From Brooklyn Poly (BS, 1949) to Cornell (PhD, 1953), with a few more stops until he reached the University of Pittsburgh (1960), to the Washington Post (writing a food column), with more than a few books thrown into the mix.
Continue reading Robert Wolke, PhD
I have been sharing dinner with some friends for a very long time. But, since last March, it’s been over Zoom. And, they always remark that my steaks look scrawny. (It’s what my kosher steaks have always looked like since I was a tyke.) Which brings up the discussion of a whole new kind of rib-eye steak.
Continue reading Thursday night has been my steak night for a while now
Diet.
I must see (on the days that I watch TV) about 100 commercials a day discussing our diets, our weight. From Weight Watchers to Nutrisystem to Noom and beyond.
Continue reading Food, Glorious Food…
I just finished a tour of Berlin and Athens. I traveled with a friend and his 11-year-old daughter. Which reminded me how intriguing it was when that was the age of my children (ranging back from more than 15 years to more than 30 years ago). And, over the next few days (probably interspersed with other topics), I will share my observations, along with pictures.
Continue reading Food, Glorious Food
It would help if the IRS were a fully funded agency. But, for the past four years or so, it has suffered because the GOP claims (FAKE NEWS) that WrongWing (non-)charities had a tough time getting approved as non-profit entities. The GOP feels that these Political Action Committees (PAC) were chosen for special scrutiny. (FACT: All these fake charities that are really aimed at promoting political candidates from the Left, the Right, and the Middle were subject to the same extra scrutiny.)
Continue reading Food and Drink?
Jeez, Abba, we can’t use this stuff at all!
Ah, yes, my eldest has come to visit and doesn’t approve of my fridge holdings. Because she, like so many others, doesn’t understand the markings imprinted on food packages.
Continue reading No fuzzy wuzzies!
Ah, yes. I have not reported the results in a long time from one of the (hundreds of) journals to which I’ve subscribed for more than 40 years. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, a publication of the American Society for Microbiology.
Continue reading Fractured Fables?
I remember. From when I was really little, my dad took over the left side of the house for his garden. Where he would spend hours every spring, summer, and fall growing vegetables.
Continue reading Soil. Water. Air?
Water. Energy. Food. Lacking any one item makes existence pretty tough. The problem is compounded because all three are related. That’s why it’s called the water-energy-food nexus. A century or two ago, this was less obvious, since they were all locally sourced.
So, I gave you Frank Kessler’s message on Friday. Today, I’ll talk about how the food industry has been manipulating food- and us- to keep us addicted to eating more- and more- and more. The industry specialists know that food’s addictive quality is a function of its salt content, fat content (squared), it’s “crunchability”, and a pleasing mouth feel.
Continue reading You are under their spell…
