Here’s a link to a good editorial from Michael Pollan in The Nation in which he argues that we in the U.S. should call the farm bill the food bill and not leave negotiations up to the big ag states because food and how it...

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Michael Pollan writes CliffsNotes for this year’s Farm Bill.

Today’s (7/10/07) San Francisco Chronicle featured a story about Bay Area food people (including Michael Pollan, also Steve Sullivan of Acme Bread among others) hoping to influence the currently debated farm bill to shift...

Free-range and grass-fed animals are big with consumers. So why won’t most American slaughterhouses kill them?

For example: carob-glazed doughnut holes.

This week’s mission: healthy whole-grain cookies, and fancy juice blends.

Fatty pork trumps lean. Has the other white meat chubbed up?

Books for the plane, the beach, or just curling up in bed.

Our first annual awards, presenting a baker’s dozen of provocateurs, trendsetters, and rabble-rousers.

What we learned at Madrid Fusión.

The country ham is our native prosciutto or serrano, though most Southerners wouldn’t dream of throwing an uncooked leg on a deli slicer and shaving some to go with the asparagus. Most Northerners, meanwhile, have never heard of...

Stuffed with rosemary and lemon.

Vegansexuals, tainted dog food, greenwashing, and more.

From bad spinach to exploding lattes: The tastiest moments of 2006.