Articles tagged with: foodies
Living back in the mainstream reminds me of the Goliath–size reality of our food system. The majority of Americans today has never been to a farm or have any idea where their food comes from. I am living inside one of Michael Pollan books, the bleak food landscape.
I’m not in Kansas anymore, No longer in the Bay Area where most farms are within 200 miles, where there are farmers’ markets everyday of the week, and where there is a general culture of “Buy Local” and “Eat Healthy”.
I didn’t like 24 in 24. If you can imagine trying to eat at that many places in that amount of time, you know you’d be hating food by the end of the 12th restaurant. To do 24 in 24 in NYC, you’d need a theme, like Brooklyn or Pizza because you couldn’t possibly take only 24 restaurants and claim it was the best of the city. I wanted to capture the full flavor of the boroughs in one project. The only way to do this would be to eat at all the restaurants in the city that people liked to call their favorites.
I have been reading all sorts of blog posts that are anti-foodie lately (of course, they’ve been around for quite some time, they’ve just recently been brought to my attention) and I’d like to clarify some things.
The iPhone has completely revolutionized my food life. It has allowed me to diversify my eating, drinking, cooking, shopping and socializing. I am going to write a series of posts on the iPhone apps that I most enjoy.
On this particular visit, my friend, in her labored English, told me about her father’s role in the local forest. From her description of his duties and responsibilities, I automatically imagined him to be a Forest Ranger. As she continued to explain, I then understood he was not a Forest Ranger, but rather, a “steward of the land.” He and other villagers cared for the forest. They cull the sick and injured animals. They keep stock of the predator/prey balance and act accordingly. They put out food when natural conditions did not provide enough. They raise pheasants and other fowl on communal land and release them into the forest when they are certain of the bird’s survival.
