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September 2013

September 13, 2013

Illegal dinner parties

New York City is being plagued by a shocking crime that is being committed at...

August 2013

August 14, 2013

From tech to farming

Remember Stewart Lundy, my former student who helped me with the technical side of my...

August 07, 2013

In vitro meat

Researchers in London served the first hamburger patty that came not from an animal but...

June 2013

June 28, 2013

Taxing calories

In yet another example of using taxes to control people's behavior, it is now being...

June 20, 2013

Bee summit

Back in 2007, about three different servers ago when this blog was with World, I...

May 2013

May 22, 2013

Food as the new rock ‘n’ roll

Odd and questionable--but unintentionally amusing--cultural commentary from Chris Richards in the Washington Post: Over the...

May 20, 2013

Locusts, hold the wild honey

In the course of their remarkable life-cycle, cicadas come to the surface only every seventeen...

May 17, 2013

Your Local Attractions

We are getting ready to set forth on an epic road trip, going the length...

May 07, 2013

Van Halen and the brown M&M’s

Ezra Klein gives the rest of the story about that anecdote about rock stars' wretched...

May 07, 2013

Eating bugs instead of meat

Wouldn't it be nice to have a food source that is high in protein, low...

May 03, 2013

Beer wars in Germany

As a sequel to our earlier post on how American-style craft beers are catching on...

April 2013

April 30, 2013

The history of coffee

Here is something we can thank the Islamic world for: coffee. BBC gives an interesting...

April 18, 2013

American beer is “in”

Interesting story in the BBC on how American beer, once derided in the world's cultures...

February 2013

February 15, 2013

Alligator is considered a fish for lent

Roman Catholics may not eat meat on Fridays during Lent, though they may eat fish. ...

November 2012

November 27, 2012

The rooster crisis

What with the locavore movement, the organic food craze, survivalism, and the need to pinch...

November 22, 2012

Rules for Thanksgiving

Timothy R. Smith, a 26-year-old single guy, says that he is in the position this...

November 19, 2012

Farewell to Hostess

Hostess Brands is dissolving the company. The refusal of union workers to take a pay...

November 14, 2012

How Christians can live in a non-Christian culture

Yesterday we discussed a post from my colleague Mark Mitchell: The Culture of Hospitality |...

September 2012

September 28, 2012

The children’s conservative revolution

First lady Michelle Obama has joined with food activists to push through changes in school...

September 24, 2012

Did Chick-fil-A back down–or not?

Reports are circulating that Chick-fil-A has abandoned its practice of supporting groups that oppose gay-marriage. ...

August 2012

August 24, 2012

The great soda grants

George Will describes how a stimulus program that became part of Obamacare shelled out millions...

August 23, 2012

We waste 40% of our food

Our food supply is so cheap and abundant that we can afford to throw 40%...

June 2012

June 19, 2012

The new prohibition movement

The old prohibition movement sought to ban alcoholic beverages. The new prohibition movement seeks to...

May 2012

May 01, 2012

And now, plant rights

Philosopher Michael Marder, with a platform in the New York Times, takes the next step,...

April 2012

April 20, 2012

Life Full Voice

Some of you may remember Lori Lewis who occasionally has frequented this blog. At one...

March 2012

March 02, 2012

Taking up the beer fast for Lent

The beer fast does not mean giving up beer. It means giving up everything except...

January 2012

January 25, 2012

Petronius, gluttony, and the Internet

Another example of how classical literature can help us think through contemporary issues. Rob Goodman...

January 13, 2012

The chicken’s name was Colin

Have you seen Portlandia, the TV sketch show that skewers today's fashions and mores, as...

December 2011

December 02, 2011

The diner as American icon

Foreigners are fascinated by American diners, seeing them as icons of American culture. So says...

September 2011

September 13, 2011

Stem cell sausage

Yum! Scientists are on the verge of growing artificial meat in laboratories without the need...