Chicago: Malort Cocktail

I don't know Nick.

Get Little Britain on DVD instead.

naaaah

Borders is sending out coupons every week if you get on their mailing list. Yesterday it was for 40% off one item, so maybe sign up there before buying.

Thought of you, Nick, because the Borders on Michigan Ave. had this nice coffee-table book of complete Paul Simon lyrics (including unreleased songs) for $5.99, and all the $5.99 were two-for-one, so it was really like $2.99.

nice

I ordered the stuff mentioned above, plus a Cook's Illustrated subscription from Amazon. Slightly adventurous. Still got a little Borders $$$ for later.

Oh! You should get that proportional cookbook. I forget what it's called. Do you know what I'm talking about?

michael ruhlman's ratio cookbook or something

i just read "the making of a chef: mastering heat at the culinary institute of america" by him, really good

Yes, that's the one.

The California Supreme Court today upheld Proposition 8's ban on same-sex marriage but also ruled that gay couples who wed before the election will continue to be married under state law.

What a sad mess.

Please say no to Michael Pollen. Seriously, he is the Antichrist that is going to starve all the poor people.

Seriously? I think he has some excellent points. Though I do take the point that if you took away subsidized corn and soy, we would have a serious food problem in this country. But isn't that kind of fucked up? Shouldn't there be another way to go about feeding people?

And anyway I find him far less grating than Alice Waters, who is like the Hillary of eating.

they're both annoying because they want us to eat turnips all winter

I love the grocery store lately. It exploded with strawberries and watermelon.

Jesse, I'm six hours in the future and I've seen you die. It was at the hands of Michael Pollen. You were just too good and organic to ignore.

Pollan, not Pollen. I want that wing bag to google this crap up.

Michael P is too preachy to individuals. Focus on the systemic issues, definitely, but this pious "Eat food, mostly vegetables" edict wildly oversimplifies, well, everything.

I read part of Omnivore's Dilemma and while I generally agree with his ideas, I also think Jenny's right in saying that he tends to oversimplify. I dunno, though, I'm not completely informed obviously.

I think it's a good and useful simplification, though. Like if you remember nothing else about eating healthy, "eat food, not too much, mostly plants" is a solid foundation and pretty hard to argue against.

I am not going to argue about Michael Pollan on the Internet while I am on vacation.

Yeah I was going to say it makes sense as a motivational tool, but it also overlooks all the obstacles, so then people feel shitty when they can't stick to such a "simple" regimen.

Well, I think he's pitching it as a philosophy more than as a regimen or diet plan.

Except to say: unless the only food you can access logistically and financially happens to not be vegetables or meet MP's very privileged definition of food.

Chicago: Eat Food, Not Too Much, Mostly Brats

I'm not sure how a philosophy about what you're supposed to eat is different from a diet regimen, unless you're just supposed to think about eating mostly vegetables and not actually do it.

i had roughly 8 brats over the weekend, not too bad

okay 6 brats and 2 kosher dogs

Well, for one, he's a journalist, not a nutritionist.

It's 4:15 on Tuesday and there are no trivia titt..er titles here.

I like the way that "eat food, mostly plants" is almost anti-nutritionist. As if he's saying, deciding what to eat should not be about getting individual nutrients or staving off cancer or whatever, it should just be about eating things that are meant to be eaten. I also like his rule to avoid food products that make health claims about themselves. Though I give a pass to products that make hilarious, unnecessary health claims, like a bottle of V8 that trumpets that it's fat free.

Oh, did you see this?
http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2009/05/12/fda-warns-general-mills-cheerios-is-a-drug/
If Cheerios is going to continue claiming that it's clinically proven to reduce cholesterol, the FDA says it will have to register as a drug. That's funny to me.

Also: love Eric's thread title idea.

I had a Poachers Pie the other night. It contained: pheasant, venison, wild boar, bunny rabbit, bacon, oranges, and port.

It's 4:15 on Tuesday and there are no trivia titt..er titles here.

Tonight I'm going to see C4n4st4 play a fundraiser for the Evanston/North Shore YMCA that Kr helped organize.

If you're in an anagramming mood, however:

1) No Coitus Tint 11 pts
2) Slim Ogre Girl 12 pts
3) Match- Where They Served 13 pts
4) Bizarro World 16 pts
5) Dead or Canadian 11 pts
6) Pictures 15 pts
7) General Knowledge 22 pts

1) = Constitution

xxp oh my god. Yeah, that's definitely food.

Holy moly, Jeff, where did you get that Poachers Pie?

and 2) = Gilmore Girls

sounds like famous British cuisine to me

Michael Pollan tried to steal my wallet too. But I had it in a money belt.

xpost. London

I would not be good on either of those two de-anagrammed topics.

I've watched a fair amount of Gilmore Girls, actually.

If I know Dave, one of the answers will be "Sebastian Bach."

Jesse, I'm six hours in the future and I've seen you die. It was at the hands of Michael Pollen. You were just too good and organic to ignore.

― Jeff, Tuesday, May 26, 2009 3:48 PM (29 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

This made me L and L.

xxxp I can't believe I'm wanting to go to England to try food.

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