burn two inches long and half an inch deep, through layers of dustcover and binding, without my noticing? My [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 5th, 2007
For generations, Jewish women (and, increasingly, Jewish men) have looked into a mixing bowl on a Friday and seen more than just eggs and flour. In the makings of a batch of challah, we have seen the oncoming shabbat, bringing with it rest and reflection. We have seen the community of people we will [...]
Posted in Recipes on Dec 1st, 2007
You’ve trapped, gutted, and cooked your own pumpkin. Good for you! But now you’ve eaten the yellowy orange flesh for breakfast, lunch, and dinner and even baked it into a large batch of cookies. You considered making pumpkin pie, but then realized that crust is not your bag. What to do?
Sitting next to the ex-gourd [...]
