From our friends at Healthy Monday…
America has a well-earned reputation for serving up large quantities of cheap, fast food. Such meals may seem like a bargain on the surface, but a closer look shows us that these highly processed, industrialized food products have a multitude of hidden expenses. Brian Walsh, a health and science writer [...]

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From our friend Kerry Trueman at the Huffington Post:
Just Food: Where Locavores Get It Wrong And How We Can Truly Eat Responsibly is the literary equivalent of a turd blossom, the Texan term for a flower that pops up out of a cow patty. James McWilliams, an associate professor at Texas State University, [...]

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We’ve all heard of local fruit and local vegetables, but have you heard of local flour? A couple entrepreneurs in Athens County, Ohio are trying make that idea a reality with a new mill and a grant from the USDA, reports the Athens News.
Americans eat an average of 22 teaspoons of sugar a [...]

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This post comes to us from our friend Joey Lee at the Monday Campaigns.
The day Julia Child accidentally flipped her potato pancake out of the pan, the whole country watched as it hit the stove. This great moment in cooking history was recreated in this summer’s box office hit Julie and Julia, in which [...]

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This review was written by Sustainable Table consultant, Laura Edwards-Orr.
Recipe for America: Why Our Food System is Broken and What We Can Do to Fix It
by Jill Richardson
Jill Richardson’s Recipe for America: Why Our Food System is Broken and What We Can Do to Fix It is the book for people who care about [...]

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From our friends at Healthy Monday:
Dawn Jackson Blatner, a registered dietitian, considered herself a vegetarian. Her diet consisted almost entirely of plant-based foods, but she didn’t want to deprive herself of the occasional hamburger at a back yard barbeque or her favorite family recipes. Rather than remain a “closet meat-eater”, Dawn redefined her habits. She [...]

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For the past couple of weeks I’ve been encouraging you to eat less meat, preferably by cutting it out one day a week. You can also cut back on the amount you eat each day. Or you can go another way and not eat meat during the week. Do what is comfortable [...]

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There is a lot of unused land in New York City; over 10,000 acres in New York City and 1,350 in Brooklyn alone. Urban farmer Stacey Murphy intends to something about it. With the purpose of reconnecting urbanites to the land, bringing food security to New York, building community and growing some tasty fresh [...]

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Ever wonder why that pork chop is so cheap or why shrimp is on everyone’s menu in town? Ezra Klein writing for the WaPo suggests that you question the cheap prices and rampant availability of certain “farmed” foods.
What do small farms, Subway, and smelly feet have in common? Slow Food prez Josh Viertel answers these [...]

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This post comes from Marjorie Taylor, the proprietor of The Cook’s Atelier . She cooks and writes about food from her tiny home in Burgundy, France. See more of her writing on her blog, www.thecooksatelier.com.
I am often asked why I choose to live in France and what makes France so special. For me, I can [...]

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