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Eat, Consume...

October 24th 2006 05:14

Unnatural Terror

Should we thank Junk Food Blog for bringing this outrage to a broad attention?
It's first destination, of course, is the microwave. Then it promises to affix itself directly to your arteries. That name again: Jimmy Dean Chocolate Chip Pancakes & Sausage on a Stick.

Should I feel nauseous or just awed that some evil genius had the temerity to combine nitrites, ultra processed crabs and trans fat SO conveniently?

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Taking the Mickey

October 24th 2006 04:49

Armed to the Beef

You may have already encountered the lurid jacket of Eric Schlosser's docu-depresser Fast Food Nation. Written a few years back, this fine little muckraker kickstarted some sophisticated fast food protest.

Director Richard Linklater, whose name you may recognise from Slackers or School of Rock, mutated the polemic into a drama for film. It's open right about now - or indeed very soon. And, heavens, it's bleak.
Decidedly not a first-date film. Unless, of course, you and your consort are each grave little Vegans to whom a whiff of social Armageddon is even sexier than Patchouli. I would say, however, that it's engaging in a sad way.
I didn't leave the cinema uplifted. Nor did I leave feeling hungry. I did leave with the desire to recommend this film, with caveats!, to others.
It's an elegant map of the links between food, industrial relations and community. Even if it is depressing.

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Cheeses Saves!

October 23rd 2006 03:39

What a Friend in Cheeses

Until this very morning, my admiration for Cheddar, Somerset was hazy and limited by dim gratitude for its piquant cheesy namesake.
An accidental stumble into the region's local paper reveals that Cheddar continues its artisanal traditions. I'm always easily seduced by rustic online promises of handmade ciders, ruddy yokels overcharging at farmers markets and anything whatsoever to do with goat's milk.
Ah. Another agrestic food town to dream about and never visit...
The colossally cool thing about this little foodie-propelled community, however, is that they're striving to make it an all Fairtrade zone.
As aforementioned, I'm all for a fromage fuelled revolution. When everyday folk dare to question the might of liberalised economies in these practical ways, I'm so very impressed.
Food and community have, until the current era, always been so intertwined. It is genuinely heartening to see people abandon the cult of the individual just for a moment to refigure their local and international communities.
Mmm. Cheddar.

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Ridiculous Consumption

October 18th 2006 06:34

Thanks to the relentless fad spotting faculty of all at cribcandy, you can now lounge on Nigri Sushi.
While Sushi is my preferred way to ingest Essential Fatty Acids, I remain a feeble itamae ( pron ita-meh-ee, meaning sushi chef).
A Japenese friend called Mayumi assures me that this is the order of things. Apparently women are too fiery to handle a dish so sensitive to temperature and PH balance

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