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Political Eating

Service 101: When Gratuity is Included

July 29, 2010
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If a diner is unhappy with service at a restaurant they can voice their concern to the management or leave less tip for their waiter. As I mentioned recently about a recent poll on CNN’s food blog, Eatocracy.com, 49 percent…

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National Food Blogger Bake Sale

April 13, 2010
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Bloggers from across the nation come together and bake for Share Our Strength to raise money to put an end to childhood hunger.

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A Healthy Granola Recipe = A Virtual Hug

March 10, 2010
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I’ve been thinking a lot about a very special person in my life that’s about three thousands miles away from a great big hug I desperately need to give her. Bleak hours are the time for embraces, warm cups…

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Food Blog Ethics in Columbia Journalism Review

February 5, 2010
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It’s been nine months since my writing partner, Leah Greenstein, and I created Food Ethics and our controversial Food Blog Code of Ethics. In those months, much has happened here in the world of online food writing and criticism.…

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Menu for Hope 6: Wire Sculpture from Food Woolf

December 14, 2009
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As we wade deeper into the holiday season, the more many of us think of ways to give back. Donating to a local charity, helping out a friend in need, and giving handmade gifts are wonderful ways to contribute…

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Growing Risk: Sebastopol Apple Farmers Face Hard Times

November 5, 2009
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It’s 4:17 a.m. and fog drapes over the apple orchards of Devoto Gardens like misty gauze. While most of Sebastopol sleeps, apple grower Stan Devoto is in his kitchen boiling water. “It’s too early to brew coffee,”…

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How to help your local dairy farmer

June 2, 2009

There’s a crisis happening in the food world and few have any idea that one of our country’s most beloved food industries is on the verge of collapse.

Your local dairy farmer is on the brink of disaster.

Milk does…

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Coffee-Braised Bison Shortribs: A Low Fat Indulgence

December 6, 2008

Have you ever noticed that soon after learning a new word, or becoming interested in the latest subject matter, you begin to see signs of that new thing everywhere? You overhear people talking about it. Read a…

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What you think vs. What you do

May 12, 2008

To be twenty-something is to be an active dreamer. You think about bigger picture stuff (world politics, the state of the economy, the state of technology, the state of art and commerce, fame, fortune and all the organic bits in…

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