Category: food
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Non-plastic pop bottles?
This is pretty cool. I really like the idea of non-plastic consumables. http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/03/16/2138214/Pepsi-Moving-To-Bottles-Made-of-Plant-Material
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Mushroom with hypoglycemic properties?
The Maitake mushroom might have hypoglycemic properties. This is interesting stuff.
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Paleolithic Bread (NYT)
This is really a fluff article from the NY Times, which is kinda sad. It implies that the Paleo diet (meat and raw veggies, very low carb) might be invalidated by this discovery which pushes the date of the use of flour to 30,000 years ago. However, it doesn’t explain why that actually threatens the…
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Destroy Your Food Stock Without Due Process? (Hartke)
FDA to US: You have no right to consume the food of your choice. US: We are too stupid to learn about healthy food, even though our ancestors might have thrived on it for thousands of years. Lead us, masters…baaaaa!…baaaaa! Family Farm Ordered to Destroy 50,000 Pounds of Cheese | Hartke Is Online!.
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Agave: as useful as hemp and more edible, too!
The recent problem with bat diseases might become a threat to agave pollination. I’m also fascinated with how many uses the agave fiber has been put to…fence posts, even! Another remarkable product is sisal rope. BATS AND AGAVES.
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Apps for Healthy Kids
A bit ironic that computers are being used to keep kids fit, but concepts like how HFCS are bad and how veggies are good are very important to teach. Apps for Healthy Kids.
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Upside-down Tomatos and Small Gardening
I’ve seen upside-down tomato buckets, but I didn’t know they could also be grown sideways. Other super clever tricks on this site. The Cheap Vegetable Gardener – Growing organic vegetables in the garden without going broke.
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Green Death…Rainier Ale
OMG 7.4 ABV. A straw color with a indescribable taste. No wonder I haven’t seen it stocked with any other beers. If you’ve seen a place that sells some, lemme know. I know someone who misses it.
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Thoughts on Pollan’s food-movement essay (Grist)
Many other countries seem to have a healthy progressive movement that actually has political power. Interesting discussion on how the food movement might be a fundamental-enough philosophy to challenge “both sides of the isle”. Thoughts on Pollan’s food-movement essay | Grist.
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eat local…know your butcher
Cute little article describes how a locovores are helping revive local butcher business. I think it’s a great idea to know where your meat comes from and who butchers it. Local economy! The Associated Press: Local food movement boost local butchers’ business.
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