Unpopular opinion: The Original Pantry was never good. Maybe this iteration will be better.
Insanely difficult to hull and they’ll smack you on the top of your head Ike a baseball when they fall off the tree.
Hated by Homeowners, Loved by Chefs: How the Black Walnut Gained Fans and Foes
cooking.nytimes.com
"I used to get like six bags or seven bags," Tonya Plunkett, 50, a retired state worker who supports Colom, said of a $60 grocery trip. "Now $60 of groceries give me one bag, and you've got to decide what's important: medicine or food or gas."
At a Jackson store, high prices show why Mississippi US Senate race is so close
Maria Lopez sees the customers at the Mississippi grocery store she manages struggle to afford the basics. It's not much easier for her: she keeps the heater off in her car to save gas and even buyi...
reuters.com
pineapple pineapples, painted by james marion shull, 1919
I am pleased to announce I am, once again, in the coffee business. (cleaned my Keurig). ☕️
I would 100% rather have my memorial service in a restaurant rather than a funeral home or church.
Can Restaurants and Bars Become the New Funeral Homes? (Gift Article)
As more Americans sidestep tradition (and burial), their families are choosing more casual environments to celebrate their lives.
nytimes.com
Jimmy Carter family farm in Georgia sold to Conservation Fund
Jimmy Carter family farm in Georgia sold to Conservation Fund
Former President Jimmy Carter’s family farm in Georgia has been sold to a conservation group for $8.5 million, with plans to preserve the land and eventually open it to the public.
krqe.com
I get it, but then on the other hand, pets are ubiquitous in family kitchens and dining rooms all over the world. Pet-free dining is actually the exception, I think…
I was loving my dinner. Then out came a cat
Critic MacKenzie Chung Fegan ate at a restaurant with a resident cat. Cute, or a health hazard?
sfchronicle.com
The wine industry in the U.S. continues to struggle with high interest rates, difficulty maintaining agricultural labor, tariffs and counter-tariffs, and a decrease in alcohol consumption.
Half-century-old Napa winery sold on auction block to its creditor
Signorello Estate — the 49-year-old winery in Napa that burned to the ground in 2017, was rebuilt and then went into foreclosure — has officially been sold to its creditor in an auction.
sfchronicle.com
There’s a reason we need adequate government capacity.
How the US was left exposed to the flesh-eating screwworm, years into the outbreak
For decades, planes dropped billions of factory-bred sterile flies to keep the flesh-eating New World screwworm out of North America’s cattle. That controls the pest because sterile males mate with wi...
reuters.com
After last week, I feel that I can finally get back to what I want to do: post mostly about food related issues and less about politics. I am so sick of politics. Of course, food constantly intersects with politics (and culture and economics, and so forth etc etc)…it is what it is…
A covert Russian network sought to exploit last month's riots in France by using social media to blame the unrest on uncontrolled immigration and portray the government as having lost control, according to an internal EU assessment seen by Reuters www.reuters.com/world/europe...
EXCLUSIVE: Covert Russian network exploited French riots on social media, EU report says
A covert Russian network sought to exploit last month's riots in France by using social media to blame the unrest on uncontrolled immigration and portray the government as having lost control, accord...
reuters.com
Okay this is interesting but many small retailers and food businesses have been hit as well.
In France, Raging Against the Luxury Machine (Gift Article)
The looting of stores belonging to brands like Dior, Celine and Hermès has exposed a crack in the glossy facade.
nytimes.com
It is my considered opinion that you don’t need to put parmesan on *every* food item.
Why are all the French chefs on IG making Le club sandwiches?
The cadence is quite lovely. Creole is much softer than Cajun. If you speak French you’re likely to understand most or all of the recording. It’s very close to French!
Oldest Recording of Louisiana’s Vanishing Creole Language Is Published (Gift Article)
The rediscovery of a forgotten recording from 1935 sheds light on a language rooted in the state’s history of slavery and French colonialism.
nytimes.com
I think this article, although undoubtedly an accurate reflection of where this industry currently, is excessively pessimistic about the future of the sector. In any event, it’s a good read.
Lab-grown meat was supposed to save the world. What happened?
We were promised a panacea for the climate crisis and a way to save our food system. So why is nobody firing up the chicken vats? I went to find out
theguardian.com
« Half of the French public had reduced the quality of their food over the past six months for financial reasons, while 19 per cent had skipped meals…”
France’s fiscal dilemma intensifies as protest turnout swells amid government paralysis — South China Morning Post
Almost 600,000 people took to the streets across France on Thursday to protest stagnant wages, the rising cost of living and underfunded schools, as a wave of anger continues to build after nearly a d...
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Los Angeles is the ninth-most expensive US metro, with housing as the biggest driver. UCLA’s Shane Phillips blames decades of not building and says 12- to 15-unit, four-story buildings on standard lots could push new homes under $500,000. www.latimes.com/business/sto...
🇵🇸 'A lot of hardship': Gaza sheep herders devastated by war A sheep herder in Gaza recounts how relentless displacement, border closures and severe shortages of food and medicine have wiped out the majority of his flock.
The new Democratic congress needs to create incentives (including $) for more states to adopt universal free breakfast/ lunch programs in public schools. Free breakfast/lunch programs improve child nutrition, provide relief for family budgets, and create a sense of social solidarity.