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Food culture news bites

Strange as it may seem, baking and cooking are not the only things I’ve been doing for this blog on my off days. I’ve been compiling a number of articles about the food system and food culture in the U.S. Think of this as an introduction to a few sites I read regularly and a number of issues into which I’d like to delve much deeper in the future.

Happy reading!

  • Mark Bittman, author of countless cookbooks and regular food blogger for NYTimes.com, wrote a short yet sweet entry on how even the best of us food bloggers and foodies have days (some more than others) where we throw together what’s on hand and are happy with the not-so-extravagant results.
  • I can has cheez? Writing for The Atlantic’s food channel, Daphne Zepos reflects on the seasonality of a variety of cheeses, offering a number of helpful tips.
  • Alex Whitmore, of the brand-new Taza Chocolate company based in Boston, has dedicated his business to providing near-complete traceability for the sources and producers of the ingredients in his chocolate bars. This is an extraordinary feat, and I hope to see more initiatives like this popping up all over the country. Sometime soon I plan on ordering a batch. I’m such a sucker for chocolate…
  • If you’ve read The Omnivore’s Dilemma and have started to make more mindful choices about what you are baking, cooking and eating, then you might be interested in seeing the ground-breaking new documentary Food, Inc.
  • Lisa M. Hamilton, author of Deeply Rooted: Unconventional Farms in the Age of Agribusiness, has written a lively commentary on the Obama administration’s initiatives in the area of agriculture in the form of an appeal to President Obama. A compelling and incisive read.
  • Composting: It’s the Law (in San Francisco)–I’m wondering how this will be enforced and what the impact will be on the city. I’m not sure how this might be managed and upheld in other major cities in the U.S. I think one of the most challenging things about the current state of our industrial food culture, diseased as it is, is determining the most efficacious strategies to effect significant, long-term change.
  • Speaking of change, The Ethicurean provides some useful ideas for the burgeoning food system activist.
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