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Most memorable meals, take one: fire in the hole!
The other night, inspired by a typically wonderful dinner at Texas French Bread, my Best Gal and I got to talking about our favorite meals ever, and what made them so. Eventually, we decided that it might be interesting to … Continue reading
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Tagged Dai Due, memorable meals, Roadfood, San Antonio, Socorro NM, sweat, tamales
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Stubbing the giant’s toe: thoughts on Midwestern agribusiness
Corn. Soybeans. Corn. Soybeans. Corn. Soybeans. Corn. Soybeans. Corn. Soybeans. Corn. Soybeans. Corn. Soybeans. Corn. Soybeans. And did I mention corn? We drove last week from Austin to Gambier, Ohio, to deliver our youngest to college, and then back to … Continue reading
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Tagged agribusiness, agriculture, Boggy Creek Farm, chickens, corn, Joel Salatin, Midwest, Will Allen
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My favorite Massachusetts meal
My friend and former graduate school colleague, Tinky Weisblat, who lives in Hawley MA, asked her many blogging friends to publish a post on Massachusetts food during the week of August 22–28 as part of Loving Local: Celebrating the Flavors … Continue reading
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Tagged anaphylaxis, memorable meals, peanuts, romance, vegetarianism, Williams College
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Carnivorocity, take two
Meat-eating has been the topic of much discussion recently, at least in what I’ve been reading. Jonathan Safran Foer’s new book, Eating Animals, has generated a significant buzz; if you Google “foer eating animals,” you get 961,000 results. Foer spent … Continue reading
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Tagged bison, Christopher Marlowe, economics, Jonathan Safran Foer, limits, Mary Oliver, meat, vegetarianism, Wendell Berry
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Farmers markets: food for thought
Happy Thanksgiving! On any list of the things for which we give thanks, the Austin Farmers Market (downtown on Saturday mornings and at the Triangle on Wednesday afternoons), the Sunset Valley Farmers Market (on Saturday mornings), and Boggy Creek Farm … Continue reading
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Tagged Alliance of Artists Communities, Boggy Creek Farm, Dai Due, farmers markets, Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans
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Carnivorocity
Since we’re in the early planning stages for our first Madroño Ranch bison harvest, I’ve been reflecting on issues of carnivorocity, which my spell-checker tells me isn’t a word. It suggests “carnivorousness” instead. But I prefer my neologism because it … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, bison, Dai Due, God, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, meat, predators, vegetarianism
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Growing hope
This summer we attended a screening of Fresh, a documentary that highlights the efficiency and productivity of organic farming and the casual cruelty and hidden costs of industrial agriculture. Along with about a hundred others, we watched the film under … Continue reading
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Tagged agribusiness, agriculture, Boggy Creek Farm, Edible Austin, Fresh, organic farming, Rachel Carson, Will Allen
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