September 2006

Argan oil, golden oil from ancient Berber trees

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Back in August The Observer Food Monthly ran a series of articles about ethical and unethical food. One of the products mentioned as an "ethical" choice was argan oil. I was immediately intrigued.

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links for 2006-09-08

allAfrica.com: Africa: Is Cassava Africa's New Staple Food? Replacing corn (maize). A somehow heartwarming story. (tags: agriculture foodpolitics africa cassava corn)...
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links for 2006-09-07

Junk food makers using internet to target children Not surprising given the pressure these makers are facing not to target kids with TV ads... (tags: advertising nutrition foodbusiness children junkfood) Babes in foodland Overweight babies and toddlers tend to...
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Miso soup wrapup, and choosing and caring for lacquered soup bowls

misosoupbowls.jpg The top black bowl is resin; the bottom two are real lacquered bowls.

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Food Destinations #2: My Local (Green)market roundup!

fdshinybuttonsky.jpgI must confess something. I almost thought about changing the theme for this second round of Food Destinations, after receiving not a few emails saying things along the lines of "Great idea, but I've already talked enough about my local green/food/farmer's market".

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links for 2006-09-05

eBay: Bubba's Bar-B-Que Restaurant in CO, great 4 investers! A Greeley, Colorado institution is up for sale on eBay...by the owner's 12 year old son. Could account for the typo... (tags: restaurants colorado usa ebay) Colorado restaurant up for...
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Food Destinations #2 roundup coming very soon

Just a quick note to say, first of all, a big thanks to everyone who participated in this second round of Food Destinations. The roundup will be posted very soon (hopefully today...just waiting for a couple of promised late entries... :))

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Food Destinations #2: Lebensmittel Markt am Helvetiaplatz, Zurich, Switzerland

Everything looks so good

This is my entry for Food Destinations #2: My Local Market.

There are several fresh food markets in Zürich. I was actually going to talk about another one, but someone else had covered it already (as you'll see in the roundup!), so I decided to head to the market at Helvetiaplatz.

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links for 2006-09-02

My private chef / White delight Making yogurt cheese in the desert. I wonder what zaatar leaves are... (tags: yogurt cheese israel) Reality TV Magazine: Top Chef 2 Cast Announced The complete announcement from BravoTV, including more background on...
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A week of miso soup, day 5: Ground shrimp, ginger and miso

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