Archive for the ‘Blogs’ Category
Poison Romance and Poison Mysteries
a Gutenberg eBook
My new project is Double 00 Books, a website dedicated to mysteries, espionage and crime books.
Mysterious chefs and murder by lethal food and drink are popular subjects for the Cozy genre. The Washington Post restaurant critic and food section editor Phyllis Richman turned to mystery writing after retirement, writing as Chas Wheatley.
C.J.S. Thompson was a prolific writer, physician, collector and analyst of the chemical and toxic properties of food and drink.
His 1899 study Poison Romance and Poison Mysteries is an ebook available for free download through Gudenberg.org. The ancient art of poison never goes out of style.
The Gastronomica Reader
Univ of California Press, 2010
What fun to find, by chance, that the Gastronomica Reader ,which includes my long article about Diana Kennedy and Mexican organic farming, is featured in a biblio encyclopedia run by an Estonian webarian! Fun because this connects directly to last week’s Wikimania 2012 in Washington, DC where I met the wikipedian from Estonia, Raul Veede.
Synchronicity and random serendipity are the indicators I follow in order to avoid the contrived pressures of marketing, crowd control, issues management, individual greed and social aggression. Long live the randomness of the internet and the global volunteer efforts of wiki writers everywhere who are the activist-intellectual descendants of Thomas Paine.
Oldways is a non-profit culinary history organization based in Boston with a global outlook.
In 2011, Oldways initiated the K. Dun Gifford award for food journalism. Affiliated reporters, freelancers and bloggers are eligible to enter.
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The Gleaners by Jean-Francois Millet
DC Urban farmers — let them know they can come out and be a “Crop Mob” on the Agricultural zone farms.
http://www.dc-urban-gardeners.com/composting/
Crop mobs are city dwellers who come out and do chores on local farms as volunteers. For more on the crop mob scene — here is their blog:
Hot Garlic by Lupon
2011 Food Blogs and Websites
- http://www.outlawcook.com — AKA Simple Cooking
- http://www.appetiteforbooks.com — Appetite for Books — Book Reviews
- http://www.chowhound.com — Chowhound –an eater’s forum/ website
- http://fortheloveofcooking-recipes.blogspot.com/ — For the Love of Cooking
- http://www.davidlebovitz.com/ — Living the Sweet Life in Paris
Washington DC specific:
- http://capitalspiceblog.com/ — Capital Spice
- http://www.dcfoodies.com/ — DC Foodies
- http://thriftydccook.blogspot.com/ – Thrifty DC Cook
edible Communities publications connect local small-scale food producers with customers. The magazines are linked to regions or urban centers and feature interviews with organic farmers, recipes, talks with chefs, vendors and regulators. Gorgeous design, graphics and photographs enhance the edible Communities publications.
http://www.ediblecommunities.com/content/ — Check out Edible Radio!
Nationally, the Edible Community of sustainable food and organic farming advocates represent a significant audience of good food enthusiasts.
I met the co-founder, Tracey Ryder, years ago in one of the food writing workshops I teach for the University of California, Los Angeles. At the time, she featured Edible Ojai in the portfolio of publications. Marvelous to watch the concept grow and the audience for organic farm food expand exponentially.
Thank you, Tracey and colleagues, for your efforts to promote farmers and the pleasures of food. The James Beard Foundation Award, 2011 is well-deserved.
Congratulations!
From garden to table.
No White Food 