Lambing

April 25, 2010

Diane and I were out at Appleschram (the farm where food for Thornapple CSA is grown) yesterday late in the evening. Diane spent a fair amount of time futzing around with the new arrival, a baby lamb. (Actually now that I think of it, is that redundant? Aren’t all lambs “babies”? … But [...]

Lost in the Bioverse

April 18, 2010

Jimmy Buffet once said these prophetic words:

I don’t know….

I don’t know…

I don’t know where I’m a gonna go when the volcano blows.

As for myself, the answer seems to be “Nowhere fast.” Smoke is pouring out of volcano in Iceland and I am stuck in Rome. My flight home was canceled and under the [...]

Food vs. Fuel

April 11, 2010

Wheaties has a new product called “Wheaties Fuel”. I haven’t tried it, and won’t comment on the product itself. What’s attracted me is the marketing. Regular boxes of Wheaties started touting the word ‘fuel’ and promising something new at least six or eight months ago, though it’s probable that the folks at General [...]

The Rules

April 4, 2010

After last week’s thoughts on Michael Pollan’s new book, it occurred to me that I do follow some Food Rules. Here is the main one:

Never eat anything bigger than your head.

This one comes to us from the work of visual philosopher B. Kliban. Kliban died in 1990, but he [...]