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K-E-double-L-O-double-good.

Brian K. Noe · October 15, 2020 ·

The Other Kellogg: Ella Eaton – Edward White’s monthly column, “Off Menu,” at The Paris Review, reminded me about cold cereal’s early history as a health food.

I’m ashamed to say that I had never heard of Ella Eaton.

In the Kellogg story there was one person in particular devoted to getting food right—not the flamboyant, egocentric John, nor the embittered, entrepreneurial William, but Ella Eaton Kellogg, John’s wife, one of the most overlooked but most important names in the ever-twisting story of America’s relationship with food.

Read More: https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2020/08/11/the-other-kellogg-ella-eaton/

Filed Under: Curated Links Tagged With: America, Food, History, Progressives

On Culinary Modernism

Brian K. Noe · May 23, 2015 ·

In a fascinating and provocative essay Rachel Laudan writes for Jacobin that our obsession with eating natural and artisanal is ahistorical, and she argues that we should demand more high-quality industrial food.

Read The Essay: A Plea for Culinary Modernism | Jacobin

Filed Under: Curated Links Tagged With: Artisanal Food, Fast-Food, Food, Food Insecurity, Jacobin, Modernity, Natural Foods, Slow Food

From The Jungle to The Chain

Brian K. Noe · May 13, 2015 ·

Bill Droel takes a look at the meat packing industry as exposed in The Chain: Farm Factory and the Fate of Our Food by Ted Genoways, a new book in the tradition of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle.

A dirty and perhaps infected carcass more likely makes its way down the line. Workers suffer more injuries, including a nerve-damaging infection that is only detected later. Our relatively inexpensive meat “comes at a high cost to its workers.”

Read More: Food Processing | Catholic Labor Network

Filed Under: Curated Links Tagged With: Capitalism, Food, Public Health, Union

The Barbecue Idea

Brian K. Noe · July 4, 2012 ·

Somewhere on this Weblog there will eventually be an essay about barbecue. It won’t be about how to barbecue. It will be about why grilling over coals or wood is important to some people, or at least to me.

You have been forewarned, and now I must go light the charcoal chimney.

UPDATE:

I’ve created an entire site dedicated to grilling pursuits. Head on over to Grilling With Noebie for essays, recipes, tips, tricks, techniques, photos and more. There are only a few articles up at the moment, but I’ll be adding to it every week.

Filed Under: Other Content, Pictures Tagged With: 1960s, Atomic Age, Barbecue, Food, Retro

10 Great Container Tomatoes

Brian K. Noe · April 16, 2012 ·

There’s nothing like stepping out back and picking a beautiful, ripe homegrown tomato for a BLT, a salad or simply for slicing and serving with a little seasoned salt. I started planting tomatoes in huge terra cotta pots more than a decade ago when I didn’t have diggable space in a decent, sunny location for a garden, and the habit stuck. I’ve always loved the first tomato of the season. No matter how fresh they are from the farmers’ market, they’re never quite as tasty as the ones you grow yourself.

Colleen Vanderlinden over on Treehugger has a wonderful post about ten tomato varieties that do well in containers. The Black Krims sound particularly tasty.

I first ran across Colleen’s article on the Occupy Monsanto blog. The more I learn, the more I realize that some of the most simple and pleasant everyday things we do – like choosing to grow heirloom tomatoes in pots – can be powerful political acts as well. For me, that makes such things all the more satisfying.

I’m hoping it won’t be too late to plant a few pots after our move next month.

A word of caution to those who want to grow container tomatoes on an upstairs balcony. Be careful where you set them. Remember that Tommy Ewell nearly got killed by Marilyn Monroe’s falling tomato plant in The Seven Year Itch. 🙂

P.S. Here’s another interesting article on best practices for pruning tomatoes.

Filed Under: Commentary, Curated Links Tagged With: Environment, Food, Gardening, Heirloom Tomatoes, Occupy

New Study: Synergistic Toxicity and GMOs

Brian K. Noe · March 14, 2012 ·

Enjoy your frankenfood Bt Sweet Corn this Summer.

From a Study Conducted at the University of Caen:

…we argue that modified Bt toxins are not inert on nontarget human cells, and that they can present combined side-effects with other residues of pesticides specific to GM plants.

Read More: Bt toxin and glyphosate residues in genetically modified plants likely exhibit synergistic toxicity. [GreenMedInfo]

Filed Under: Curated Links Tagged With: Environment, Food

Occupy Our Food Supply February 27 Day of Action

Brian K. Noe · February 23, 2012 ·

Occupy Our Food Supply. [Rainforest Action Network] – Occupy Our Food Supply on February 27, 2012 will be a major decentralized global day of food action and solidarity. Actions are planned in dozens of cities across North America, Europe, and the world.

Filed Under: Curated Links Tagged With: Environment, Food, Occupy

Give Us This Day

Brian K. Noe · February 17, 2012 ·

I’ve baked my share of soda bread and corn bread over the years. I’ve also occasionally made my own pizza dough, and lately I’ve been baking some with a bread machine, but I’ve never turned out anything like this – until today.

My wife had a copy of Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day, and I picked it up the other evening and after reading only a few pages became very excited at the prospect of delicious home baked bread with so little effort. The only question in my mind was whether or not their approach would actually work.

It does.

Filed Under: Pictures Tagged With: Bread, Food

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