A Thousand Years Over a Hot Stove: A History of American Women Told Through Food, Recipes, and Remembrances. By Laura Schenone. W. W. Norton, 2003.
A slice of warm, comforting lasagna, with its depth of melded flavors and link to tradition, is the perfect visualization for Laura Schenone’s A Thousand Years Over a Hot Stove. This [...]
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A Thousand Years Over a Hot Stove
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Food Politics
Friday, June 12th, 2009Scientist and provocateur Marion Nestle tackles how politics affects the food industry and the way we eat.
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Hometown Appetites
Friday, June 12th, 2009Caitlin Moser reviews the biography cum recipe highlights of Clementine Paddleford, a woman who did more for food and the way it is written about than any other person… and was then forgotten about by nearly everyone she influenced.
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Pig Perfect
Friday, June 12th, 2009Michael Page reviews the story spun by Peter Kaminsky as he details every step on his journey towards the most interesting of goals: the best-tasting pork you’ll ever experience.
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The United States of Arugula
Thursday, June 11th, 2009David Kamp details how we grew from a nation largely ambivalent about food to one where chefs are celebrities and restaurants are usually within spitting distance, and doesn’t leave out the messy details in between.
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Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
Eric Schlosser
HarperCollins, 2001
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal changed the way America views and consumes fast food. Author Eric Schlosser describes how social, economic, and technological forces created the often-grisly fast food industry and how the fast food industry changed the [...]
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The Jungle
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008Upton Sinclair’s political novel leads to food industry reform.
Tags: meat, packing plant, reform
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In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto
Michael Pollan
Penguin Press, 2008
Every day we hear so-called “expert†advocating a low-fat, low-carb, sugar-free, or high-protein diet to be healthy and lose weight. So why is the majority of America overweight? Maybe people aren’t getting the message.
Author Michael Pollan believes the message is wrong. He [...]
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