"Isn't it absolutely essential to keep a fierce left and a fierce right both on their toes and each terrified of the other? That's how we get things done. Of course we're non-political. The real power always is."
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A review of Joel Salatin's most recent book The Sheer Ecstacy of Being a Lunatic Farmer and some favorite excerpts.
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This weekend I finally fulfilled a long-time dream and re-read The Cook by Harry Kressing. For anyone who loves cooking or who is interested in psychology and sinister plots, I highly recommend this book. For anyone who has worked in the service industry, catering for the excessively rich and snobby, this book is a delightful [...]
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I have been reading up on the diggers and levellers lately what with all of this land-grabbing that is going on around the world. Living in an apartment I always have my eye on any bit of land that looks fertile or even just neglected. Gerrard Winstanley was one of the original land-redistribution activists in [...]
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Fresh noodles at Sha Lin Noodle house, Vancouver BC. Watch as your noodles are made before your eyes.
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I was very excited to get a message from a friend in London who was taking her man out for his birthday dinner to Mandalay, which is a very good Burmese restaurant in London, one of the few Burmese restaurants outside of Myanmar in the world. There is also a very good one in San [...]
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GOOD FOOD: Film by Moving Images “I hope the film will help generate grass-roots solutions.” -Producer Melissa Young As the world breaks into rioting from hunger, Moving Images appears with the film, GOOD FOOD and puts the spotlight on the tip of a different kind of iceberg. Producers Melissa Young and Mark Dworkin bring the [...]
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