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  • Run, Chicken, Run

    As a vegan who lives in the country, grows as much of her own food as she can, and works for Farm Sanctuary, which operates the largest rescue and refuge network for farm animals in North America, I find, ''Notes on the urban chicken movement'' deeply disturbing. To enter into the business of killing, and continuing to do so – fighting every ...
    Posted to Food by tbarry on June 13, 2008

  • We "invented" dogs?

    Take an animal husbandry class. We invented more than just dogs, we ''invented'' every single domesticated species on the planet. You think thoroughbred horses are just found wild? Or Hereford cattle? Or how about the Japanese Wagyu cattle which produce $300 per pound Kobe beef? Yeah Kobe beef doesn't come from that same scrawny cow that gave you ...
    Posted to Human Nature by slysly77 on April 17, 2008

  • Where is the Schmaltz of Yesteryear?

    My co-blogger Anna replies to Ron Rosenbaum's nostalgia.
    Posted to The Spectator by ruchirapaul on December 30, 2007

  • Re: Pretentious food writing

    I couldn't have said it better myself.
    Posted to Food by szkott on October 23, 2007

  • The deeper problem that's behind bland wedding food.

    This article is an excellent primer for the engaged: when I became betrothed, my first thought was the dress, my second was the food. But I don't think, and the author asserts, that this is the norm among brides-to-be. However, it's possible that the current state of wedding dishes is rooted in an underlying lack of respect for food in general, ...
    Posted to Weddings by jade on June 12, 2007