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Leite's Culinaria Interviews Michael Pollan

Leite's Culinaria chose Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals their 2006 Book of the Year, and now their Anne E. McBride has a thoughtful, informed interview with Pollan up on their site: "My hope is that if people have the knowledge, and if they actually see where their food comes from and have access to the information, they will make better ethical choices. Whatever those choices are, they'll be better than eating in ignorance, and shopping in ignorance, which is what most Americans today do — because it's very hard to understand anything about your food. The food chain has gotten so long, so intricate, and so opaque that most people have no idea...

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Post a Comment | Posted by Lia Bulaong, March 22, 2007 at 3:25 PM
Tagged: Leite's Culinaria, Michael Pollan, The Omnivore's Dilemma

The History of Chips

Gary Allen's In the Chips: Dipping Into the History of the Super Bowl Favorite: "Recently, Jan Petersen wrote in to ask, "When did dips for chips first become popular?" With the Super Bowl just around the corner, we're interested in delving into the history of these gridiron staples. Jan's question may sound like a version of the old conundrum about chickens and eggs — at least as regarding which came first — but in this case there is an answer." I'd recommend it even if it weren't so timely, it's such a fantastic piece of writing....

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Post a Comment | Posted by Lia Bulaong, February 2, 2007 at 3:27 PM
Tagged: chips, culinary history, Leite's Culinaria, Super Bowl