Category Archives: Food
Food subsidies
Al-Jazeera English did a good piece on food subsidies in Egypt–always an important issue. It doesn’t say that food subsidies will be phased out, but seems to suggest it’s a possibility.
New neighborhood, familiar feeling
At this point I feel pretty familiar with central Cairo and the nearby neighborhoods, since that’s where I’m living, working and hanging out, etc. But I’ve barely seen any of the suburbs. So yesterday I decided to take a trip … Continue reading
Filed under Egypt, Food, Travelogue
How to eat food 101
Today I came across this piece in Slate by a woman who doesn’t know how to eat vegetables. She worries: Ordinarily, I would never eat turnips. I managed to go 30 years without buying one. But now every winter I’m … Continue reading
Filed under Food
My friends are less interesting than I thought
The New York Times dining section ran a story today about “Brooklyn’s new culinary movement”. This “movement” is basically a bunch of Brooklyn hipsters who enjoy making traditional foods in traditional ways. Beer, pickles, chocolate, cheese, meat. Believe it or … Continue reading
With a pickle chaser
Alexander Nazaryan schools you in how to drink vodka in today’s Op-Extra. Luckily for me, this is a lesson I already learned from my girlfriend Helen who studied in Moscow last year. Nazaryan writes about drinking in Brighton Beach: Here … Continue reading
Filed under Food, Personal Stuff
Beer of the Week
Two-Hearted Ale is the first beer of the week! Click on the link above and to the right to read it. I’ll try to write more about beer soon.
Filed under Food
I’m hungry
I know that you are supposed to read the Angry Arab for his flaming anti-Zionist ranting, his passionate hatred of the Saudi monarchy, and general antagonism towards everything else. I appreciate that stuff. But I also like stories about food. … Continue reading
Do something easy
Sign this petition to include sustainability minded people in the USDA. Via Obama Foodorama, who have good things to say about Vilsack so far: He’s already channeling the most progressive foodist thinkers with his announcement that we must deal with … Continue reading
Filed under American Politics, Food
