Food Activism I: Slow Fish & Organic Standards
The Route to Sustainable Seafood … Food activism began when pioneers like Dr. John Harvey Kellogg and Sylvester Graham expressed …
Monthly Archives: November 2008
In the Kitchen in Kansas … The Food of Obama’s Mother’s Childhood
There’s No Place Like Home … ~~ Dorothy, The Wizard of Oz Kansas is flat, real flat. Yes. And President …
Obama’s Secretary of Agriculture: Who Should It Be?
As a food-obsessed person, I am interested in more than just who will be President Barack Obama’s White House chef …
What’s Cooking in Kenya? Ugali, Sukuma Wiki, and the Food of Barack Obama’s Father’s Childhood …
“When two locusts fight, it is always the crow who feasts.” Nigerian saying quoted in Barack Obama’s Dreams of My …
What??? $500-a-bottle wine* at the White House … Now???
What do world leaders get to imbibe at the White House in these last days of the Bush presidency? To …
Celebrate Colonial American Cooking: Cookbooks for Thanksgiving and Christmas
Want to celebrate American food history and ingenuity this year? The great state of Virginia gave birth to eight U.S. …
The Race for White House Chef Heats Up
The New York Daily News chimed in on November 10, 2008, suggesting three male chefs — Chicago chefs Daniel Young, …
Barack Obama Takes the Cake, 1240 Cupcakes, That Is
Maybe a little late in the game, but I just learned of this amazing political food art — this is …
Relishing the Cranberry: A Real American Original
Who has ever seen fresh cranberries sold unbagged? Not many of us, although I did see some once, floating in …
“A New Birth of Freedom”: Senator Feinstein Announces 2009 Inaugural Theme
If the presidential campaign and election of President-elect Barack Obama revered a patron saint, Abraham Lincoln would be the man. …
