Thursday, April 30, 2009
"35 bonnes tables à moins de 25 euros"
An NC version of this?
Perhaps offering a menu of three choices, for example, where the total bill is guaranteed, with tax and gratuity to be less than $25/person? You walk in, eat the offering, and pay no more than $25 times the number of people in your party?
Perhaps offering a menu of three choices, for example, where the total bill is guaranteed, with tax and gratuity to be less than $25/person? You walk in, eat the offering, and pay no more than $25 times the number of people in your party?
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
"Swine Flu's Ground Zero? Residents Say Nearby Farm" - NYTimes.com
How does this compare with how pigs are kept in NC?
Monday, April 27, 2009
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Thursday, April 23, 2009
"View Of Luxuries, Necessities Shifting" - NPR
What items of food were included? How does this all look from NC?
Welcome to Vollmer Farm
I bought some of their strawberries yesterday at Weaver Stree Market in Southern Village for 4.99/quart. I wonder what the prevailing local strawberry price is going to be this season?
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Monday, April 20, 2009
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Friday, April 17, 2009
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
North Carolina Museum of Art - Press Releases
Note exhibit of photos dealing with challenges for farmers in Western NC.
North Carolina Museum of Art - Press Releases
Note exhibit of photos dealing with challenges for farmers in Western NC.
Monday, April 13, 2009
Saturday, April 11, 2009
"Choice Tables - The Dubai Melting Pot Is in the Kitchen, Too" - NYTimes.com
How do we compare in NC with this?
"States Slashing Social Programs for Vulnerable" - NYTimes.com
What's the impact of all this on food in NC?
Friday, April 10, 2009
"Yelp Gives Small Businesses a Louder Voice" - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com
How will this get used for food in NC?
"A Cheat Sheet for the Fertilizer Wars" - DealBook Blog - NYTimes.com
One has to imagine that this has an impact on NC food. What, exactly?
Thursday, April 9, 2009
"Author: Level Of Consumerism Is Out Of Control" - NPR
So, apply this to food in NC and what do you get?
"Mars Chocolate Bars To Use Sustainable Cocoa" - NPR
This could use a lot more analysis, bringing it down to the level of chocolate eaters in NC.
"Fat Could Help You Lose Weight, Someday" - NPR
All one need do is walk down any NC street to see how much value this could represent if it comes to pass.
"Gambia: New Solar Cooking Technology Program Successful" - AllAfrica.com
Where is this kind of innovation in NC?
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Monday, April 6, 2009
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Saturday, April 4, 2009
"Empty Tables Threaten Some Restaurant Chains" - NYTimes.com
We need to be telling this story in terms that touch all of the people who eat in NC.
Pistachio Product Recalls: Salmonella
If you want to check on specific pistachio product recall information, you can do so here.
My pistachios came from Trader Joe's so I decided to ask them to confirm - as FDA recommends we do - that none of their products came from the two suppliers noted in the link.
I filled out the Trader Joe's e-mail form on their website in detail, pushed the send button, and received one of those internal error messages.
So I called the store in Chapel Hill. Someone who answered the phone did not apologize for this breakdown, but assured me that all of their nuts are safe and not on the list.
I asked where I could read that on the Trader Joe's website and he told me that it is not there.
I said I wanted more authoritative assurance than just from someone who answers the phone. I asked for a corporate office number that I could call and he said their is no customer service option there and did not give me the number.
He said if I come into the store, I can see the e-mail that they received internally explaining this. I asked him t0 e-mail it to me; he said he could not because of the way their system operates and did not offer to mail me a copy.
At a time when so many of us are more concerned about what we eat, this lack of transparency, failure to offer a solution to my request, etc. is a real black-eye in my mind for Trader Joe's. They simply should do better.
My pistachios came from Trader Joe's so I decided to ask them to confirm - as FDA recommends we do - that none of their products came from the two suppliers noted in the link.
I filled out the Trader Joe's e-mail form on their website in detail, pushed the send button, and received one of those internal error messages.
So I called the store in Chapel Hill. Someone who answered the phone did not apologize for this breakdown, but assured me that all of their nuts are safe and not on the list.
I asked where I could read that on the Trader Joe's website and he told me that it is not there.
I said I wanted more authoritative assurance than just from someone who answers the phone. I asked for a corporate office number that I could call and he said their is no customer service option there and did not give me the number.
He said if I come into the store, I can see the e-mail that they received internally explaining this. I asked him t0 e-mail it to me; he said he could not because of the way their system operates and did not offer to mail me a copy.
At a time when so many of us are more concerned about what we eat, this lack of transparency, failure to offer a solution to my request, etc. is a real black-eye in my mind for Trader Joe's. They simply should do better.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Arch Intern Med -- Sign In Page
There has to be a better way to make it easier - even for payment - to access articles such as this one from UNC's Barry POPKIN in something called the Archives of Internal Medicine.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
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