Posted by Sheryl Kirby in food for thought, news and media, on the web on August 29, 2008 at 8:34 pm
Here's some food for thought for today...
- Are we going hysterical over listeria? People across the country are eschewing all brands of cold cuts and deli meats out of fear that they're contaminated.
- But hey... maybe that's a good thing, given all the nitrates in processed meat.
- It might even get some people to consider going vegetarian.
- And the listeria outbreak is just the beginning of the food paranoia and wackiness, from honey to plastics.
- Meanwhile, anyone rallying for the government to ease up on unpasteurized cheese restrictions should stop holding their breath.
- Appropriately, this is the weekend Slow Foodies take over San Fransisco to celebrate good, clean, fair food. Betcha they won't be eating any processed meat.
- At Serious Eats, Ed Levine sends an open letter to the Slow Food Nation participants to step up and help save artisanal food purveyors across the US.
- And to end the week with something a bit more lighthearted - photos from La Tomatina, and look! children really do come from cabbage patches.
