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POLITICS | Eat the 2020 election
“Tell me what you eat and I shall tell you what you are.” — French writer, Jean Anthelme Brilliant-Savarin, 1825 By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | November 12, 2020 SONOMA COUNTY, California — Voters were definitely on edge … Continue reading
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Heartland takes root with new workers & friends, arson on my birthday, and a rising, 1976-’79
My partners and I began to learn the ins and outs and challenges of running our business as we pioneered our community-oriented, left-leaning business model. By Michael James | The Rag Blog | July 30, 2014 [In this series, Michael … Continue reading
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Tagged Chicago, Food, Heartland Cafe, Memoir, Michael James, Pictures from the Long Haul, Rag Bloggers, Rising Up Angry
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Gifts from the Great Spirit, tripping in NOLA, leaping forward & following a rainbow, 1975-’77
As the rain poured down and we cradled ourselves in the palm of a giant southern oak, Katy and I shook hands and committed to giving this restaurant thing a try. By Michael James | The Rag Blog | June … Continue reading
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Tagged Chicago, Food, Heartland Cafe, Katy Hogan, Memoir, Michael James, New Left, Pictures from the Long Haul, Rag Bloggers, Rising Up Angry, Sixties, Travel
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Robert Jensen : Toni Tipton-Martin and the Politics of the Kitchen
The many faces of Aunt Jemima. Image from The Jemima Code.The Jemima Code:Toni Tipton-Martin explores thepolitics of the kitchen, past and present By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / June 5, 2011 AUSTIN — In the cafeteria-turned-classroom at UT … Continue reading
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Tagged African-American, Cooking, Education, Food, Robert Jensen, Toni-Tipton Martin, UT-Austin
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Mariann G. Wizard : You Eat Too Much!
Image from diettogo.Stayin’ Alive:The reason for the season is not food If what we love becomes the act of eating in itself, we’re shortchanging ourselves on the rest of life. By Mariann G. Wizard / The Rag Blog / December … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas, Diabetes, Food, Health, Mariann G. Wizard, Nutrition, Obesity
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Foodie Friday : Bread, Puppets, and Boiled Veggies
Bread and Puppet Theater. Image from Akimbo.Health care:Bread and Puppet aioli By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / March 5, 2010 See “Boil those veggies!” by Janet Gilles, Below. Anyone taking in the recent health care “debate” — in … Continue reading
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Tagged Food, Janet Gilles, Marc Estrin, Recipes, Street Theater
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BOOKS/ Jonah Raskin : Michael Pollan’s ‘Food Rules’
We can decide what we want to eat!Michael Pollan: America’s new Food CzarBy Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / January 8, 2010 [Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual, by Michael Pollan. (Penguin, Trade Paperback, December 29, 2009, 112 pp, $11.00.] … Continue reading
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Tagged Agriculture, Books, Cuisine, Diet, Food, Jonah Raskin, Nutrition, Whole Foods
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BOOKS / ‘Eating Animals’ : The Beef with Factory Farms
Jonathan Safran Foer’s Eating Animals:A sweeping indictment of factory farms …what we should be talking about is how upward of 99 percent of animals are raised and what it does to them, what it does to the environment, what it … Continue reading
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Tagged Animal Cruelty, Books, Environment, Factory Farms, Food, Investigative Journalism, Meat Industry, Nonfiction, PETA, Vegetarianism
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