dumpster diving

I came across the following in the letters section of the most recent issue of the Nation:
Ah, the all-American supermarket dumpster: our greatest symbol of plenty. Feelings of nostalgia well up whenever I overhear youths bragging about their latest haul. Genuine recyclers, dumpster-divers are rewarded with a cornucopia that is all the more enjoyable because [...]

the oil we eat: following the food chain back to iraq

The Oil We Eat: Following the food chain back to Iraq
by Richard Manning, Harper’s Magazine – February 2004

debbie does salad

Debbie Does Salad:The Food Network at the Frontiers of Pornography 
by Frederick Kaufman, Harper’s Magazine – October, 2005

the cuba diet: what will you be eating when the revolution comes?

The Cuba Diet: What will you be eating when the revolution comes?
by Bill McKibben, Harper’s Magazine – April 2005.
“Cuba became an island. Not just a real island, surrounded by water, but something much rarer: an island outside the international economic system, a moon base whose supply ships had suddenly stopped coming.
People tried to improvise their [...]

horta ladolemono

This Greek recipe is for greens (horta) with lemon-olive oil dressing (lado lemono).
Use at least a 1/2 lb. of uncooked greens per person (kale, escarole, collared greens, arugula, swiss chard, mustard greens, frisee, curly endive, dandelion greens, etc).
1/2 cup (or a little < 1/2 c.) olive oil
1/4 c. fresh lemon juice
pinch of salt, black pepper
Wash the greens well, [...]

shopska salata

This is a recipe for shopska salata – ’shopska’ refers to residents of Sofia (Shoppi). I ate this every day I was in Bulgaria and it never got played out. Probably because I ate a different version of it everywhere I went, despite the fact that all shopska salata seems based on the same tomato-cucumber-feta trinity. Technically, the cheese is not feta but sirene. It is [...]