A Raft of Riesling Cool climate wine regions are always interesting. Because they cannot rely on consistent sun and warmth to sufficiently ripen grapes, every
Category: Contemporary Food Culture
Bringing Back Local Agriculture
As I travel about the country visiting rural areas it is obvious that many of these small towns are dying. Big agriculture has undermined the
The Fastest Food
The online magazine Aeon has a long meditation by food writer Nicola Twilley on the virtues and vices of Soylent, the food substitute that has
Disgusting or Just Unpleasant?
Food culture writer Sara Davis asks an intriguing series of questions (i.e. intriguing if you like thinking about the pleasures of food) Is there such
Fast, Fast Food
I’ve been known to complain about fast-food nation, although fast food has it’s place in lives as busy as ours. But if you’re going to
Barbecue Country!
We’re leaving the Finger Lakes behind heading South before the weather turns cold—that’s barbecue country. Well, just about every region of the U.S. is now
