At the risk of boring the hell out of both of you, here is an interesting and important article about the current hysteria over teaching kids Algebra and Shakespeare through the joys of gardening. I have never understood the allure of this particular method of avoiding real schoolwork, but the author does a wonderful job [...]
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…mostly because she is a moron when it comes to things other than free-range broccoli grown by New Age hippies on communal land expropriated from THE MAN. But if you don’t think that I am scrupulously impartial, just take a look at this article in National Review Online.* The skewering is wonderful.
More seriously, I think [...]
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I found the link while reading another famous food authority who irritates me (but only sometimes), Mark Bittman. Don’t stop after reading the linked article; this is an interesting and well-written food blog.
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Yes, I’m a bit too much like a broken record, but at least I’m not the only one who thinks that Alice Waters is a twit. Skip to the last question, unless you want to read a typical interview.
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I’m not sure when it became reasonable for utter ignoramuses to pontificate about subjects that are normally reserved for experts. And I have no particular affinity for “experts.” I am not impressed by the pedigrees of most “experts,” and I am more than willing to point at them and laugh like a hyena. In fact, [...]
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This is a tough one. If I were to be objective about every restaurant meal that I have eaten, I could find something wrong with every joint in the world. From unspeakably dirty bathrooms to rancid butter or short-and-curlies in the soup to slightly overdone steak to fois gras with just a bit too much [...]
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Aside from the smart-assed comment at the end, this article, by Joel Stein in Time, is exactly what I think about the whole “eat local” crap that rich chefs (yes, Alice Waters, I’m talking about you) with too much time on their hands have been peddling to unsuspecting foodies for years and, recently, everyone [...]
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Everyone waxes poetic about the glories of family farms, sustainable agriculture, locally grown produce, blah, blah blah. While I am happy for the residents of Manhattan who can afford the $5 peaches at the Union Square Market, I am curious how the less well off among them will be able to eat a healthy diet [...]
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