Health complications, environmental problems, ethical challenges—all these and more can be results of a diet rich in meat, dairy, and eggs. What to do? Free-lance journalist Brian Kateman recommends reducing consumption, and he explains his proposal in this July 2016 Washington Post article. Read it here: Kateman, “’We can save the earth without giving up bacon. Here’s …
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Are granola bars good for you? If you said “yes,” you are in agreement with more than two-thirds of the general public, but with only 28% of professional nutritionists. New York Times writers Kevin Quealy and Margot Sanger-Katz conducted a survey among nutritionists and ordinary eaters about their perceptions of the healthfulness of several dozen …
Organic food. Do those words invoke images of a hand holding a spoon over a steaming bowl or a hand holding a shovel over a fertile mound of dirt? We’re guessing that your immediate association is with the food, but what about the farming? In this October 2015 Medium post, originally published in the Des …
When food security pops up in the news, as it does frequently these days, it usually refers to having two things: a grocery store nearby and money to spend there. For Inuit people in Alaska, however, food security means something very different. The Seattle Times published this December 2015 report by Alaska-based Associated Press reporter …
Continue reading Not one-size-fits-all: Dan Joling on food security in Alaska
Every day we “gotta eat,” right? Smartphones and apps have paved the way for a variety of new businesses designed to feed customers’ bellies and entrepreneurs’ bank accounts. Writer Robin Sloan discusses two such businesses and the deeper implications of their operating models in this November 2015 article in the Atlantic. Read it here: Sloan, “Why I …
Continue reading My neighbor’s kitchen: Robin Sloan on buying prepared meals
What should we eat tonight? If you live in an urban area, your immediate response to that question might be to propose an ethnic cuisine. Careful, though. In this July 2015 article, Washington Post features writer Lavanya Ramanathan distinguishes between our innate desire to explore the world with our taste buds and the attitude of …
Continue reading “Discount tourism”: Lavanya Ramanathan on the term “ethnic food”
Some call it soda, others call it pop. Some say coke generically, even if it’s Pepsi that they drink. Whatever you call it, even McDonald’s concedes that we drink too much of it, and they are working to reduce soda consumption with their Happy Meals. Candice Choi, an Associated Press reporter who covers the food …
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“There’s no better place to buy fruits and vegetables than at a farmers’ market. Period.” That confident claim was made by New York Times food columnist Mark Bittman. Still, he sees some improvements to be made, and he argues for them in this August 2014 op-ed article in that newspaper. Read it here: Bittman, "Farmers’ Market …
Continue reading Juicy, ripe tomatoes: Mark Bittman on farmers’ markets
Is Coca-Cola better for you than water? That depends on whether you’re the one drinking it or the one selling it. Nutritionist and health advocate Andy Bellati discusses a Coca-Cola campaign that was not promoted in public media; his essay was published in November 2013 on the blog Civil Eats. Read it here: Bellati, "Coca-Cola’s assault …
Continue reading Coca-Cola cares: Andy Bellati on Big Soda’s doublespeak
It’s a sandwich that replaces the bread with two pieces of fried chicken. It’s “hand-breaded and cooked in store!” It’s available for a limited time only. It’s KFC’s Double Down, and it appalls New Yorker business writer Ian Crouch. He explains why in this article from April 2014. Read it here: Crouch, "Fast Food Doubles Down" …
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