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Digest This: Tuesday Food News

by Leah Koenig · April 29th, 2008
Bread, Digest, Global Warming, Milk, Spirituality, Vegetarian, Women

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Welcome back to the land of bread! I had a realization on Sunday night, around 6:30 (i.e. T-minus 2 hours to carb consumption, when I was locked in a state of restless self-pity) that Passover would be a perfect time to try a cleanse. After the original spirit and kavannah (intention) of the seder wore off, you could at least still congratulate yourself for detoxing. Perhaps - but I digress.

Two days after Passover, however, is definitely a great time to wipe off the final matzah crumbs and get your finger back on the pulse of what else that’s going on in the world of food. Check out these tasty ideas from around the blogosphere. B’tai Avon!

Sacred Foods. Aleph: The Alliance for Jewish Renewal published a compendium of resources to help Jewish, Christian, and Muslim religious leaders educate about sustainable food and eating and make responsible food purchasing decisions in their congregations. The resource guide was created as part of Aleph’s Sacred Foods project. Find them here.

Carbon Side Dish. The New York Times reported this weekend on the strange-but-true phenomenon that it is not only possible but actually cost-effective to catch a fish in Norway, ship it to China to be processed into filets, and then shipped back to Norway for sale. oof - somehow, I’m not feeling all that hungry. Read it here.

Still Veggie After All These Years. Lilith Magazine talked with vegetarian guru, Mollie Katzen about the 30th anniversary of The New Moosewood Cookbook. (Unfortunately, the full story isn’t online, but you can purchase a copy the mag here.)

Drink Your (Raw) Milk. Harpers jumped on the raw milk bandwagon with a fabulous article on unpasturized dairy, its naysayers, and the converts who claim straight from the udder is the only way to go. Check it out here.

Sticker Shock. Grist offers a clear, concise analysis of the complicated issue of rising food costs. Read about it here.

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3 Responses to “Digest This: Tuesday Food News”

  1. Alix Says:
    April 29th, 2008 at 5:25 pm

    Mollie Katzen may still be writing vegetarian cookbooks, but she’s admitted in print that she eats meat occasionally (I could care less about what she does, I just think it’s a bit misleading to say “Still veggie after all these years.”) The story is below.

    http://features.us.reuters.com.....A4E63.html

  2. Leah Koenig Says:
    April 29th, 2008 at 10:17 pm

    Thanks for the clarification Alix - I didn’t know that. Though, Katzen is definitely still a veggie “icon” after all these years. Besides, as you and I know personally…

    http://jcarrot.org/i-caved-in-to-turkey/
    http://jcarrot.org/hazon-food-.....-the-goat/

    …that it’s possible to have a bite of meat every now and again and still identify as a vegetarian!

  3. Rabbi Shmuel Says:
    April 30th, 2008 at 8:41 am

    “that it’s possible to have a bite of meat every now and again and still identify as a vegetarian!” Really now? Canone “step out” and grab a Big Mac every now and then and still identify as kosher? perhaps we should have refinements like “kosher style” “faux kosher” “pseudo kosher” ditto for veggies!

    but the reason I write is in response to the NY Times piece - they were not suggesting that the Chinese packing was more economically sound but that under certain conditions, more energy is expended replicating A instead of going to B. I understand they are building an indoor ski complex in Dubai - given the obscene energy input and ongoing energy committment to the project it would make much more sense to fly all the skiers in Dubai to the Alps (and I dare say to Idaho!)

    What we do need is the tools to make the analysis - I have long been an advocate of disclosure on the “embedded energy” front but it’s a very tricky and elusive concept. But at least people are beginning to think about it!

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