tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637533392053122619.post6746436755915684056..comments2023-06-27T08:59:07.798-07:00Comments on macerating shallots: NPR hits one out of the park, for once...Tommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03715333077435437447noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637533392053122619.post-50971303265211766172007-08-18T21:23:00.000-07:002007-08-18T21:23:00.000-07:00Actually, you're right, Susan. I'd heard of Katz a...Actually, you're right, Susan. I'd heard of Katz at least once before. "Virtual unknown" might have been a bit unfair. I'll definitely keep his book on my radar screen. And welcome aboard!Tommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03715333077435437447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637533392053122619.post-24401424847704983832007-08-18T20:19:00.000-07:002007-08-18T20:19:00.000-07:00Aw, you should read Sandor Katz's book The Revolut...Aw, you should read Sandor Katz's book The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved. He's not unknown. Good book! <BR/><BR/>Thanks for the heads up on the NPR show; I had missed it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637533392053122619.post-26016840577968090862007-08-11T16:32:00.000-07:002007-08-11T16:32:00.000-07:00I highly recommend Michael Pollan's book (The Omni...I highly recommend Michael Pollan's book (The Omnivore's Dilemma), if you haven't already read it. He goes into considerable detail about corn subsidies and its pervasiveness in the American diet. If I remember correctly, something like 75% of the processed foods in an average supermarket contain corn in some form.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and I deleted all mention of the rust belt (including comments) in the Tina & Sam post because Tina blogs about her work anonymously, and the rust belt references may have been a dead giveaway if read by the wrong person (although I'm pretty sure, and so is she, that someone's figured out who she is by now...). And yeah, I definitely picked up on the tongue-in-cheek tone of your comment.Tommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03715333077435437447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637533392053122619.post-50632646728468189262007-08-11T09:56:00.000-07:002007-08-11T09:56:00.000-07:00I actually caught about 20-30 minutes of it on the...I actually caught about 20-30 minutes of it on the radio. I found the most interesting thing how the foods subsidized by the government are the ones that make junk food, and that's why healthy foods are so much more expensive than junk. I also doubt I will ever forget the comment about why irradiated food doesn't taste good. Something like, "Sanitized poop still tastes like poop."<BR/><BR/>Anyway, if my emoticon didn't clue you in I wasn't upset about the whole rust belt thing. My moment of quasi-fame was deleted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com