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That’s What He Said
He showed the words “chocolate cake” to a group of Americans and recorded their word associations. “Guilt” was the top response. If that strikes you as unexceptional, consider the response of French eaters to the same prompt: “celebration.” -Michael Pollan
It’s Bookshelf Time
Spring is here! And so are new books to the Urchin Bookshelf! Check it before you wreck it. (Actually, don’t wreck it at all. We only have one, and it was given to us by a large man with a … Continue reading
Posted in Collaborative, Literature
Tagged alison bechdel, are you my mother, biographies, books, c.s. lewis, desert solitaire, edward abbey, essays, granta, london, london the lives of the city, michael pollan, prince, ronin ro, the botany of desire, the london scene, the omnivore's dilemma, till we have faces, urchin bookshelf, virginia woolf
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Summer Assignment: The Urchin’s Reading List
Ah, summer. Time for cervezas on the beach and a good round of volleyball (or if you’re an Urchin, an inadvertent game rolling in the sand.) As tempting as it is to let your mind simmer away with that new … Continue reading
Posted in Collaborative, Environment, Literature, Politics & Global Issues
Tagged a field guide to getting lost, A sunburned country, a walk in the woods, Assassination vacation, bil bryson, boris pasternak, British Civilization an introduction, David McCullough, erik larson, Food Rules: An Eater's Manual, John Oakland, letters summer 1926, malcolm gladwell, marina tsvetayeva, michael pollan, Neither Here nor There, Paul Gilding, rainer maria rilke, rebecca solnit, sarah vowell, The devil in the white city, The Great Disruption, The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris, the tipping point
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The Food Safety Bill: Right-wing Apples vs. Left-wing Apples
By Margaret Hedderman Grocery stores should label more. Yeah, yeah, it’s hard enough to decipher all the small print and jargon as it is, but I want to know whether this granny smith supports big government or if that gala … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Margaret, Politics & Global Issues
Tagged alex jones, e. coli, Ezra Klein, FDA, FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, food safety bill, local food, michael pollan, prison planet, s. 510, salmonella outbreak, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Senate Bill 510, senator richard durbin, Tester Amendment
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Oink, Oink. Moo, Moo.
By Margaret Hedderman So… the other day I was walking past the meat section in my local grocery when I heard oinks and moos. Now, under normal circumstances, barnyard noises don’t give me pause, but, then again, chunks of raw … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Margaret, Politics & Global Issues
Tagged america, food, grocery stores, michael pollan, obesity, omnivore's dilemma, sainsbury's, supermarkets
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