What now? I haven't been paying attention.
― Jaq, Thursday, 17 October 2013 20:00 (ten years ago) link
Chicken. Fucking chicken.
― quincie, Thursday, 17 October 2013 20:01 (ten years ago) link
i.e. DON'T EAT IT U ASKING FOR DEATH
It's just that he's always Mr Everything Is Killing Us and it's really tiresome! I understand that there are battles to be fought, but at this point it just seems like he is riling people up for the hell of it. I'm bored/somewhat affronted by activism of this nature, I guess.
― sweat pea (La Lechera), Thursday, 17 October 2013 20:03 (ten years ago) link
It really is a shame, because his mac and cheese recipe walked the spouse through making his very first roux, and it all came out great and delicious, and he (spouse) felt very happy and accomplished and no longer intimidated by roux/cheese sauce that isn't microwaved Velveeta.
― quincie, Thursday, 17 October 2013 20:05 (ten years ago) link
He's definitely not a teacher anymore. He's a pontificator, and the worst kind! Blech.
― sweat pea (La Lechera), Thursday, 17 October 2013 20:06 (ten years ago) link
Like, "being angry about Monsanto" is not a pastime, and I think he is feeding some people's hunger for outrage-as-pastime, which is both boring and offensive imo.
― sweat pea (La Lechera), Thursday, 17 October 2013 20:19 (ten years ago) link
He could be teaching people to feed themselves and their families.
― sweat pea (La Lechera), Thursday, 17 October 2013 20:20 (ten years ago) link
Which he used to be so good at doing! And I really don't understand why the NYT feels they need a sub-Michael Pollan pontificator when they already have Michael Pollan pontificating.
― quincie, Thursday, 17 October 2013 21:09 (ten years ago) link
Ugh. Thx for the update, what a shame.
― Jaq, Thursday, 17 October 2013 22:00 (ten years ago) link
chicken is awesome, buzz off bittman
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 17 October 2013 22:04 (ten years ago) link
What if chicken blood gets on my lettuce in a shopping bag? What if someone else’s chicken contaminates my apples on a supermarket conveyor belt?
then you're a dummy
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 17 October 2013 22:06 (ten years ago) link
I don't mind his cookbook but I'll be damned if I choose to read his ideas about food policy.
― mh, Thursday, 17 October 2013 22:08 (ten years ago) link
file under 'nope'
Op-Ed | Mark BittmanYears Ending in 4
Disaster has been well represented in years ending in “4,” but probably not disproportionately so. Does history give us reason to be optimistic about 2014?
― j., Thursday, 2 January 2014 00:03 (ten years ago) link
...
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 2 January 2014 00:12 (ten years ago) link
geez louise, what's wrong with him?!
― mambo jumbo (La Lechera), Thursday, 2 January 2014 00:13 (ten years ago) link
That this man, instead of me, got to spend time with Marcella Hazan in her final weeks is just so wrong!
― quincie, Thursday, 2 January 2014 00:14 (ten years ago) link