I came across this article in Gourmet recently (http://www.gourmet.com/magazine/2000s/2009/03/politics-of-the-plate-the-price-of-tomatoes) and was appalled and surprised by my naivete of the subject. As a relatively conscious eater, I had no idea that most of the tomatoes in grocery stores and restaurants (unless...
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I just read the article in Gourmet - it might make you rethink Kobe beef: http://www.gourmet.com/magazine/2000s/2007/12/kobe_beef_estabrook?currentPage=all Traditional Japanese producers, Blackmore said, raise their 1,600-pound cattle in highly confined areas. “From the time they are a week old until they are...
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