A new book by two Toronto sociologists explores the world of the food-obsessed – and finds that status-hungry authenticity seekers can put bragging rights before ethics.
Wendy Leung’s tag for her interview with the authors of the new book Foodies: Democracy and Distinction in the Gourmet Foodscape. EVERY PART OF THIS INTERVIEW IS RIVETING. Please read.
Uh oh.
(This is not an actual blueberry pie)
Today is National Blueberry Pie Day! A day that kicks the hell out of National Raisin Day, which is April 30. Children across the country will riot. Watch your back.
(Sweet mother of God, every day of the year is celebrating a food. I had no idea.)
Even if you have to take two trains and a car ride to get there, the last bargain in food is to buy it direct from the growers. If kids can’t distinguish the difference between potatoes, tomatoes, and cucumbers, then part of the storytelling is to take them on those pilgrimages
Rachel Ray at the Food Bank for New York City Can-Do Awards Dinner; Does this mean she, personally, will be taking kids on these field trips? I’d love to see her drive a bus, is all.
From the always-awesome Toothpaste for Dinner
Chocolate Sour Cream Cupcakes with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting and The Bahia Shrine Circus
Southern Grace Gourmet; This week’s most-random-blog-title-I’ve-ever-read-EVER award.
After I’d finished reading The Washington Post’s “The Cheesy Fast Food Breakfast”, I came to the conclusion you inevitably will come to as well – the author, Jennifer LaRue Huget, has obviously never had a hangover.
(Komforte Chocolates, found at The Gloss)
From the Komforte site: ”We saw that the chocolate industry was driving upscale and more sophisticated with every season. What was of more interest to us was doing chocolate that had fun, interesting ingredients with a “comfort” feel to them that a kid, a teenager and an adult could all understand and enjoy.”
At $3 a bar or so, I think regular Ramen is more of a steal.
Link: The Nasty Bits: Pig’s Head
I know this is really sick, but I can’t help but read this and wonder if there could be a Hannibal Lecter version. Sort of like Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, but… a blog with cannibalism. Sentences like “Detaching the jaw from the rest of the head was considerably harder than removing the snout” or ”Though there’s a lot of fat and skin surrounding the cheeks, cheek meat itself is just pure flesh that, when stewed, is soft and rich in flavor” have a totally different ring to them now, don’t they?
(The Cheese and Burger Society’s Uncle Sam burger)
You know how, in the middle of being really full of hate and angst about something (foodies), you find something that you actually love? Like, I hate Julia Roberts. And yet, I love Steel Magnolias. Do you smell what I’m stepping in?
So, I was doing my internet duty and choosing my picks for the Webbys, when I came across an entry entitled “The Cheese and Burger Society.” I pish-poshed, thinking it was another burger-aggrandizing site, making something so simple seem like the holy grail, etc. I clicked on the link, and within 45 minutes, I had never craved a burger with such crazed intensity. Each jaw-dropping, food-porny, inventive burger is described by Seinfeld’s Puddy (I do not recognize him in his latest “Rules of Engagement,” but I would like to give major props for “The Tick”) and they provide the recipes! Not to mention the website itself is technically rad.
Damn you Cheese and Burger Society. Damn you.