The trailer for this recent documentary looks promising. I’ll be watching the film tonight. Food Matters Official Trailer from foodmatters on Vimeo. Unfortunately the film’s not yet on Netflix, but you can view it online directly for a one-time fee of $4.95 here.
Yearly Archives: 2008
The Skinny on Lard
I haven’t found a good local source of lard — AKA good old-fashioned rendered pig fat. (If you live in the Texas Hill Country and know where to get lard, please let me know!) Before the age of hydrogenated Crisco, Lard was King. Only the industrial revolution, with it’s filthy animal husbandry, gave lard a…
How to Easily Store Bacon
My husband turned 35 today. We’ve been married for 10 years and have 2 amazing sons. I am so grateful. For his birthday breakfast, I served him farm-fresh uncured bacon & eggs with hash browned potatoes. (Yes, I made him break the Orthodox Nativity Fast to do it, but it’s only your birthday once a…
Mark Bittman – What's wrong with what we eat?
NY Times Food Writer, Mark Bittman, gave a TED talk in December 2007 on what’s wrong with our food. While I’m forever in debt to Mark for bringing us the famous No-Knead Bread recipe, and I appreciate his critique of industrial agricultural techniques in the TED video below, I think his arguments fail to see…
