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Help! Militant Organic Roomy!!!!
.. is there a problem here??" 2) Read Omnivore's Dilemma - interesting take that organic is in as many ways getting as a bad as industrial farming.. but to be honest, you’ll never win a debate with a zealot. 3) Respond with...
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Sustainable foods: what do you avoid?
the wonderful cold weather greens, and root vegetables. I’ve also been rethinking how I shop at the local supermarket and at Trader Joe’s. Their goods come from all over the world. That’s a dilemma for me cuz, I...
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Today's equivalent of Julia Childs?
of groups like Slow Food, and the popularity of Omnivore's Dilemma, Alice Waters' work is really having an impact on how the country eats. She is not alone in this, but is widely considered one of the pioneers and leaders....
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Budget Cooking
's book "The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals." The chapter starts on p. 13 of this PDF and the key riff about corn is two or three paragraphs on p. 18.) http://www.michaelpollan.com/omnivore_excerpt.pdf
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**JULY 2009 COTM Suggestion Thread!
JoanN: Bittman is just too busy (a) making a crummy tv show with celebrities; and (b) giving lectures about how we have to change our eating habits ala Omnivore's Dilemma to spend time updating his cookbook list.
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I fed a vegetarian lard by mistake. Do I tell her?
chimed in saying he was really an omnivore, then others would chime in and say he was actually a pescetarian. Anyhow, whatever he is, I have been out to dinner with him where he has ordered New England Style Clam Chowder and he...
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Authentic or American?!?
I think Michael Pollan hit it on the head in The Omnivore's Dilemma. It’s when you start treating food as a commodity that things go downhill. The notion that a given taco (or egg, or pound of hamburger) is equivalent to...
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Buying Organic?
's a huge taste difference between organic milk and non-organic milk. We’ve been purchasing more organic meat than non-organic, but it is quite expensive and I’m sure many people would find our grocery budget pretty...
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As A Chowhound, What Did You Get For Christmas?
-related gifts I gave: Madhur Jaffrey’s World Vegetarian (thanks, Chowhound, for the rec!) Omnivore's Dilemma Heat block set of Wusthof Classic knifes high-heat resistant silicone spatulas A lot of wine/beer
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What's The One Thing You Can't Eat, even for money.
Have you ever wondered why carnivores/omnivores never try to make a fake carrot out of meat the way that vegetarians try to make fake bacon and hamburgers out of veggies? Seems to me that if you’re really a vegetarian, you...
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Is there an ingredient you are sort of afraid to cook (with)?
feed set out by farmers that contained animal meal. I wouldn’t touch venison brains with a 2,000 foot pole! Same for veal. But since pigs are omnivores, pig brains should be just fine!
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