The End of Food

I'm currently slogging through Paul Roberts' book, The End of Food. It's actually very interesting, but I haven't had much spare time (if you can imagine that), and the book is dense with facts and figures. So, instead of recommending his book to you right off the bat (although I do recommend his book to you!), I invite you to spend a few minutes reading one of his op-ed pieces, this one from the LA Times. It is titled, "Your Friend, the Kitchen," and it is right up The Reverent Eater's food reverence alley. Basically, he says, "Cook, people!"

Goodbye to 2008!

Well, it's been an exciting year! The Reverent Eater started a family and was rather busy in that regard. Thus, the dirth of blog posts.

But it's time to get serious again. There's so much going on in the food world - so many important stories related to food policy and food security - that there's really no time to waste. And with a change of administrations, I am somewhat hopeful (although not entirely) that things will start looking up in 2009.

Before the year ends, I'd like to share with you an article last week's Dining In section of the New York Times. Kim Severson on Obama's potential as a food policy change agent. Already with the appointment of Tom Vilsack as Secretary of Agriculture, I have reason to doubt that Obama will be our food knight in shining armor. But we'll see...