7 May 2008

The road to real food

The journey from farm to table is filled with obstacles, but help is on the way

By David Auerbach | 7 May 2008 (Special Issues: Dish)

Farmers' helpers

People who are smoothing the road to real food

By David Auerbach | 7 May 2008 (Special Issues: Dish)

6 Feb 2008

Moveable Feasts: Sarah Murray extols the portability and globalization of our food

Unfortunately, the individual chapters are superficial and offer little insight into or analysis of their subjects. They rely too much on cute juxtapositions and a mostly uncritical, gee-whiz approach to food and transport technology.

By David Auerbach | 6 Feb 2008 (Arts: Reading)

5 Sep 2007

Carrboro butcher Cliff Collins honored by Southern Foodways Alliance

Thirty-one years ago, I got a glimpse into why Cliff Collins of Cliff's Meat Market in Carrboro merits his Tabasco Guardian of the Tradition award.

By David Auerbach | 5 Sep 2007 (Food: Eat Beat)

2 May 2007

Home is where the hearth is

I started making bread in self-defense. The offense that provoked my defense was the closing of the Polish bakery in Cambridge, Mass. The elderly couple running it, disdainful of my needs, decided to retire to Arizona. Or maybe it was Australia. What did I care?

By David Auerbach | 2 May 2007 (Special Issues: Dish)

As bread has improved, so have bread books

The good news is that there are a few really fine bread books out there, and there's the further good news that excellent, small artisanal bakeries have been making a comeback in the United States, and in France, for quite a while now.

By David Auerbach | 2 May 2007 (Special Issues: Dish)

4 Oct 2006

We are what we eat: corn and petroleum

Michael Pollan is the author of The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (Penguin Press, 2006). It's a compelling read, full of fascinating details and worrisome overviews of the lengthy food chains that ensnare us.

By David Auerbach | 4 Oct 2006 (Food: Eat Beat)