Perhaps the most important piece of national legislation this year is also one of the least glamorous. Yet the Farm Bill, which is up for renewal this month, profoundly influence what and how we eat in the United States.
The bill, which is renewed and updated only every 5 years, covers things like farm subsidies [...]
Posted by: Will on July 10th, 2007 © Filed under: Food for Thought | No Comments »
A few years ago, when I first started ordering rye whiskeys, the bartender would, as often as not, pull out a dusty bottle of Old Overholt. More often than not, he or she would bear a quizzical and concerned look as if to say “do you know what you’re asking for?” Rye was [...]
Posted by: Will on July 5th, 2007 © Filed under: Cocktails & Spirits | No Comments »
Much to the chagrin of our parents, Will and I have also come to love classic cocktails. OK, so maybe we loved them a bit too well in our early 20s, but I like to think that early enthusiasm has developed into a healthy connoisseurship. But aside from the usual bitters examples - [...]
Posted by: Will on July 3rd, 2007 © Filed under: Cocktails & Spirits, Condiments | 1 Comment »
Making jam at home used to be commonplace, but the practice is in quick decline. Most people have forgotten the skills of their grandparent’s generation, and have gotten used to buying everything rather than making it themselves. I think this is mainly due to the convenience factor. It used to be that people made things [...]
Posted by: Will on July 1st, 2007 © Filed under: Preserves | No Comments »
When my brother, Will, and I were still small, my mother and father rigged up a grain mill attached to a bicycle so that they could grind fresh wholegrain flour on demand. That level of dedication may have blossomed in Northern California in the 1970s and died out there in the same decade, but [...]
Posted by: Will on July 1st, 2007 © Filed under: Condiments, Preserves | No Comments »
