Those of you who read this blog regularly know what we think of “Meatless Monday.” There’s hardly been a more idiotic idea to come down the pike than the one that would have us give up eating meat because of climate change. There are so many other ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, why would […]
Tags:global warming·meat·pollution
Have you noticed fresh Alaska sockeye salmon at your local seafood counter? We eat as much as we can afford from Whole Foods. Recently we harvested our remaining chiogga beets to make a simple side with olive oil and red wine vinegar. And the finest greens of all are the beet tops, gently sauteed with […]
Back in April, New York Times food columnist Mark Bittman got a good spanking from food enviro-bloggers for publishing a recipe for red snapper, a severely overfished species listed as “avoid” by the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch program. Bittman explained the appearance of the snapper recipe in The Grey Lady as a “screw up,” […]
Tags:food writing·seafood
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