Philosophy
Do you like genuinely delicious food? There is an extent to which that's a tricky question because it presupposes that we actually know what delicious food tastes like. Consider, however, how so much of what we ordinarily consume is full of toxic chemicals, pesticides, natural waste products, and pumped with antibiotics, powerful hormones and even steroids, and you may start to wonder whether you've ever had a real meal in your whole life. Consider next the huge non-sustainable environmental footprint that food production creates and we're looking at a diminishing supply of good quality food...
In this powerful, humorous and thought-provoking presentation, chef/foodie Dan Barber tells the fascinating story of how he fell in love with a ridiculously delicious and sustainable fish raised using a revolutionary farming method. It's truly an inspirational story that points the way to environmental progress and yumminess :)
And if you don't think we're in dire need of methods like this, you might want to ask yourself how many people can live on Planet Earth with our current practices and habits. Quick hint: not that many.
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- Apples...public Enemy Number One
Don't blame him; blame the growers. This problem has been known for years and it's not just pesticides but a planned effort to make the fruit last longer and look good. Pity...apples are great. "Apples top most pesticide-contaminated list" by...
Philosophy
Dan Barber - How I Fell in Love with a Fish
Do you like genuinely delicious food? There is an extent to which that's a tricky question because it presupposes that we actually know what delicious food tastes like. Consider, however, how so much of what we ordinarily consume is full of toxic chemicals, pesticides, natural waste products, and pumped with antibiotics, powerful hormones and even steroids, and you may start to wonder whether you've ever had a real meal in your whole life. Consider next the huge non-sustainable environmental footprint that food production creates and we're looking at a diminishing supply of good quality food...In this powerful, humorous and thought-provoking presentation, chef/foodie Dan Barber tells the fascinating story of how he fell in love with a ridiculously delicious and sustainable fish raised using a revolutionary farming method. It's truly an inspirational story that points the way to environmental progress and yumminess :)
And if you don't think we're in dire need of methods like this, you might want to ask yourself how many people can live on Planet Earth with our current practices and habits. Quick hint: not that many.
You might also be interested to learn the story of stuff.
.
- The Meanings Of Food
Doing the dishes last night, it struck me how differently different people see food. To TheWife, for example, food is medicine. The purpose of eating is to change the body's chemistry and cooking is an apothecary's art, preparing something to...
- The Great Tomato Riots
It is mid-September. Like so many others I have been drowning in tomatoes for the last four weeks. Large, beautiful, tasty, fresh tomatoes. Yet, I go to our dining hall or any restaurant around and want a tomato on my sandwich, it is the same flat, tasteless...
- Memorializing Jokes
Friends, Memorial Day is upon us and it always makes me think of my grandfather who fought in the 82nd Airborne in world War II. I used to spend a lot of time with him before he passed and the only thing I heard more than his war stories were his favorite...
- Organically Grown Foods...big Rip Off?
I often thought it was a merchandising scheme. The Yuppies and nouveau riche bought it. "Organic food no better for vitamins and nutrients, suggests US study" Organic produce no more nutritious than regular food, say researchers, but it does generally...
- Apples...public Enemy Number One
Don't blame him; blame the growers. This problem has been known for years and it's not just pesticides but a planned effort to make the fruit last longer and look good. Pity...apples are great. "Apples top most pesticide-contaminated list" by...