http://jcarrot.org Jews, Food, and Contemporary Issues Tue, 13 May 2008 00:56:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en File under the good news heading: According to this article in Crains New York Business (I read it online - as in standing on line for my take out lunch. It beat reading about Jenna Bush's wedding...), New York City is one of the largest players in the burgeoning green restaurant industry. ... http://jcarrot.org/nyc/ Here are three tasty tidbits from the Jewish foodie world - btai avon! Agriprocessors raided. The Des Moines Register reported that US Immigration officials raided the kosher meat-packaging plant, Agriprocessors with search warrants for aggravated identity theft and fraudulent Social Security numbers. This is not Agriprocessors' year - my ... http://jcarrot.org/digest-this-6/ When I was a kid, I harbored a secret love of fake food - doll house-sized cereal boxes, perfect fried eggs that came with my plastic play kitchen, and tiny replicas of very not-kosher chili cheese dogs and lemonade pitchers that accompanied my Surf's Up Beach Barbie. (To ... http://jcarrot.org/get-stuffed-on-fake-food/ Reminder: Tomorrow night's Food, Faith & Farming panel in New York is a must-attend event for Jewish foodies and food lovers of all stripes. If you haven't purchased your tickets yet - now is the time! Join Gastronomica for a panel discussion on the role of faith in farming. ... http://jcarrot.org/food-faith-farming-event-tomorrow-night-in-ny/ Thanks to Chana Rubin, RD for this guest post. Chana is a registered dietitian who lives in Israel with her family. She's the author of the new book Food for the Soul: Traditional Jewish Wisdom for Healthy Eating (Gefen Publishing House Ltd, Jerusalem, 2007). Chana will be ... http://jcarrot.org/nutrition-for-the-jewish-community/ Remember the 2007 Farm Bill? That incredibly important document that stirred up a storm of controversy (and a glimmer of hope for sustainable ag reform) last summer and fall, and then sort of disappeared for a while? Well, at long last, the House-Senate committee agreed on a ... http://jcarrot.org/new-drama-over-the-farm-bill/ Question of the day: What do you eat to prepare yourself for Bicycle Fetish Day?! The City Reliquary presents: A Street fair for your bicycle! Show off your ride and revel in the beauty of all types, styles, and genres of specialized, customized, and personalized bicycles. CONTESTS throughout the day: Best in ... http://jcarrot.org/bicycle-fetish-day/ If America is the proverbial "melting pot," then Israel is a close second - at least when it comes to Jewish food and Mediterranean cuisines. In her book The Foods of Israel Today (Knopf), culinary goddess, Joan Nathan, explores the multiple culinary landscapes - European, Russian, Moroccan, Syrian, Italian ... http://jcarrot.org/joan-nathans-the-foods-of-israel-today-win-a-copy/ Thanks to Alyssa Finn for this guest post. Alyssa is getting her Masters degree in Clinical Nutrition at NYU and is a Hazon volunteer on the New York Jewish Environmental Bike Ride Exec. Yesterday, I came home after a long bike ride in the New York sunshine. On my ... http://jcarrot.org/when-horseradish-attacks/ Can anyone hear fava beans and not think of Anthony Hopkins? “I ate his liver with fava beans and a nice chianti.” (The movie is Silence of the Lambs, in case you missed it, and the infamous line was said by Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter.) But references to cannibalism aside, our Tuv ... http://jcarrot.org/the-fabulous-fava/