Two interesting pieces of food news this week.

TV chef Keith Floyd dies and the New Yorker speculates whether the “trend” of simpler fare represents a flight not from expense but from taste.

In case you’ve been in a cave for the last two decades, Farm Aid is:

Farm Aid has worked for 24 years to keep family farmers on their land, by bringing together family farmers and citizens to guarantee family farm food is available to you. Farm Aid’s mission is to build a vibrant family-farm centered system of agriculture in America.

In case you’ve missed it, this week (August 2 – 8, 2009) is National Farmer’s Market Week as proclaimed by Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. This makes perfect sense and I have been the benefits of a locavor lifestyle for over a decade. What is a good way to get the word out and have some fun?

Kobe is not just an NBA All Star or Watch out for Cows with Guns Oh look – they’ve got Kobe beef meatloaf sliders on the menu. It must be tasty, good and sustainable, RIGHT? Kobe beef meatloaf sliders? Give me a break. That’s OK, let’s go into Safeway and pick up some of their Certified [...]

Eating as “sport” is simply in bad taste. and would actually be funny if it wasn’t so alarming…