AltWeeklies Wire
What Obama's Secretary of Agriculture Pick Means for the Future of U.S. Farmingnew
Former Iowa governor Tom Vilsack is a fan of biotech and ethanol. But he also palled around with Monsanto executives, and he may be pro-cow cloning.
Weekly Alibi |
Ari LeVaux |
01-13-2009 |
Food+Drink
'Mayan Cuisine' Cookbook is Not for Beginnersnew
Regardless of my inability to re-create the recipes in Daniel Hoyer's Mayan Cuisine: Recipes from the Yucatan Region, the book is still amazing. Well-researched and impeccably compiled, it's at least a fascinating read.
Weekly Alibi |
Maren Tarro |
10-07-2008 |
Food+Drink
Beer's Summer of the Can Continuesnew
Thanks to Oskar Blues, the Colorado-based brewery we recently praised for canning their brews, we're reverting to the metal vessel that, for most kids' high school years, was the definitive method of putting beer in one's body.
Weekly Alibi |
Evan George and Alex Brown |
07-29-2008 |
Food+Drink
Real or Perceived, the Food Crisis Can be Tamednew
As this cycle of recession and shortages plays out, it's almost certain that another will surface in the future. And as long as the possibility of famine exists, we've fixed nothing. It may be time to stop treating food as a commodity.
Weekly Alibi |
Maren Tarro |
06-03-2008 |
Food+Drink
Meat the 21st Century: A Delinquent Vegetarian's Victory Talenew
After almost 11 years of a repulsion-based vegetarianism, one day I just ceased to be repulsed. I'm alarmingly comfortable with relinquishing something that's been part of my very identity for so long. It is a little sad for me, admittedly, but the epicurean future is too tantalizing for it to get me down. Thank you, bacon.
Weekly Alibi |
Jessica Cassyle Carr |
05-20-2008 |
Food+Drink
Perfect for Grilling: Haand Bryggeriet's Norwegian Woodnew
Not to be confused with blond Viking fuel for fire, this ale is mahogany-colored gas for the grill master.
Weekly Alibi |
Alex Brown and Evan George |
04-15-2008 |
Food+Drink
The Wino Connoisseur: Nice Jugsnew
Several enterprising vintners have packaged their potables in generous jugs. Jugs certainly provide a consumer with needed quantity, but the egalitarian size calls for suitable pairings.
Weekly Alibi |
Cletus Oswald Smythe III |
04-01-2008 |
Food+Drink
What is 'Grass Farming'?new
Find out with an exclusive interview with renowned grass farmer Joel Salatin.
Weekly Alibi |
Christie Chisholm |
03-11-2008 |
Food+Drink
Diary of a Locavorenew
Is it possible to eat nothing but local food in a New Mexico winter?
Weekly Alibi |
Christie Chisholm |
03-11-2008 |
Food+Drink
Tags: locavore
Recipe: Belgian Onion Soupnew
There are few perceivable pillars of French cooking that are as widely and voraciously loved as scalding-hot onion soup cloaked in a blistering layer of melted Gruyère.
Weekly Alibi |
Alex Brown and Evan George |
01-15-2008 |
Food+Drink
A Locavore's Winter Salad Barnew
One family's trying to live the locavore lifestyle but they're running into one problem: salad cravings.
Weekly Alibi |
Chef Boy Ari |
12-18-2007 |
Food+Drink
Über Tubersnew
Fresh truffles are ridiculously expensive. Why in god's name would anyone pay so much for something that looks like a blond dirt clod?
Weekly Alibi |
Alex Brown and Evan George |
12-11-2007 |
Food+Drink
Spirited Giftsnew
Five wine websites that let your fingers do the shopping.
Weekly Alibi |
Maren Tarro |
12-11-2007 |
Food+Drink
Are Celebrity and Food a Good Match?new
The celebrity food industry has undeniably introduced the average Joe to haute cuisine and livened up the dinner tables of us all, but I fear something has been lost in the process.
Weekly Alibi |
Maren Tarro |
11-27-2007 |
Food+Drink
'The Useable Cookbook' Blows Prissy Tomes Out of the Waternew
It ain't pretty, with its spare, black and white cover and lack of food photography. It ain't grand, with its pot roast and meatloaf recipes. But it's what I needed.
Weekly Alibi |
Marisa Demarco |
11-27-2007 |
Food+Drink
