fighting climate change through food

in the not-too-distant future, americans may have to get used to seeing calorie counts and nutritional information on menus at fast food chains. but are they ready to learn about the environmental impact of their food, too?

according to this article, a pilot project in sweden is adding labels to food that list “the carbon dioxide emissions associated with the production of foods, from whole wheat pasta to fast food burgers.”

what do you think? would having this information change your eating habits?

recipe notation

a fascinating blog about how recipes should be written more like music.

i totally wish i had thought of this one first. what do you think? easier to work with?

cakes gone wrong

fine, dear readers. FINE!

i got this link from so many of you, that you wore me down and i POSTED IT!

same place i "borrow" most pics from - nytimes

although on second thought, if so many people sent it to me… so many people must have already read it… so this could be a smidge redundant…?

[insert “icing on the cake” joke here.]

foodborne illnesses

i didn’t share these links with you last week because we were baking, but now that we’re back to our regularly scheduled programming, you need to check both out if you haven’t yet:

e. coli expose in the new york times. horrible. disgusting. but somehow not shocking.

not to be left out, the washington post would like to ruin your lunch as well with “healthy foods – hidden dangers.”

i may never eat again…

cake, tart, frittata?

mark bittman is simplifying baking this week, too!

from the times online

turns out this cake/tart/frittata is an awful lot like an impossible pie…

pressure cooker – the movie

this is something my mom passed along. check out the trailer – i can’t wait until it comes to dc.

“three seniors at philadelphia’s frankford high school find an unlikely champion in the kitchen of wilma stephenson. a legend in the school system, mrs. stephenson’s hilariously blunt boot-camp method of teaching culinary arts is validated by years of scholarship success. against the backdrop of the row homes of working-class philadelphia, she has helped countless students reach the top culinary schools in the country. and under her fierce direction, the usual distractions of high school are swept aside as erica, dudley and fatoumata prepare to achieve beyond what anyone else expects from them.”

learn more.

cupcakes abroad!

photo copied blatantly from the nytimes

a friend sent me this article about cupcakes and sex & the city. two of my favorite things, so i had to share.

portland, me

(photo credit to the times)

there’s a shout out to the restaurants in one of my favorite cities (and some SERIOUS food porn) in today’s new york times.

tiny kitchen

i seriously want to be jill santopietro when i grow up.

she’s a test cook, food stylist and recipe writer for the new york times, and she does the best little cooking videos in her tiny kitchen that’s even smaller than mine. le sigh.

food porn

wow. yum. stay hungry, my friends.