Listening to Michael Pollan

Definitely off target – to paraphrase Michael Pollan, don’t buy food where you shop for anything else: check out Cornucopia Institute’s post on the Target organic food troubles.
And paraphrasing Pollan again - don’t buy food that makes health claims. Apparently, working with the FDA after receiving a slap on the wrist from it, the Smart Choices program [...]

Glazed Roasted Carrots

Another not officially Chinese recipe, but a fun Asian tweak on glazed carrots, a common side dish this time of year. The idea comes from the September 2009 issue of Food & Wine, but I’ve changed the ingredients and cooking method a bit. A great side dish for an east-west fusion dinner.
ingredients:

1 lb carrots, peeled [...]

Is there a trend here?

Like many parents, I’m sure, we took our kids to see WALL-E last year, and frankly we were a bit disappointed. Not in the movie itself, but in the way it was marketed as a funny kids’ flick. It was way over their heads (they were 5 & 9), and they didn’t enjoy it much – [...]

Busy news week….

First, just for fun, “Cakes Gone Wrong,” which has a fun link to CakeWrecks.
Now on to the more serious links.
Let’s take a close look at the new “Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation.” The objective:
The Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation (HWCF) is a unique partnership between retailers, non-profit organizations, food and beverage manufacturers and trade associations aimed at [...]

Beancurd with Mushrooms

As the weather gets colder, we’re turning away from our old standby, Chilled Beancurd with Soy Sauce, and thinking of warmer dishes. This is a quick tofu dish that exactly suits that purpose and can easily be made vegan. If fresh mushrooms are not available, you can use 6-8 dried shiitakes, rehydrated in hot water [...]

Friday List of Links

KPBS in San Diego ran a story about Slow Food – a nice, simple summary of the movement’s growth and principles.
Some thoughts on switching to sustainably produced palm oil are found at Seventh Generation’s Inspired Protagonist.
And finally, reader’s food rules – Michael Pollan’s top 20 choices. I was not surprised to see that many of [...]

Quick Soupy Noodles – move over ramen!

We’re deep into the school and after-school schedule now, which means trying to get dinner on the table before swim class or Tae Kwon Do or…. This is a super quick twist on the Pan Asian Noodle Soup recipe posted a long time ago. For noodles, I like to use yaki-soba, but you can use any [...]

Good news, bad news?

Check out Tom Philpott’s post on Grist.com about Will Allen’s Growing Power going to Africa. Philpott give praise where it’s due and also raises some very important point and makes some good critiques of other attempts to ”feed the world.”