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food + cooking
Michigan’s Unlikely Food Revolution
You don’t have to be in California to see a local-food movement flourishing—try the Great Lake State.
09.09.09
- Keywords
- farm-to-table,
- slow food,
- farming,
- nutrition/diet,
- laura shapiro
food + cooking
The Trouble with Julie & Julia
Five years after Julia Child’s death, she’s winning America’s heart again through this movie. Julie Powell is another story.
07.30.09
- Keywords
- film,
- cookbooks,
- julia child,
- julie powell,
- laura shapiro
travel + culture
Britain’s Chain-Restaurant Renaissance
Never mind the high-end places; the real British food revolution is happening in far humbler establishments.
07.13.09
- Keywords
- restaurants,
- britain,
- london,
- heston blumenthal,
- laura shapiro
food + cooking
Our Cooling Relationship with the Frozen-Food Industry
How did major manufacturers decide it was a good idea to delegate responsibility for food-safety inspections to home cooks?
06.11.09
- Keywords
- health + science,
- industry,
- food safety,
- laura shapiro
food politics
The War on Alice Waters
She made sustainable agriculture a rallying cry, but now the activist chef is under attack from food lovers.
05.06.09
- Keywords
- alice waters,
- food policy,
- farm-to-table,
- laura shapiro
travel + culture
Food Doesn’t Travel
No matter how “authentic” the ingredients or the recipe, cuisine is inextricably tied to—and limited by—the place where it’s made.
04.09.09
- Keywords
- culinary culture,
- restaurants,
- indian,
- travel,
- laura shapiro
travel + culture
Goa’s Culinary Treasures
There is joy in cooking at home with flavors borrowed from abroad, to be sure. But sometimes you just have to be there.
03.11.09
- Keywords
- laura shapiro,
- restaurants,
- india,
- travel,
- culinary culture
food politics
FDR’s Anti-Epicurean White House
Why Eleanor Roosevelt—one of the most memorable first ladies in American history and an unshakably gracious person—refused to offer dinner guests a decent meal.
02.05.09
wine + spirits + beer
Mondavi + America’s Wine Problem
The late vintner helped transform this country into the world’s largest market for wine. So why do so few Americans bother drinking it?
01.07.09
- Keywords
- laura shapiro,
- wine,
- culinary culture,
- robert mondavi
chefs + restaurants
The Lord is My Chef
Fall on your knees, and hear the angel voices, for here are three cookbooks that give new meaning to the term “kitchen bible.”
11.25.08
- Keywords
- ferran adria,
- el bulli,
- grant achatz,
- alinea,
- heston blumenthal
