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PopUp Restaurant Day!

Yes, it's that day again, November 16, ( though a blog malfunction did not let you see this post as planned…) when food appears from car trunks, and on tables in front of apartments all over the world as "popup" eateries hold sway, for a day. Restaurant Day.

"One-day restaurants have so far po…

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Literary Food? Of Course!

"There's an old joke about Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse (1927) – you might not enjoy the novel, but you can certainly learn how to make the French classic dish boeuf en daube."

Or not. 

Read more by Moira Redmond at The Guardian.

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Woe Comes to Those Favoring GMO Labeling in WA

From info wars:  "GMO labeling initiative 522 has failed, proving once again that corporate money can buy food secrecy. "

Washington State voters apparently have narrowly rejected a bill that would have required labeling of some GMO food products.

Corporate food sources outspent those in favor …

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When in Reykjavik, Eat Haitian!

Friends traveling in Iceland found Cafe Haiti, and enjoyed fiskisupa with a spicy spin. And kaffi, we bet. Photo: Carol Merrill

"Food and Drink," NYTimes Sunday Mag

Terroir matters, as we declared in our book, Gastronomie: Food Museums and Heritage Sites of France, and wine guy Kermit Lynch agrees. Read his take on enjoying wine, scouting out good ones, et al, here.  And more, of course.

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Frogs' Legs, Auroch Steaks, Yum!

From The Guardian: "Archaeologists digging about a mile away from Stonehenge have made a discovery that appears to overturn centuries of received wisdom: frogs' legs were an English delicacy around eight millennia before becoming a French one."

Working at a site near Amesbury, University of Buck…

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So, It's World Food Day, And, Uh......

We know there are good people toiling away worldwide so that fewer people will go hungry, and we salute them! But WFD just never has seemed to grab much attention. Why?

Then there's the Food Sovereignty Prize, focused on those who work locally, from the ground up, against the invasion of " Big Food…

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Frogs' Legs, Auroch Steaks, Yum!

From The Guardian: "Archaeologists digging about a mile away from Stonehenge have made a discovery that appears to overturn centuries of received wisdom: frogs' legs were an English delicacy around eight millennia before becoming a French one."

Working at a site near Amesbury, University of Buc…

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A Rescue for River Herring?

According to the NYTimes, "The New England Fishery Management Council on Thursday approved the region’s first cap on the amount of river herring that can be caught by industrial trawlers."

River herring numbers are low, down 90% in the last twenty years, according to River Herring Rescue. Obsta…

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"Kitchen Memories"--Exhibition to Dec 1 at Sonoma Valley Museum of Art

Culinary art? Kitchen gizmos? On display now in California. Full details here.

And view a video on Kathleen Thompson Hill's collection on our Home page.

"Past Sell Date" Food to be Prepared, Offered at Discount

"Doug Rauch, the former president of Trader Joe's, is determined to repurpose the perfectly edible produce slightly past its sell-by date that ends up in the trash. (That happens in part because people misinterpret the labels, according to a report out this week from Harvard and the National Resou…

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Can "New" Pasture Grass Stem Tide of Global Warming?

It's called "super grass," and switching to it may reduce levels of nitrous oxide.

According to The Guardian, "Nitrous oxide – largely from livestock production – makes up 38% of agriculture emissions, but this share could be substantially reduced, they say. "On a conservative estimate, we assume…

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Arsenic and Rice, Not so Nice

According to science writer Deborah Blum in WIRED, the FDA's reassuring assessment that the arsenic levels in rice are nothing to worry about in the short term, gives rise to the question: What about the long term, then?

“The issue is long term exposure and the surprisingly serious and widespread h…

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Fabled Farm Labor Leader Dies

Via AP: "Jessie Lopez De La Cruz, a longtime leader in the national farmworker movement, has died. She was 93.

The United Farmworkers of America says De La Cruz died in Kingsburg, Calif., on Labor Day. She was one of the union's first female members and organizers in the Fresno area."

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Indian/Mexican Spices Source of Salmonella?

According to the NYTimes, imported spices may import more than flavor to US cooks.

"The United States Food and Drug Administration will soon release a comprehensive analysis that pinpoints imported spices, found in just about every kitchen in the Western world, as a surprisingly potent source of …

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Nine Day Strike Wins Farmers Positive Talks in Colombia

Diary farmers, along with potato, onion, rice and coffee growers and truck drivers,  and their supporters, blocked roads, and disrupted towns across the country. Hundreds of thousands of people demonstrated. Finally, the country's president John Manuel Santos  has agreed to talk.

According to the…

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How Bees Make Honey

Ancient Euros Spiced Their Eats

"Researchers found evidence for garlic mustard in the residues left on ancient pottery shards discovered in what is now Denmark and Germany." The shards date back about 6000 years, according to a piece by the BBC.

The (University of) York scientist ( Hayley Saul) said it was likely that prehistoric…

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Vaca Over: Laptop Resuscitated

Yep, we're back..

Brits Show Some Heat at Harrogate Flower Show

Yes, they are spelling them "chillies" but we will forgive them that, we in New Mexico where "chiles" is the only acceptable spelling of the Americas' warmest veg. Hey, the Brits are getting with the program with Harrogate's ChilliFest, first ever, at the Autumn Show.

Check it all out here.

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