http://blog.eatwellguide.org/2009/08/let%e2%80%99s-get-cooking-on-julia-and-pollan-and-feminism-and-food/ Find Good Food with the Eat Well Guide. Tue, 15 Jun 2010 23:29:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://blog.eatwellguide.org/2009/08/let%e2%80%99s-get-cooking-on-julia-and-pollan-and-feminism-and-food/comment-page-1/#comment-2574 Susan Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:11:49 +0000 http://blog.eatwellguide.org/?p=827#comment-2574 I love this post! (And great comment, Howie!) I was a feminist a long time before I became a foodie, and I think the sustainable food movement is just in its <i>infancy</i> in terms of benefiting from feminist thinking. We need to think outside the box of home cooking and fancy restaurants (even beyond pot-lucks and gleaning!). These are still conservative solutions with limited relevancy. One answer that deserves more attention: community restaurants and kitchens. This is FAST FOOD (cafeteria style) that is delicious, ethical, healthy, and available to everyone. The modern pioneers of this idea are absolutely phenomenal. One World Cafe in Salt Lake City, community restaurants in Belo Horizonte (Brazil), are a few examples. We can do this! And we need to support more of it. I love this post! (And great comment, Howie!) I was a feminist a long time before I became a foodie, and I think the sustainable food movement is just in its infancy in terms of benefiting from feminist thinking. We need to think outside the box of home cooking and fancy restaurants (even beyond pot-lucks and gleaning!). These are still conservative solutions with limited relevancy. One answer that deserves more attention: community restaurants and kitchens. This is FAST FOOD (cafeteria style) that is delicious, ethical, healthy, and available to everyone. The modern pioneers of this idea are absolutely phenomenal. One World Cafe in Salt Lake City, community restaurants in Belo Horizonte (Brazil), are a few examples. We can do this! And we need to support more of it.

]]> http://blog.eatwellguide.org/2009/08/let%e2%80%99s-get-cooking-on-julia-and-pollan-and-feminism-and-food/comment-page-1/#comment-2402 Howie Tue, 11 Aug 2009 04:09:49 +0000 http://blog.eatwellguide.org/?p=827#comment-2402 I appreciate your sympathetic and gentle criticism of MP. He's brilliant, but it sometimes seems like he's still writing for the small, upper West Side audience of NYT Sunday magazine subscribers who first made him famous. When you go from talking about your personal journey of self-discovery via gardening to delivering food manifestos, you have to expect to be held to a higher standard politically. It's time for him to discover gender, race, class, globalization, etc. I appreciate your sympathetic and gentle criticism of MP. He’s brilliant, but it sometimes seems like he’s still writing for the small, upper West Side audience of NYT Sunday magazine subscribers who first made him famous. When you go from talking about your personal journey of self-discovery via gardening to delivering food manifestos, you have to expect to be held to a higher standard politically. It’s time for him to discover gender, race, class, globalization, etc.

]]> http://blog.eatwellguide.org/2009/08/let%e2%80%99s-get-cooking-on-julia-and-pollan-and-feminism-and-food/comment-page-1/#comment-2401 Mary Saunders Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:37:01 +0000 http://blog.eatwellguide.org/?p=827#comment-2401 My kids used to get up in the morning and eat pickled beans. My grandmother used to make these, and I loved them, especially the garlickiness, I think, but also the dill. One of my sons liked carrot chips with Italian dressing as comfort food when sick. It's nice to make finger foods that don't have to be heated to have on hand when there's a temptation to eat ready-made. I made some picked leeks that seem to go over well with some. One of my kids would eat raw garlic like an apple. The other would not, but now takes garlic pills if he feels iffy. It's a grand experiment. My kids used to get up in the morning and eat pickled beans. My grandmother used to make these, and I loved them, especially the garlickiness, I think, but also the dill. One of my sons liked carrot chips with Italian dressing as comfort food when sick. It’s nice to make finger foods that don’t have to be heated to have on hand when there’s a temptation to eat ready-made. I made some picked leeks that seem to go over well with some. One of my kids would eat raw garlic like an apple. The other would not, but now takes garlic pills if he feels iffy. It’s a grand experiment.

]]> http://blog.eatwellguide.org/2009/08/let%e2%80%99s-get-cooking-on-julia-and-pollan-and-feminism-and-food/comment-page-1/#comment-2381 bibliochef Sun, 09 Aug 2009 02:36:50 +0000 http://blog.eatwellguide.org/?p=827#comment-2381 thoughtful thanks. I am inerestd in teh link of Child to Friedan (not that Friedan was exactly radical) and not that Child was exactly radical in pro-woman ways. And yet, they both made a new era for us all. thoughtful thanks. I am inerestd in teh link of Child to Friedan (not that Friedan was exactly radical) and not that Child was exactly radical in pro-woman ways. And yet, they both made a new era for us all.

]]> http://blog.eatwellguide.org/2009/08/let%e2%80%99s-get-cooking-on-julia-and-pollan-and-feminism-and-food/comment-page-1/#comment-2371 IronMelissa Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:45:36 +0000 http://blog.eatwellguide.org/?p=827#comment-2371 I love to cook, and certainly cook a lot more than I watch food programmes, although I have the kind of job that allows both the time and resources to do so (I teach at a university). I wonder if 'Julie and Julia' will spark a renewed interest in cooking? My group of friends is planning a movie-inspired potluck to celebrate. I love to cook, and certainly cook a lot more than I watch food programmes, although I have the kind of job that allows both the time and resources to do so (I teach at a university). I wonder if ‘Julie and Julia’ will spark a renewed interest in cooking? My group of friends is planning a movie-inspired potluck to celebrate.

]]> http://blog.eatwellguide.org/2009/08/let%e2%80%99s-get-cooking-on-julia-and-pollan-and-feminism-and-food/comment-page-1/#comment-2370 greensgal Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:14:18 +0000 http://blog.eatwellguide.org/?p=827#comment-2370 Spot on! I live in a neighborhood where all the Moms are craving knowledge about healthy and tasty cooking. Many of their Moms were not cooks and now have health issues. They are learning to visit the farmer's market, share food and recipes, read about health from many sources, and change the eating habits of their children. This group is not watching the Food Channel, but treating cooking and health as a legitimate life subject to be learned and implemented. Because all the neighbors respect this, they are respected and appreciated. It can be a very powerful group project. Spot on! I live in a neighborhood where all the Moms are craving knowledge about healthy and tasty cooking. Many of their Moms were not cooks and now have health issues. They are learning to visit the farmer’s market, share food and recipes, read about health from many sources, and change the eating habits of their children. This group is not watching the Food Channel, but treating cooking and health as a legitimate life subject to be learned and implemented. Because all the neighbors respect this, they are respected and appreciated. It can be a very powerful group project.

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