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May 19, 2013 I’ve been in China visiting my son the last week or so. The other day I saw a sign in both Chinese and English (not that unusual). The Chinese said: 蒸饺 and below it the English said: “Dump Ling”. Naturally I took this to be sign of a growing tolerance for dissent in [...] May 12, 2013 One remarkable thing about intensive pig production: Those gestating sows lined up in “crates”? They don’t typically exhibit the most obvious signs of stress, frustration or reduced welfare. Now before backfilling this storyline just a bit I want to ward off the suggestion that I think this observation goes very far toward justifying [...] May 5, 2013 If you have checked the date of today’s entry, you know that it’s past time to fire up the charcoal. Presumably you’ve already got the cabrito soaking in marinade, and you’ve put the Pacifico or the Negra Modello on ice. You’ve just taken a quick break to check out the Thornapple blog before [...] April 21, 2013 They say there’s no such thing as a free lunch. I’m wondering, “How ‘bout breakfast?” It’s becoming almost impossible to avoid free breakfast when you are on the road. The B&B thing has spread beyond those charming little mom & pop joints where someone rents a bedroom and treats you to ham & eggs [...] April 14, 2013 I’m reading Stephen Stoll’s book Larding the Lean Earth (2003), and I’ve found something I need to share. Stoll’s book is a history of soil conservation ideas in North America. He’s mainly focused on an interval between about 1820 and the outbreak of the Civil War. It was at that time that writers [...] March 31, 2013 If you are one of the two regular readers of the Thornapple blog, you will recall that last week I wrote about the proper way to serve watermelon. To wit, with the rind on. This comment immediately attracted the attention of leading food safety advocates, who disputed the point vociferously. Actually, this is [...] March 24, 2013 Today’s topic in food ethics is the proper way to eat watermelon. I know this is out of season, but cut me some slack. I’m going to assume that the proper way to serve watermelon is with the rind on, cut in a semi-circle or some portion thereof. None of this salad-style stuff [...] March 17, 2013 I’m going down the road feeling bad. Goin’ down the ro-oh’d feeling bad. I’m going down the road, (feeling bad) lawd lawd. Do’n wanna be treated this-a way. Ahhh! Now I’m feeling better already. I survived my encounter with the GPS robot who wanted me to drive the rent-a-car right through a very large [...] March 3, 2013 A couple of years back I posted a series of blogs about places. Thinking about the place you eat is on the lighter side of food ethics, so we should start out by thanking our lucky stars, or whoever and whatever it is that gives us the luxury to consider where and how [...] February 24, 2013 Yesterday was the third annual installment in a local food confab called “Everybody Eats!” It’s been characterized as a bunch of guilt-laden white gardeners futilely reaching out to black, Latino and other marginalized groups in the hope of requiting the charge that the food movement is elitist. (Hey! How’s that for a convoluted [...] |
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