Category Archives: Elsewhere

March 16, 2010

Much Ado About Canning

Last week, Slate published a short piece on the trendiness of home preserving. This so-called trend isn’t news to me — or probably to any of you. Anyone with even a passing interest in seasonal food has encountered a home canning enthusiast, or has even done a little bit of canning him- or herself. And [...]

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March 5, 2010

The Cheese Freak

Do you guys know the Cheese Freak?

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January 25, 2010

Marlow & Daughters Butcher Shop, Brooklyn

A peek inside Marlow & Daughters butchery in Brooklyn, NY, and some thoughts on eating humanely raised meat.

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July 22, 2009

Forty Farmers Under Forty

This morning Dan sent me a great link to a story on MNN about forty idealistic, young American farmers bringing sustainable agriculture back into the mainstream. It’s a great piece, loaded with fascinating stories about how these individuals got started in farming, and how they’re faring now, as the local foods movement picks up speed. [...]

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June 25, 2009

Sustainable Food Blog Roundup

Mark Bittman, he of the much-loved, cracked-spine How to Cook Everything we keep around, despite pages that have fallen from the binding and more stains and spills than you could imagine, has posted a roundup of sustainable food blogs on his own New York Times blog, Bitten. I missed the article when it was first [...]

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