I saw this video of Mark Bittman from the 2007 TED conference.  Not that you have to agree with everything he says (and I’m not claiming I do), but I think his history of food in America (at the 7:45 mark) is interesting, and it’s certainly not a bad idea to think more about what we’re [...]

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The safety of nonstick, Teflon coated pans is a topic that I’ve mentioned recently and I decided it was worth looking into. My cookbooks offered a little information, but nothing extensive. Mark Bittman voices his worries in How to Cook Everything Vegetarian, explaining that he only uses nonstick for eggs or sauteing, and [...]

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I was reading through Harold McGee’s On Food and Cooking yesterday and found his discussion of milk, lactose, and osteoporosis interesting.
Milk is one of the few foods that is actually supposed to be a food, so it is unsurprising that milk contains many nutrients. All milk is primarily made of [...]

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