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  • Blogs

    October 5, 2011

    Why Is There Such a Big Difference Between USDA Recommendations and Subsidies?

    ​ The Washington Post ran a blistering article yesterday comparing what the USDA wants Americans put on their plates and what foods are on the agency's plate in terms of crop subsidies and price guarantees. Of the roughly $200 billion spent to subsidize U.S. commodity crops from 1995 to 2010 (co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2011

    Ripping on the USDA's New Graphic, Whispering About Stumptown

    ​Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media.​1. No more food pyramid. After several years and $2 million in research, the USDA released its new nutrition graphic last week to replace the much-maligned food pyramid, and the com ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2011

    More Beard Nominees, Radioactive Greens, and Coffee Research

    Catherine ColeThe Sightglass coffee roaster: Drink up.​​Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media. 1. More Beard-worthy stories. Continuing this week's survey of stories up for Beard journalism awards, the Houston Press's Ka ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2011

    The Power of Oprah, the Stupidity of 'Meat Week,' and ― Eww ― Vulva Cake!

    ​SFoodie's roundup of tips, news, and rants from the week in animal-free eats. • So, Oprah's Tuesday episode was dedicated to veganism ― and meat-eating issues in general ― and it's pretty much the only thing vegans could talk about all week. I mean, she IS the big O and so yeah, celebr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2010

    Is the Government Caving to Pressure Over Regulating Sodium?

    A public interest group first asked FDA to intervene in 1978.​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. Salt politics: At Food Politics, Marion Nestle considers the on-one-minute, gone-the-next rumor that FDA has plans to regulate the salt content in processed foods. She lays out the simple timelin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2010

    Doggy Bag: Supreme Court Ruling Will Work Its Way into Your Shopping Bag

    Jeff.L/FlickrNot even Berkeley Bowl can save you.​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. Oh noes!: What does yesterday's U.S. Supreme Court decision to jimmy open the sewer lid to corporate campaign contributions have to do with the food you eat? Pantloads, writes Food Politics blogger Marion Ne ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2009

    Doggy Bag: Today's Odds and Ends

    Our favorite morsels from the food blogs and beyond. You mean the answer isn't "pop"?: Maybe you were flashing on the first time you heard "Billie Jean," or remembering how, for the life of you, you couldn't imagine what Macaulay Culkin might have been doing on those Neverland sleepovers. Mission M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2009

    The Doggie Bag: Today's Odds and Ends

    Our favorite morsels from the food blogs and beyond. Torte reform: Not sure if this means we live in the most litigious society ever or the stupidest. Slashfood left us slackmouthed with news that a woman in Cali tried to sue Quaker Oats parent PepsiCo because she felt the word "berries" implied th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2008

    Affordable Supermarket Treats?

    Our favorite morsels from the food blogs and beyond. Torte reform: Not sure if this means we live in the most litigious society ever or the stupidest. Slashfood left us slackmouthed with news that a woman in Cali tried to sue Quaker Oats parent PepsiCo because she felt the word "berries" implied th ... More >>

  • Culture

    January 23, 2008

    It's the Food, Stupid

    Michael Pollan's new book exposes how "nutritionism" has ruined our diets.

  • Culture

    April 26, 2006

    Our guide to readings, spoken word, and other literary events

    Michael Pollan's new book exposes how "nutritionism" has ruined our diets.

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