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Bring Your Lunch to Work 27 Aug 2013 | 06:02 pm
There are few brown-baggers in the building in which I work. This is not because the food in the neighborhood is so great (it isn’t), or because the cafeteria is Google-like (it isn’t), but because ma...
The New Nuclear Craze 24 Aug 2013 | 11:33 pm
There is a new discussion about nuclear energy, prompted by well-founded concerns about carbon emissions and fueled by a pro-nuclear documentary called “Pandora’s Promise.” Add a statement by James E....
How to Make Jam 23 Aug 2013 | 03:52 am
This is the time of year to make jam. Find the nearest bush or tree, go to a farmers’ market or pray that your local C.S.A. comes through in the next couple of weeks, but get it done. You might never...
Not All Industrial Food Is Evil 19 Aug 2013 | 05:51 pm
I’VE long wondered how producing a decent ingredient, one that you can buy in any supermarket, really happens. Take canned tomatoes, of which I probably use 100 pounds a year. It costs $2 to $3 a poun...
It’s Wild-Salmon Season 12 Aug 2013 | 09:37 pm
Atlantic salmon is an endangered species, but it’s also always in season: we have fish farming to thank for that, if “thank” is the word. Therefore almost all wild salmon is Pacific. And in flavor, t...
11 Trillion Reasons 7 Aug 2013 | 05:44 pm
Here’s a good line: “[U]nenlightened farm policy — with its massive subsidies for junk food ingredients — has played a pivotal role in shaping our food system over the past century. But that policy ca...
Farmers’ Market Recipe Generator 3 Aug 2013 | 06:56 pm
When the farmers’ markets are full of white eggplants, shell beans, baby squash, multicolored carrots and greens whose names you don’t even know, it’s time to go shopping: without knowing what you’re ...
It’s a Buyer’s Market! 3 Aug 2013 | 06:52 pm
Although there are areas of the country where farmers’ markets feature loads of fresh vegetables year round, those of us who live in regions with a different set of blessings experience long stretches...
Fast Food, Low Pay 29 Jul 2013 | 07:49 pm
Last November, following the Black Friday protests by Walmart employees, 200 workers at 30 New York fast-food restaurantswalked off their jobs. Not much happened immediately. There was press and voca...
This Armenian Life 24 Jul 2013 | 06:48 pm
Greater Los Angeles is a collection of not just smaller cities but also exotic populations. Among those cities is Glendale (not so small: it would be the second-most-populous city in New England), a c...
