Ethical=Organic. Hang on a second, please!

Here’s a trend that really worries me. That’s the growing number of writers, chefs, and journalists who take it for granted that ethical food is organic food. As an example,…

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Shrink-wrapped pig’s head, Mega supermarket, Guanajuato

A propos the comments on watching the killing of animals for meat, a couple of photos. It is accompanied by shrink-wrapped “maiz para pozole,” that is, hominy for the classic…

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Bee Wilson on milk and food safety

Bee Wilson brings a historian’s eye to the problem of the adulteration of milk in China in an op-ed in the New York Times. It’s based on research she did…

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